QUIZ #1 Chapter 1 - I, II, III

TAKE-HOME ESSAY.
DIRECTIONS: You may use notes from Chapter 1 Sections I, II, III, and refer to pages 2-35 in the text.
Choose 3 essay questions to anser thorough!y on a separate sheet of paper. Identify hich essay
question you are ansering.
1. "iscuss the re!ationship #eteen !as and $a!ues. %xp!ain and gi$e examp!es of ho !as ref!ect
society&s mora!, economic, and po!itica! $a!ues.
2. In '(he Case of the Shiprec)ed Sai!ors,' descri#e ho the !a as a ref!ection of society&s mora!s.
%xp!ain ho punishing the defendants promotes society&s mora! $a!ues. "iscuss some contemporary !ega!
pro#!ems that ha$e arisen #ecause of conf!icting $ies on mora!ity.
3. "efine precedent and descri#e its importance to the *udicia! process.
+. ,arsha, age 1-, #e!ie$es it is rong that the entire #oard of education in her ton is made up of adu!ts.
.o might authority #e used to dea! ith the pro#!em/ 0hat different methods might she emp!oy to
change this/
5. 1ame some !a in your community that you ou!d !i)e to see changed. 2ist three points you ou!d
ma)e to con$ince a pu#!ic officia! to or) to change this !a. 3or each of the points, state the method of
inf!uencing a pu#!ic officia! that you thin) ou!d or) most effecti$e!y. %xp!ain your ansers.
4. "escri#e some goa!s the !ega! system tries to achie$e. Some of the more difficu!t pro#!ems facing
society in$o!$e conf!icts among these goa!s. 5ro$ide examp!es of !as that ref!ect these conf!icts.
-. "etermine from the fo!!oing cases hich are Ci$i! !as and hich are Crimina! !as. %xp!ain your
decision. If you thin) one cou!d #e #oth ci$i! and crimina!, exp!ain hy. 617 an auto accident8 627
throing a roc) through a schoo! indo8 637 #rea)ing a contract they signed8 and, 6+7 carrying a
concea!ed eapon.
9. Inmates in a state prison #e!ie$e that they are #eing unfair!y treated due to the conditions 6e.g.,
o$ercroding7 in their prison. (hey comp!ain #ut prison officia!s say there is nothing they can do. (he
inmates ta)e o$er the prison and ta)e the officia!s hostage unti! their demands are met. 0i!! they need to
esta#!ish !as ithin the institution/ 0hy or hy not/ Is there a possi#!e conf!ict #eteen mora!ity and
!a in hat the inmates ha$e done/ Sho ho this situation is the same as, or different from, the case of
the shiprec)ed sai!ors discussed in c!ass 6three men stranded in a !ife#oat7.
:. "iscuss the issues of chec)s and #a!ances and the supremacy c!ause #ased on the story #e!o.
; state !egis!ature passes a !a denying nespapers the right to print artic!es depicting !egis!ators in a
negati$e !ight. ; nespaper in the state pu#!ishes a negati$e artic!e a#out a state congressman. ; suit is
fi!ed and ends up #efore the <.S. Supreme Court. (he Court dec!ares the !a unconstitutiona!.