Question

1. In our English common law legal system (whether on the Federal or state level), a precedent is an earlier court decision/opinion that later courts tend to follow as guidance for resolving a similar legal dispute before it. 2. Stare decisis is the basis on which the legal system of the United States is based and it means that the courts of today should be guided by earlier court decisions/opinions that are precedent. 3. Statutory law is a source of law that is enacted by legislative bodies of government and then signed into law by the executive. 4. Unenforceable obligations that exist between people is known as the moral law. T F 5. The philosophical approach to what is right or wrong/good or bad is called ethics. T F 6. A person who reveals confidential information or concerning some wrongdoing/illegal or unethical behavior by his or her employer is known as a "whistleblower." 7. Generally, what is unethical is always illegal. 8. Generally, what is ethical is always legal. 9. All ethical rules have been enacted into law as the legal system of the U.S. 10. The authorization of a court to hear cases when they are first brought into the legal system is known as original jurisdiction. The area of law concerned with the relationship between businesses/individuals and government agencies is known as administrative law. 12. In our legal system, whether federal or state, the judicial branch of government has two main powers: judicial review - determining whether a law passed by the legislature is constitutional; and interpreting the enacted laws in legal disputes brought before it through the court system and rendering opinions as to the disputes brought before the courts.

Answer 1

1.

True

2.

True

3.

True

These are the laws created by the legislative bodies, and when presented to the executive as bill and passed, then it becomes sta-tut-ory laws.

4.

True

These obligations are above the set of laws and between the people who contract with each other. So, it is considered as moral laws.

5.

True

Ethics is the moral code of conduct that are always considered in high regard. There are different philosophical approach to define ethics such as virtue, egoism, utilitarian and deontological among the others.

6.

True

A whistleblower is the person who exposes the malpractices or corruption going on in his own organization.

7.

False

All unethical action is not going to the illegal as some of the action will be legal also.

8.

True

All the ethical perspectives are considered as legal. though, the reverse is not true.

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