Business Law 10th Edition Henry
Cheese man Chapter 1
What is Law? - answer The rules and regulations made and enforced by government
that regulate the conduct of people within a society. The definition is broad so it can be
flexible throughout time
What are the eight main functions of law? - answer Keeping the peace, Shaping moral
standards, promoting social justice, maintaining the status quo, facilitating orderly
change, facilitating planning, providing a basis for compromise, maximizing individual
freedom. Or PMJSCPCF?
Stan defer v. United States (Chief Justice Warren Burger) - answer Fairness of the law.
Different juries may reach different results under our criminal statute. Consequence
under our jury system
Judge Jerome Frank - answer Flexibility of the law is necessary to evolve and change
with norms of society.
Brown v. Board of Education - answer1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v.
Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered
all public schools desegregated. Overruled separate but equal and goes along with
flexibility of the law
What are the schools of jurisprudential thought? - answer-Natural
-Historical
-Analytical
-Sociological
-Command
-Critical Legal Studies
-Law and Economics
Natural Law of Jurisprudential Thought - answerLaw is based on what is "correct".
Emphasizes moral theory of law
Historical Law of Jurisprudential Thought - answerLaw is an aggregate of social
traditions and customs.
Analytical School of Jurisprudential Thought - answerLaw is shaped by logic
Sociological School of Jurisprudential Thought - answerLaw is the means of achieving
and advancing certain sociological goals
