Deck 1: An Introduction to Law and Society

Question 1

This person is known as the father of the common law.

A) Ranulf de Glanville
B) Henry II
C) Henry VIII
D) Henry de Bracton

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Identify the dysfunctional role of the law described by how the law may limit the ability of individuals to use the law to vindicate their right and liberties.

A) bias
B) unequal access to justice
C) impeding social change
D) repression

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Identify from the choices below, an example of the dispute resolution function of law.

A) Illinois giving out tax breaks for charitable donations
B) Congress passing a law that would allow for wounded veterans to receive medical care for PTSD
C) Chicago's ban on handheld cell phone usage while operating a motor vehicle
D) state laws regarding divorce and property distribution

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Legal anthropologist Paul Bohannan views law as based on ______.

A) tradition
B) morals
C) custom
D) divine edict

Question 5

Identify which of the following is an example of the social change function of the law.

A) public loitering laws
B) speeding laws
C) divorce laws
D) voting rights for women

Question 6

These are the "action aspect" and tell us how to act in a situation.

A) norms
B) values
C) folkways
D) mores

Question 7

Mores and folkways are informal ______.

A) norms
B) values
C) folkways
D) mores

Question 8

From the following quote identify which theorist is represented, "Law is a body of binding obligations . . . kept in force by the specific mechanisms of reciprocity and publicity inherent in the structure of society."

A) Bohannan
B) Engles
C) Malinowski
D) Marx

Question 9

Identify the fundamental principle that constitutes the foundation of Socialist law from the choices below.

A) security, education, administration
B) security, education, property
C) security, administration, crime
D) property, education, crime

Question 10

______ are deeply and intensely held norms about what is right and wrong. The violation of these are met with strong condemnation.

A) Norms
B) Values
C) Folkways
D) Mores

Question 11

These are the core beliefs about what is moral and immoral, good and bad, and acceptable and unacceptable.

A) norms
B) values
C) folkways
D) mores

Question 12

Identify which of the following is an example of the social control function of the law.

A) speeding laws
B) inheritance laws
C) voting rights for women
D) divorce laws

Question 13

The following definition of law follows what approach of defining the law? "Law is a body of binding obligations . . . kept in force by the specific mechanisms of reciprocity and publicity inherent in the structure of society."

A) law and social integration
B) law and physical force
C) law and justice
D) law in action

Question 14

Identify from the following definition of law, which two theorists are best represented, "Law is a mechanism to support the political and economic domination of the powerful ruling class and to exploit the working class."

A) Marx, Bohannan
B) Marx, Engles
C) Bohannan, Engles
D) Marx, Stalin

Question 15

Identify which of the following is NOT a dysfunctional role of the law.

A) harassment
B) prosecution
C) bias
D) repression

Question 16

These are the customs that guide our daily interactions and behavior.

A) norms
B) values
C) folkways
D) mores

Question 17

This is an example of the social control function of the law.

A) the U.S. Congress declaring MLK day as a holiday in 1983
B) NYC imposing fines for people not picking up after their dogs
C) land ownership laws
D) Brown v. Board of Education ensuring that schools in America are desegregated

Question 18

These provide the foundation for many of our laws.

A) norms
B) values
C) folkways
D) mores

Question 19

Identify the theorist who presented the following: "An order, shall be called law where it is externally guaranteed by the probability that coercion (physical or psychological), to bring about conformity or avenge violation will be applied by a staff of people especially ready for that purpose."

A) Weber
B) Engels
C) Marx
D) Hoebel

Question 20

Identify which of the following is an example of the dispute resolution function of the law.

A) public intoxication laws
B) alcohol and drug use laws
C) inheritance laws
D) voting rights for African Americans

Question 21

In Islamic law, the prosecution can present eyewitnesses. Which of the following is true about eyewitness requirements?

A) Adultery and fornication require four eyewitnesses.
B) Nonadultery offenses require five eyewitnesses.
C) Only Muslim males can be eyewitnesses.
D) none of these

Question 22

Law and Society takes on internal approaches to law and focuses on court cases, statutes, and constitutional provision and aims to provide an answer to a legal problem.

Question 23

Identify one of the things the United Nations can do when a country violates international law.

A) violate national sovereignty
B) organize a coalition of member states to act militarily
C) use its own army to punish the country
D) none of these

Question 24

The United Nations can use their own military in order to sanction those states that violate international law.

Question 25

"Black letter law" is referred to the study of law that looks at all the outside factors that influence how legal cases play out.

