Types of Law Quiz
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Types of Law Quiz

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What is the primary purpose of criminal law according to the text?

  • To resolve disputes where damages are not a suitable remedy
  • To establish rigid rules laid down by royal courts
  • To provide a structure for dealing with disputes and deter those who disturb the order (correct)
  • To introduce fairness into the legal system
  • Which type of law is responsible for the creation of common law?

  • The judiciary (correct)
  • Statute law
  • Private law
  • Criminal law
  • Which type of law was developed two or three hundred years after common law to introduce fairness into the legal system?

  • Equity (correct)
  • Criminal law
  • Public law
  • Statute law
  • Which type of law is Parliament responsible for?

    <p>Statute law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of law does the text state that most of the law you will be studying is?

    <p>Private law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of equity law according to the text?

    <p>To resolve disputes where damages are not a suitable remedy and to introduce fairness into the legal system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary distinction between common law and equity?

    <p>Common law is a system of rigid rules, while equity was developed to introduce fairness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of informal mechanisms of social control according to the text?

    <p>To provide ethical and moral guidance as 'norms' or behavioral expectations that society has developed over time through its culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of law does the text state is responsible for the creation of statute law?

    <p>Parliament</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary distinction between criminal law and civil law?

    <p>The text does not provide enough information to distinguish between criminal law and civil law</p> Signup and view all the answers

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