Deck 1: Introduction: Making Sense of Law and Society

Question 1

Traditional legal systems rely on _________ as the source for legal rules.

A) the court
B) formal written law
C) custom
D) documents

Answer 1

C

Question 2

As societies become more complex, _________ gives way to __________.

A) heterogeneity; homogeneity
B) homogeneity; heterogeneity
C) tribal law; modern law
D) custom; property rights

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Who said "the law embodies the story of a nation's development through many centuries"?

A) Oliver Wendell Holmes
B) Hernando de Soto
C) Karl Marx
D) Roscoe Pound

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The emphasis on social conflict and social stratification became most prominent during which period ?

A) 1920s, after WWI
B) 1950s, after WWII
C) In the 1930s, as Hitler came to power in Germany
D) In the 1960s, during the Vietnam War

Question 5

The disciplines of sociology and law are related in that _____________.

A) both disciplines ignore the role of norms
B) both disciplines are concerned with interpersonal relations
C) both disciplines reject the role of emotion in law
D) both disciplines focus mostly on the study of victimization

Question 6

Sociological jurisprudence is the study of _____________.

A) law and legal philosophy
B) cultural influences on society
C) the historical development of tribal legal systems
D) the evolution of third-world legal procedures

Question 7

Which of the following is not a difficulty which hampers the communication between lawyers and sociologists?

A) language
B) uncertainty about the involvement of the other discipline
C) restrictions on location and international cooperation
D) the rhetoric of law

Question 8

The cultural differences between sociologists and attorneys are mostly based on the methods each use in searching for _____________.

A) justice
B) criminals
C) victims
D) truth

Question 9

Which of the following is not a reason which explains the difference in legal thinking and scientific thinking?

A) Law does not seek to make connections between means and ends.
B) Legal consequences may be valid even if they do not occur.
C) Scientific thinking requires use of the scientific method.
D) A law is either valid or invalid.

Question 10

According to Weber, which of the following is a basic feature of law?

A) It is written down.
B) Law must be accessible to all.
C) Law is formed through social change.
D) External actions to comply with law are coercive.

Question 11

According to Weber, rules of conduct in defined situations observed without thinking are called _____________.

A) customs
B) legal rules
C) customary rules
D) conventions

Question 12

According to Donald Black, which four styles of social control are represented in law?

A) civil, criminal, tort, and property
B) penal, compensatory, therapeutic, and conciliatory
C) custom, pressures, conventions, and customary rules
D) penal, rehabilitative, retribution, and deterrence

Question 13

___________ consist of rights, duties, and prohibitions administered by courts.

A) Private law
B) Public law
C) Federal law
D) Substantive law

Question 14

Which type of law concerns how laws are administered?

A) public law
B) court law
C) procedural law
D) common law

Question 15

__________ law is concerned with the rules governing relationships between individuals.

A) Common
B) Criminal
C) Substantive
D) Private

Question 16

Civil statutes are also called _____________.

A) torts
B) private rules
C) common law
D) procedural law

Question 17

Which type of law is concerned with the definition of crime and penal treatment of offenders?

A) penal law
B) criminal law
C) private law
D) procedural law

Question 18

Which of the following is a type of law which resists codification and is based on precedent?

A) Napoleonic law
B) executive orders
C) constitutional law
D) common law

Question 19

Statutory law is enacted by _____________.

A) the executive branch
B) the legislative branch
C) the judicial branch
D) none of the above

Question 20

This system is the dominant legal system used throughout the world.

A) Romano-Germanic
B) Islamic
C) common-Law
D) none of the above

Question 21

The common-law legal system developed in England after which conflict?

A) the Hundred Years' War
B) the War of the Roses
C) the Napoleonic wars
D) the Norman Conquest

Question 22

A _________ is a body of laws.

A) statutory collection
B) code
C) legislature
D) parliament

Question 23

The socialist legal system can be traced to _____________.

A) the fall of the Berlin Wall
B) the Cold War
C) the Bolshevik Revolution
D) the Napoleonic Code

Question 24

Which of the following is not an objective of classical socialist law?

A) the formation of court-developed law
B) economic development
C) national security
D) education

Question 25

Which of the following is not a principal source for Islamic law?

A) the Sunna
B) the Koran
C) analogical reasoning
D) legislative bodies

Question 26

According to the text, a principal function of law is _____________.

A) to find and punish criminals
B) to maintain property rights
C) social control
D) reducing conflict

Question 27

In the ___________, law is considered a framework for maintaining societal integration.

A) conflict perspective
B) social change Perspective
C) consensus perspective
D) Islamic perspective

Question 28

The ______________ views law as a tool used by the ruling class to maintain control.

A) sociological system
B) Communist system
C) Koran
D) conflict perspective

Question 29

Sociologists and theorists that have contributed to the development of the conflict perspective include all of the following except _____________.

A) Holmes
B) Marx
C) Quinney
D) Chambliss

Question 30

According to Marx, praxis concerns _____________.

A) how society forms law
B) the ideas of legal theorists
C) what society thinks
D) what society does

Question 31

All societies and cultures utilize a formal legal system.

Question 32

As societies become more complex, law becomes more complex.

Question 33

Legal scholars and sociologists interact well due to their professional similarities.

Question 34

Law is easily defined, but may vary by culture and society.

Question 35

Three styles of social control are represented in law.

Question 36

Public law is concerned with the structure of government and the relationship between the individual and the state.

Question 37

Civil law is also private law.

Question 38

The legal system in China is based on the legal system based on ius civile.

Question 39

The Code of Justinian is the basis for the Romano-Germanic legal system.

Question 40

The laws of the United States have a basis in the English common-law system.

Question 41

Socialist law rejects the idea of separation of powers.

Question 42

The Islamic legal system is an independent branch of knowledge.

Question 43

Law is a form of formal social control.

Question 44

The conflict perspective views law as a neutral framework tasked with maintaining social integration.

Question 45

The conflict perspective views law as a tool used by the ruling class to maintain control.

Question 46

What is the relationship between law and society? Specifically, how does one inform the other?

Question 47

Describe the four major types of legal systems. Identify the origin, characteristics, source, and type of law, and current examples of each.

Question 48

Compare and contrast the consensus perspective and conflict perspective.

Question 49

How has the socialist legal system of the former Soviet Union evolved from the Bolshevik Revolution to the present day and what are some of the negative consequences since the collapse of Communism in 1989?

Question 50

Identify and discuss the functions and dysfunctions of law. Use examples to illustrate each.