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LEB- Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Enforceable rules of conduct in a society.

a)

laws

b)

equity

c)

code

d)

statutes

2.

What is Fairness.

a)

laws

b)

codes

c)

statutes

d)

equity

3.

The power to decide a case.

a)

constitution

b)

procedural law

c)

jurisdiction

d)

common law

4.

Laws grouped into an organized form.

a)

laws

b)

procedural law

c)

common law

d)

code

5.

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

a)

positive law

b)

common law

c)

procedural law

d)

jurisdiction

6.

Law dictated by a sovereign or other central authority to prevent disputes and wrongs.

a)

positive law

b)

procedural law

c)

common law

d)

jurisdiction

7.

Document that sets forth the framework of government and its relationship to people it governs

a)

preamble

b)

ordinance

c)

constitution

d)

statute

8.

Laws enacted by legislatures.

a)

ordinance

b)

statutes

c)

case law

d)

constitution

9.

Legislation enacted at the local level.

a)

statutes

b)

preamble

c)

ordinance

d)

constitution

10.

Law made after a trial has ended and one of the parties appeal the result to a higher court.

a)

ordinance

b)

statutes

c)

constitution

d)

case law

11.

Let the decision stand

a)

stare decisis

b)

code

c)

laws

d)

constitution

12.

Governmental bodies created by federal, state, and local legislatures to carry out some laws.

a)

Administrative Agencies

b)

Legislative Branch

c)

Executive Branch

d)

Judicial Branch

13.

The group of laws that make up for wrongs against individual persons.

a)

Common Law

b)

Positive Law

c)

Civil Law

d)

Criminal Law

14.

Laws governing the citizens’ right to live in peace.

a)

Civil Law

b)

Positive Law

c)

Criminal Law

d)

Common Law

15.

Laws defining rights and duties of conduct except those involved in enforcement.

a)

Procedural Law

b)

Common Law

c)

Civil Law

d)

Substantive Law

16.

The capacity to do what is right even in the face of temptation or pressure to do otherwise.

a)

Universalizing

b)

Ethics

c)

Integrity

d)

Code

17.

The idea that the same ethical standards are applied to everyone.

a)

Ethics

b)

Impartiality

c)

Integrity

d)

Code

18.

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

a)

Ethics

b)

Impartiality

c)

Civil Disobedience

d)

Obedience

19.

Practice of deciding what is right or wrong in a reasoned, impartial manner.

a)

Integrity

b)

Impartiality

c)

Ethics

d)

Codes

20.

Business ethics are the ethical principles used in making business decisions.

a)

True

b)

False