SAMPLE ESSAY QUESTIONS FOR

CHAPTERS 1 TO 4

1.Treasury Secretary Andrew Jackson calls you into his office and asks you to advise what power he has to create a new governmental entity to purchase bad debt of banking and financial institutions.Describe the legal authority under the Constitution and federal laws for the intervention of the government in the financial markets and the ways in which such a plan could be implemented by use of the powers of each of the three branches of government.

2- A school district supplied school-bus service for all children 12 years of age or under who lived at least one mile from school. This service was provided for transportation to and from school. Joanna was a 13-year-old student who lived in that school district. Joanna's home was 1.2 miles from school. Her parents brought suit against the school district alleging that Joanna was entitled to school-bus service and the failure to provide such service denied her the equal protection of the law. Discuss the probable outcome of the lawsuit.

3- What advantages are associated most often with using alternative dispute resolution mechanisms?