1. "Police powers" refers to:

the state's authority to regulate the health safety and welfare of it's citizens

local police agency authority

a police officers authority to make an arrest

the authority of state police to monitor the roads

2.Law made by administrative agencies are called

rules or regulations

treatises

precedent or stare decisis

federalism

3.Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in

employment practices

consumer finance

tort cases

family law practices

4.Statutory law is created by

legislatures

common law

constitutions

the courts

5.Substantive law refers to

the merits of a claim, case or action

the procedure used to carry out laws

the procedures used by the Supreme Court

the goal of a law

6.List three sources of primary law.

Group of answer choices

constitutions, statutes, common law

constitutions, common law, restatements

constitutions, statutes, legal encyclopedias

constitutions, state laws, treatises

7.What is due process?

Group of answer choices

fairness in government action

a form of legal realism

part of the Bill of rights

the collection of fines

8.The Bill of Rights refers to

Group of answer choices

the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution

the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments tot he U.S. Constitution

the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution

all the amendments to the U.S. Constitution

9.Federalism is a structure of government where:

Group of answer choices

federal and state governments coexist and share power

federal and state governments each try for as much power as possible

states retain certain rights as determined try the state, regardless of federal law

states must first ask the federal government for authority to take action

10.Under the doctrine of stare decisis, court decisions rely on

Group of answer choices

judges to use past decisions to inform current decisions

following the rules of the constitution of the land

cost benefit analysis of future gains

judges to make new rulings

11.Laws made by government agencies are called

Group of answer choices

rules or regulations

precedent

judge's rulings

stare decisis

12.The rule of law

Group of answer choices

holds people to the same standard

allows the wealthy to evade the law

is nota predicable way to enforce the law

does not rely on precedent

13.Under the U.S. constitution, ex-post facto laws

Group of answer choices

are prohibited

are permitted

are permitted, but not often

create uncertainty