True or False

1.) Legal terms can have only one meaning.

2.) Courts frequently and regularly change or modify precedents because of the rule of stare decisis.

3.) The U.S. Constitution places "the power of the purse" with the executive branch and "the power of the sword" with the Congress.

4.) Dictum can provide insights as to how a court may decide future cases.

5.) Agatha slipped and fell at You Scream Ice Cream. Agatha sued You Scream. Agatha lost her case. Unhappy with the result, Agatha wants to bring another lawsuit against You Scream. Res judicata will prevent Agatha from suing You Scream again.

6.) All laws are rules, and all rules are laws.

7.) A legal system needs to be:

A. reasonable, critical, flexible, and final.

B. unreasonable, unchanging, and final.

C. immemorial, practical, published, ethical, and final.

D. reasonable, practical, flexible, published, and final.

8.) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act forbids discrimination in employment on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, and color. The law provides that a person claiming a violation of Title VII has 180 days to file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The 180-day requirement is an example of:

A. procedural law.

B. common law

C. substantive law

D. preventative law

9.) _____________ is a body of rules applied to legal controversies when no adequate remedy at law exists.

10.) ________________is the law specifying the methods used to enforce legal rights or obtain compensation for the violation of these rights.