Answers_Orientation_Worksheet

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1、ANSWERSTOWORKSHEETREGARDINGTHEU.S.LEGALSYSTEM[ThesequestionscanbeansweredbyreadingthechaptersassignedfromtheOutlineoftheU.S.LegalSystem.Theheadingsbelowpointyouintherightdirectionregardinginwhichchaptertheinformationmaybefound;however,morethanoneoftheassignedchaptersmayhavetoberef

2、erredtoforacompleteanswer.]QUESTIONSFROMORBASEDONINFORMATIONINTHEINTRODUCTION1.Whatarethesourcesoffederallaw?Thesourcesoffederallaware:theUnitedStatesConstitution,legislativelaw(statutes),judiciallaw(commonlaworcourt-madelaw),andexecutiveoradministrative/agencylaw.(pp.7-9)Notethat

3、thesamesourcesoflawexistforstatelaw:thestate‟sconstitution,legislativelaw(statestatutes),judiciallaw(commonlaworstate-courtmadelaw),andexecutiveorstateadministrative/agencylaw.2.Whatarefederallawscalled?“Federallawsareknownasstatutes.”(p.8)3.Whatisa“code”?Acodeis“a„codification‟of

4、federalstatutorylaw.TheCodeisnotitselfalaw,itmerelypresentsthestatutesinalogicalarrangement.”(pp.8-9)4.Whatiscommonlaw?Howdoescommonlawcontrasttostatutorylaw?Commonlawis“acollectionofjudicialdecisions,customs,andgeneralprinciples...thatcontinuestodevelop.”Commonlawapplieswhenthere

5、arenostatutesorconstitutionalprovisionsthatcontrolaparticularlegalissue.Commonlawisanimportantsourceoflawbecauselegislatures(eitherfederalorstate)havenotpassedstatutesthatcancovereverypossiblelegalissuethatmayarise.(pp.12-13)Further,commonlawisimportantwhenastatuteorconstitutional

6、provisionisambiguoussuchthatacourtmustinterpretthemeaningofastatuteorconstitutionalprovisionoracourtmustdeterminehowastatuteorconstitutionalprovisionappliestoaparticularsituation.5.Ifnostatuteisrelevanttoabreachofcontractissue,whattypeoflawwouldcontrol?Commonlaw(judicialorcourt-ma

7、delaw).(p.12)6.Whatis“precedent”?“Precedent”isapriorcourtdecisionthatdecidedaparticularissue.(p.13).AsdefinedbyBlack‟sLawDictionary(8thed.2004),“precedent”is:1.Themakingoflawbyacourtinrecognizingandapplyingnewruleswhileadministeringjustice.2.Adecidedcasethatfurnishesabasisfordeter

8、mininglatercasesinvolvingsimilarf