Chapter 1-Business Law

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as

• Amendments

• Uniform Commercial Code

• Stare Decisis

• Bill of Rights

An offense that violates the right of citizens to live in peace is governed by

• administrative law

• constitutional law

• criminal law

• common law

Legislative enactments at the local level are called

• statutes

• ordinance

• procedural enactment

• substantive enactment

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

As long as they are constitutionally valid, the laws of the various states

• Must be alike

• Do not have to be alike

Business activities are at times governed by the criminal law.

• True

• False

Businesses cannot commit torts.

• True

• False

Document that sets forth the framework of a government and its relationship to the people it governs

• Bill of Rights

• Stare Decisis

• Constitution

The Supreme Court of United States is not the final interpreter of the Constitution.

• True

• False