Business Law Unit 1 Review

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

• True

• False

What are the world's two great systems of law?

• English Law

• Common Law

• Marshall Law

• Supreme Law

Intrastate commerce is commerce between two or more states.

• True

• False

The power to decide a case is termed

• fiat.

• the long arm of the law

• jurisdiction

• sanction

Governing rules and regulations passed by a city council or county government are referred to as

• statutes.

• ordinances.

• promulgations.

• common law.

Civil laws are wrongs against _________, while criminal law are wrongs against ___________.

• society, government

• individuals, society

• government, society

• individuals, government

The document that sets forth the framework of a government and its relationship to the people it governs is

• the Bill of Rights.

• an ordinance.

• the Uniform Commercial Code.

• a constitution.

The courts of equity were created to handle cases that the ___________________ courts could not.

• common law

• jurisdictional

• property

• appellate

Which state has its legal system based on the Roman civil law format of organized, comprehensive sets of statutes in code form?

• Missouri

• California

• Florida

• Louisiana

When a law is invalid because it conflicts with either the federal or a state's constitution, it is said to be ____________________.

• unconstitutional

• invalid

• overruled