Deck 10: The Impact of Law on Society

Question 1

Identify which of the following is a UN specific international approach to fighting against female genital mutilation.

A) providing services to local communities
B) tying aide to international law compliance
C) educating local communities
D) researching local communities

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to the textbook, courts can bring about social change by which of the following methods?

A) appealing to the media
B) public demonstrations
C) imposing new rules
D) writing law

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Identify the year in which the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women was held.

A) 1969
B) 1979
C) 1989
D) 1999

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Congress falls under the ______.

A) legislative source of law
B) executive source of law
C) administrative source of law
D) judicial source of law

Question 5

Identify which of the following that demonstrates how courts are limited in their ability to bring about fundamental change.

A) They are bound by following the Constitution and laws (cannot interpret).
B) They lack funds to bring about fundamental change.
C) They must wait for an issue to be placed on the docket before acting.
D) They do not have enforcement power.

Question 6

A regime may resort to massive enforcement to obtain which form of compliance with the law?

A) voluntary
B) involuntary
C) coerced
D) mutually accepted

Question 7

This view sees the law as a dynamic force that changes society.

A) law as the cause of social change
B) law lags behind social development
C) law as an institution of enforcement
D) law as an institution of external support

Question 8

Identify which of the following is not a social movement.

A) court action
B) lobbying for legislation
C) demonstration
D) voter mobilization

Question 9

Identify which of the following factors influencing acceptance of legal change states that a specific agency should be charged with implementation.

A) implementation
B) enforcement
C) external support
D) responsibility

Question 10

In what year was the Miranda rule passed?

A) 1965
B) 1966
C) 1976
D) 1986

Question 11

Identify which selection the Miranda warning DOES include.

A) consequences of plea bargaining
B) the right to self-defense
C) the right to legal representation
D) the right to speak directly to the media

Question 12

A specific agency or entity should be charged with implementing the law and protecting the rights of individuals who would suffer if there was noncompliance with the law. This is the factor of ______.

A) information
B) external support
C) protection
D) responsibility

Question 13

Identify which selection the Miranda warning DOES NOT include.

A) consequences of talking
B) the right to silence
C) the right to resist arrest
D) the right to legal representation

Question 14

Roe v. Wade was passed in ______.

A) 1964
B) 1968
C) 1973
D) 1987

Question 15

Identify which of the following exemplifies a judicial path of courts.

A) Brown v. Board of Education
B) class action suits
C) civil suits
D) Brown v. U.S. Navy

Question 16

School boards fall under the ______.

A) legislative source of law
B) executive source of law
C) administrative source of law
D) judicial source of law

Question 17

According to the textbook, another way courts can bring about social change is by which of the following methods?

A) influencing institutions
B) public demonstrations
C) imposing sanctions on corporations
D) writing law

Question 18

Courts are considered to fall under the ______.

A) legislative source of law
B) executive source of law
C) administrative source of law
D) judicial source of law

Question 19

Identify which of the following does not constitute a social movement instilling change.

A) lobbying for legislation
B) voter mobilization
C) demonstrations
D) making court decisions public

Question 20

Which selection explains how courts are limited in bringing about social change?

A) must wait for a place to be on their docket
B) they have implementation power
C) they must seek public opinion
D) they are all partisan based

Question 21

Identify the area in which State legislature falls under.

A) legislative source of law
B) executive source of law
C) administrative source of law
D) judicial source of law

Question 22

Since the Miranda decision police have not been able to elicit confessions at the same rate as prior to the Miranda decision.

Question 23

Peace protesters practice civil disobedience.

Question 24

A law also is more likely to be accepted when it is supported by a well-organized and vocal social movement. This is the factor of ______.

A) protection
B) external support
C) enforcement
D) reference group

Question 25

Brown v. Board of Education was passed in ______.

A) 1954
B) 1964
C) 1974
D) 1984

Question 26

A law is most likely to achieve compliance when there is punishment for individuals who refuse to comply with the law and rewards for those who do comply. This best aligns with which selection below?

A) punishment and rewards
B) protection
C) external support
D) responsibility

Question 27

Courts fall under the executive source of law.

Question 28

Identify which of the following factors influencing acceptance of legal change states that legal change, if implemented in a timely fashion, has more chance of being successful.

A) punishment and rewards
B) protection
C) implementation
D) enforcement

Question 29

Courts fall under the judicial source of law.

Question 30

Identify from below which source of law the governor falls under.

A) legislative source of law
B) executive source of law
C) administrative source of law
D) judicial source of law

Question 31

Identify which of the following cases held that a denominationally neutral prayer violated the constitutional prohibition against governmentally sponsored religious activity.

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Brown v. Board of Education
C) School District of Abington Township v. Schempp
D) Engel v. Vitale

Question 32

The ability to point to communities that have successfully adopted the new law may persuade individuals that the new law is beneficial. This statement aligns with which of the following selections?

A) reference group
B) implementation
C) punishment and rewards
D) protection

Question 33

Identify which of the following cases involved a decision about religious freedom being allowed in prisons.

A) Johnson v. Avery
B) Ruff v. Virginia
C) Cooper v. Pate
D) Holt v. Sarver

Question 34

Individuals implementing and enforcing the law must believe in the law and should not be perceived as corrupt, discriminatory, or hypocritical. This is the factor of ______.

A) protection
B) reference group
C) implementation
D) enforcement

Question 35

The Civil Rights Act was passed in ______.

A) 1964
B) 1966
C) 1974
D) 1976

Question 36

Roe v. Wade ruled that women ______.

A) can have an abortion in the first trimester
B) can have an abortion in the first two trimesters
C) can have an abortion at any time
D) cannot have an abortion

Question 37

Identify which of the following cases recognized the right to a jail house attorney.

A) Holt v. Sarver
B) Cooper v. Pate
C) Ruff v. Virginia
D) Johnson v. Avery

Question 38

The Civil Rights Act contributed to the desegregation of schools.

Question 39

Judges issue a decision that is obeyed based on the prestige and authority and respect for the legal institution. This definition aligns with which of the following selections?

A) extra-judicial path
B) judicial path
C) nonjudicial path
D) extra legislative path

Question 40

Identify the area in which the President falls.

A) legislative source of law
B) executive source of law
C) administrative source of law
D) judicial source of law

Question 41

A school board falls under the administrative source of law.

Question 42

Explain what the four-part Miranda warning is intended to serve and why. Be sure to list each point as you explain.

Question 43

In Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court held that racially segregated public school denied African American students equal protection of the law and stated that in the field of public education the doctrine of separate but equal has no place because separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

Question 44

Miranda rights are mandated prior to an interrogation.

Question 45

Schools were desegregated immediately following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Question 46

Explain how Brown v. Board of Education overturned more than 50 years of precedent; include the role played by social science.

Question 47

According to Miranda rights you can consult a lawyer and have a lawyer present during interrogation.

Question 48

Miranda rights allow for suspects to get appointed a lawyer in the event that they cannot afford one.

Question 49

Courts and legislatures should be viewed as part of an integrated political system.

Question 50

Compare and contrast the number of abortions, Pre- and Post- the Roe v. Wade decision.

Question 51

Miranda rights have since removed the clause regarding the right to silence to fortify enhanced interrogation.

Question 52

The Miranda decision has several lessons for the capacity of judicial decisions to usher in social change. What accounts for the fact that Miranda has not been proven more effective in protecting the rights of suspects? Your textbook lists and explains several of these; select three and summarize them.

Question 53

In Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision that women have the constitutional right to autonomy and self-preservation and that this protects the right of a woman to an abortion.

Question 54

Roe v. Wade made a decision that women have the right to an abortion at any trimester.