Chapter 1 - The Nature of Law

The Constitution, statutes, and case law are sources of U.S. law.

• True

• False

Agency regulations, presidential orders, and treaties are sources of U.S. law.

• True

• False

Stare decisis refers to the doctrine of equity.

• True

• False

The Supremacy Clause states that the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land.

• True

• False

Civil law establishes the duties an individual has to keeping a civil society.

• True

• False

Substantive law establishes how to enforce the rights and duties of people in society.

• True

• False

Jurisprudence refers to the philosophy of law as well as the collection of laws.

• True

• False

Legal reasoning is basically inductive.

• True

• False

The plain meaning rule means that the court applies a statute:

• according to the unique or special meaning of words

• according to usual meaning of the words

• according to public policy and legislative purpose

Courts are:

• limited to hearing existing cases or controversies

• limited to hearing cases in which plaintiff has standing

• unlimited in types of cases they may hear

• both choices 1 (blue) and 2 (turquoise)