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Chapter 5: Development of Law
1: Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that the ________ "is a magic mirror, wherein we see reflected not only our own lives but also the lives of those who went before us."
Supreme Court
Statute
Constitution
Law
2: ________ law deals with the relationships between individuals and government.
Criminal
Public
Contract
Private
3: Common law is derived from ________ decisions.
Constitutional
Administrative
Judicial
Statutory
4: Cases are tried by applying ________-law principles unless a statute governs.
Common
Jurisdictional
Constitutional
Written
5: The common-law principle of ________ (let the decision stand) provides that when a decision is rendered in a lawsuit involving a particular set of facts, another lawsuit involving an identical or substantially similar situation is to be resolved in the same manner as the first lawsuit.
Res Judicata
Res ipsa loquitur
Writ of mandamus
Stare decisis
6: "In civilized life, law floats on a sea of ________." —Earl Warren
Judicial decisions
Ethics
State constitutions
Local mandates
7: The extensive body of public law issued by administrative agencies to direct the enacted laws of the federal and state governments is referred to as _______.
Common law
Constitutional law
Administrative law
The Bill of Rights
8: The function of the ________ branch of government is to impact laws that may amend or repeal existing legislation and to create new legislation.
Legislative
Administrative
Judicial
Executive
9: The concept of ________ is, in effect, a system of checks and balances that provides that no branch of government has more power than the other branches.
Executive power
Traditional supremacy
Separation of powers
Judicial supremacy
10: The ________ is responsible for developing and implementing appropriate administrative regulations for carrying out national health and human services policy objectives.
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control
Department of Health and Human Services
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