1) Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of a common law legal system?
A. An appeal process
B. The making of law by the judges and the following of precedent
C. The sole source of law is a comprehensive civil code
D. Requiring guilt be proven beyond a reasonable doubt
2) Which of the following is true about litigatingcommercial disputes?
A. A few states have established specialized trial courts for commercial disputes.
B. Businesses generally dislike the concept of specialized trial courts for commercial disputes because the large numbers of consumers who sue businesses in these courts have led the judges to become generally biased against businesses.
C. Commercial disputes, because of their specialized nature, are first heard at the appellate court level.
D. Nearly all states have specialized trial courts that hearcommercial disputes.
3) The school of jurisprudence that believes that free market forces should determine the outcome to lawsuits is:
A. The Critical Legal Studies school
B. The Law and Economics school
C. The Sociological school
D. The Command school
4) Which of the following is true with regards to arbitration?
A. The arbitrator’s decisions are never binding.
B. Many states have adopted the General Arbitration Doctrine in an effort to promote arbitration of disputes at the state level.
C. Arbitrators enter awards after reaching a decision.
D. More formal evidentiary rules are applied to arbitration hearings.
5) This form of alternative dispute resolution allows both parties to see the strengths and weaknesses of both sides of the case.
A. Fact-finding
B. Conciliation
C. Mini-trial
D. Judicial referee
6) ________ is a form of alternative dispute resolution that is often used when the parties involved do not want to face one another.
A. Mini-trial
B. Conciliation
C. Fact-finding
D. Negotiation
7) What is the result of the “effects on interstate commerce” test?
A. Commercial speech protections