Chapters 1-3 Review

Our law codes today are similar to those of civilizations thousands of years old.

• True

• False

A group of laws put together in an organized form is called a statute.

• True

• False

The Supreme Court of the United States is the final interpreter of the federal Constitution.

• True

• False

The world's two great systems of law are the English common law and the Napoleonic Code.

• True

• False

Administrative agencies are usually controlled by the judicial branch of the government.

• True

• False

The system of law in the United States is based on the English common law.

• True

• False

The doctrine of stare decisis requires lower courts to follow established case law in deciding similar cases.

• True

• False

In the United States today, law courts and equity courts generally are merged.

• True

• False

The power to decide a case is termed

• fiat

• sanction

• the long arm of the law

• jurisdiction

Which type of law allows for flexibility within a legal system?

• jurisdictional law

• common law

• positive law

• sovereign law