Question 26

"Law is custom recreated by agents of society in institutions specifically meant to deal with legal questions." This definition of law follows what approach of defining the law?

A) law and justice
B) law and social integration
C) law and custom
D) law in action

Question 27

Roscoe Pound is the theorist most closely identified with the consensus perspective.

Question 28

In Islamic criminal procedure, you are allowed an appeal.

Question 29

Private law is comprised of ______.

A) contract, criminal law, and administrative
B) contract, torts, and property
C) contract, administrative, and torts
D) contract, torts, and criminal

Question 30

This type of norm includes habits guiding our interactions with teachers and family ______.

A) norms
B) folkway
C) mores
D) sanctions

Question 31

Which definition of law is represented by, "A social norm is legal if its neglect or infraction is regularly met, in threat or in fact by the application of physical force by an individual or group possessing the socially recognized privilege of so acting"?

A) law and official authority
B) law and justice
C) law and physical force
D) law in action

Question 32

Those with more money are allowed better chances at winning or getting charges acquitted. This statement emphasizes what dysfunction of law?

A) bias
B) unequal access to justice
C) harassment
D) repression

Question 33

A law that punishes murder best fits with what Law and Society perspective?

A) conflict
B) criminal law
C) private law
D) consensus

Question 34

Which definition of law is represented by, "The prophecies of what the courts will do in fact and nothing more pretentious, are what I mean by law"?

A) law in action
B) law and official authority
C) law and justice
D) law, coercion, and specialization

Question 35

In Islamic Law, this happens if the plaintiff is unable to produce the required number of qualified witnesses.

A) the case is automatically dismissed
B) the defendant is asked to take a religious oath attesting his or her innocence
C) the defendant is asked to take a religious oath attesting his or her innocence and if so done, the case is dismissed
D) the defendant is asked to take a religious oath attesting his or her innocence and if so done the case is dismissed; otherwise, if the defendant refuses three times, a judgment is entered.

Question 36

In Islamic Law, what happens if the plaintiff is unable to produce the required number of qualified witnesses?

A) The case is automatically dismissed.
B) The defendant is asked to take a religious oath attesting his or her innocence.
C) The defendant is asked to take a religious oath attesting his or her innocence and if so done, the case is dismissed.
D) The defendant is asked to take a religious oath attesting his or her innocence and if so done the case is dismissed; otherwise, if the defendant refuses three times, a judgment is entered.

Question 37

A law that allows for large corporations to be tax exempt best fits with what Law and Society perspective?

A) consensus
B) conflict
C) property
D) public law

Question 38

Public law is comprised of ______.

A) constitutional law, administrative law, and criminal law
B) constitutional law, torts, and property
C) constitutional law, contract, and property
D) constitutional law, administrative, and tort

Question 39

As you evaluate the following definition of law, identify what approach this is of defining the law, "An order, shall be called law where it is externally guaranteed by the probability that coercion (physical or psychological), to bring about conformity or avenge violation will be applied by a staff of people especially ready for that purpose."

A) law, coercion, and specialization
B) law and physical force
C) law in action
D) law and justice

Question 40

Identify the countries in which Communism is still present.

A) Yugoslavia, China, North Korea, Cuba
B) North Korea, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Hungary
C) China, North Korea, Cuba, Laos
D) Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Japan

Question 41

Summarize the main points of the Conflict Perspective.

Question 42

Identify and then compare and contrast the two perspectives on law and society.

Question 43

Identify, define, and summarize the principles of Private law.

Question 44

Identify, define, and summarize the principles of Public law.

Question 45

William Chambliss's essay on the Irish law of social deviance is a classic study of the role of the law in serving the interests of dominant economic groups.

Question 46

Private law includes the areas of contract, torts, and property.

Question 47

In Discriminatory Justice, individuals in similar situations should be treated in a similar fashion.

Question 48

Dominant groups use the police and other social control agencies to enforce the laws that promote their self-interest and values and is one of the propositions that underlie the conflict theory.

Question 49

Workers compensation is an example of the conflict model where the employers imposed rules to protect themselves at the cost of others.

Question 50

The conflict perspective views society as based on shared values.

Question 51

Pound identified six "conflict perspectives" that are promoted by law and which are essential to the maintenance of a secure and stable society.

Question 52

In Islamic Law, two women witnesses are equal to one male witness.

Question 53

Jurisprudence looks at the underlying philosophical questions of law.

Question 54

Courts are particularly concerned with protecting national security during wartime.

Question 55

Explain how "black letter law" and jurisprudence consider law.