BLAW Ch. 1 Review

Substitution of damages for revenge is the first stage in the evolution of law.

• True

• False

An organized group of laws is referred to as a code.

• True

• False

Louisiana is the only one of the 50 states whose legal system was not originally based on the English common law system.

• True

• False

Most American law courts can use either damages or an injunction or both as remedies in civil cases.

• True

• False

Stare decisis is the doctrine that requires lower courts to adhere to existing case law in their decisions.

• True

• False

Torts are private wrongs committed against individuals or organizations.

• True

• False

Business activities are at times governed by criminal law.

• True

• False

Businesses cannot commit torts.

• True

• False

The two forms of ethical reasoning almost never reach the same conclusions.

• True

• False

Which of the following best describes the elements involved in civil disobedience?

• violating the law

• violating the law openly

• violating the law openly and peacefully

• violating the law openly, peacefully, and accepting punishment for the violation