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What is Law?
the collection of rules imposed by authority
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Is the Natural Law the only basis for the American Legal System?
No, there is also Positivist School, Historical School, and Legal Realism
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What are Damages
An amount given to a party whose legal interest have been injured.
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What are remedies at Law and Equity mean
Justice and fair dealings, they seek to supply a remedy when no adequate rememdy at law is avalible.
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Who is the defendant in an action?
is any party who is required to answer the complaint of a plaintiff or pursuer in a civil lawsuit before a court, or any party who has been formally charged or accused of violating a criminal statute
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Do courts depart from precedents?
A departure from precedent normally only occurs if the precedent in question is thought to be incorrect or inapplicable.
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What is Alternative Dispute Resolution
includes dispute resolution processes and techniques that fall outside of the government judicial process
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What is a Summary Judgment Motion and who can file it?
asking the court to grant a judgement in that party's favor without a trial, only if it determines that no facts are in dispute and the only question is how the law applies to the fact.
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Why do we have checks in balances in the Constitution?
checks and balances prevents any branch of government can accumulate to much power.
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What is Political Speech?
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What is Service Process?
The plantiff must deliver, or serve, a copy of the complaint and a summons to the defandant.
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What are the Sources of Law?
- 1. The U.S. Constitution and the constutitutes of the various states
- 2. Stattory law - including laws passed by congress, state legislatures, or local governing bodies
- 3. Regulations created bu adminstration agencies such as the food and drug administrations
- 4. Case law and common law doctrines.
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