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?

Statute law Signup and view all the answers

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

Private law Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What is the primary distinction between common law and equity?

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

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

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

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

Parliament Signup and view all the answers

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

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

Types of Law Quiz

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

Which type of law is responsible for the creation of common law?

Which type of law was developed two or three hundred years after common law to introduce fairness into the legal system?

Which type of law is Parliament responsible for?

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

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

What is the primary distinction between common law and equity?

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

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

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

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