Business Law Chapter 1 Review

What are enforceable rules of conduct in a society called?

• Ethics
• Laws
• Code

Laws grouped into an organized form

• Code

• Statute

• Legal Document

Law based on the current standards or customs of the people?

• Common Law
• Positive Law
• Substantive Law

Law based on the dictations of a central political authority

• Positive law

• Common law
• International law

The power of a court to decide a case

• Power of Attorney
• Court Order
• Jurisdiction

The term for basic fairness in legal contexts

• Equity

• Impartiality
• Administrative Agencies

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

• Statutes
• Ordinances
• Constitution

Laws enacted by state or federal legislatures

• Common Law
• Statutes
• Positive Law

What is the legal doctrine that requires lower courts to follow established case law in deciding similar cases?

• Jurisdiction
• Universalizing
• Stare Decisis
• Procedural Law

An open, peaceful, violation of a law to protest its alleged or supposed

injustice.

• Violent protest

• Rioting

• Civil disobedience