Business Law - Midterm Review #1

The three branches of the U.S. government are known as the legislative, executive and administrative branches.

• True

• False

The U.S. Supreme Court justices are selected by the states.

• True

• False

Courts can make laws by deciding whether or not laws conflict with the Constitution

• True

• False

When unethical business practices are discovered, new laws are often created to hold all businesses more accountable.

• True

• False

The main sources of law include constitutional law, commerce law, statutes and civil law.

• True

• False

The 19th Amendment gave wome the right to vote.

• True

• False

Everyone in the U.S. must follow any treaty that the U.S. has signed.

• True

• False

Civil law is enacted to govern the relationships between two parties and usually involves the government.

• True

• False

Civil litigation usually begins with pleadings and a pretrial hearing.

• True

• False

A crime in an offense against the public good.

• True

• False