Final Exam

Question 1

What type of litigant uses the court occasionally?

Answer 1

One-Shotter

Question 2

What process combines the roles of mediator and investigator?

Answer 2

Ombudsman Process

Question 3

Which legal term emphasizes disputants attempting to resolve their disagreements without the intervention of a third party?

Answer 3

Negotiation

Question 4

Which legal term involves the intervention of a neutral third party to facilitate the resolution of a dispute?

Answer 4

Mediation

Question 5

What kind of legal action deals with harm or loss due to civil wrongs?

Answer 5

Tort litigation

Question 6

What is the process by which a neutral third party, known as an arbitrator, examines the evidence and issues a legally binding decision to settle a dispute?

Answer 6

Arbitration

Question 7

What is the formal and public process for resolving disputes, exemplified by methods like litigation in a court?

Answer 7

Adjudication

Question 8

What is the term that describes the persistence of a dispute without involving a neutral third party or actively seeking resolution?

Answer 8

Lumping it

Question 9

What category can terms like “dueling,” “rituals,” and “feuding” be considered as types of?

Answer 9

Dispute Resolution

Question 10

What term refers to conflicts or disagreements that arise between individuals and organizations?

Answer 10

Disputes Between Individuals and Organizations

Question 11

What is the process of dealing with and managing disputes, whether through formal or informal methods?

Answer 11

Dispute processing

Question 12

What is the term for reaching a resolution or settlement in a dispute between the parties involved?

Answer 12

Dispute Settlement

Question 13

Law is an instrument for what form of change?

Answer 13

Social Change

Question 14

Is the relationship between law and social change unidirectional or reciprocal?

Answer 14

Reciprocal, with both influencing each other.

Question 15

Provide an example of law reacting to social change?

Answer 15

The Civil Rights movement of 1964.

Question 16

What do some scholars argue regarding law and social change?

Answer 16

Some argue that law reacts to social change.

Question 17

Provide an example of law creating social change?

Answer 17

Post-WWII legal changes shifting Eastern-bloc countries to a socialist society.

Question 18

What are the limitations of law as an instrument of social change?

Answer 18

Inability to resolve all conflicts, tendency to favor the privileged, vagueness, and clumsiness.

Question 19

Name a social factor contributing to resistance to change?

Answer 19

Social Class

Question 20

Which form of dispute resolution combines elements from different methods, such as arbitration and mediation, to address a specific dispute?

Answer 20

Hybrid process

Question 21

Which specific dispute resolution process involves disputants selecting a retired judge to act as an arbitrator?

Answer 21

(RENT-A-JUDGE)-Arbitration| and part of Hybrid Process

Question 22

What specific process occurs when mediation fails to resolve a dispute, leading to a transition to arbitration?

Answer 22

Med-arb

Question 23

The Hybrid Process involves both ___________ and ____________. (in order of the question)

Answer 23

Arbitration and Mediation

Question 24

What is the clearer term for the critical investigation of events and experiences from the past?

Answer 24

Historical

Question 25

What would be considered examples of historical research?

Answer 25

Court records, Tax records and Journals

Question 26

What are the difficulties in using historical methods in the profession of law?

Answer 26

Info may be lost such as accuracy and presentation/thoroughness of available info

Question 27

What is the best method of collecting data to study a series of events?

Answer 27

Observational

Question 28

What is the best type of research experimental method to be determining numbers, ratios, and etc?

Answer 28

Survey

Question 29

What is the most effective approach for studying the norms, rules, and status within a group?

Answer 29

Interview

Question 30

What is the difference between a human being and a Mechanical Observer?

Answer 30

The distinction lies between a human being, who acts as a researcher, and a mechanical observer, which refers to any form of technology, such as a camera.

Question 31

What were the three functions of lawyers during the Middle Ages?

Answer 31

Agent, Advocate, and Jurisconsult

Question 32

What are the five stages in the process of the professionalization of law?

Answer 32

1.Became full-time occupations 2. Training schools established 3. Local professional associations started 4. State licensing laws 5. Formal codes of ethics established

Question 33

During the imperial period, which group of legal representatives evolved into juris prudentes before finally becoming practitioners of law?

Answer 33

Roman orators

Question 34

What were considered the three archetypical "learned" professions?

Answer 34

Law, Church, Medicine

Question 35

What does the word attorney mean?

Answer 35

An agent, or individual who acts or appears on behalf of someone else.

Question 36

What are the main methods for researching law in society?

Answer 36

Historical, Experimental, Observational, Survey

Question 37

What are the principal subgroups in the legal profession?

Answer 37

Lawyers in private practice Lawyers in government service Lawyers in private employment Judiciary

Question 38

Which specific method is employed to measure the impact of individual variables on the dependent variable?

Answer 38

Experimental

Question 39

What does respondeat superior mean?

Answer 39

means that the employer is responsible/held liable for the actions of his or hers employees.

Question 40

What is the term that signifies the transformation of a nonprofessional occupation into a vocation, acquiring the attributes typically associated with a profession?

Answer 40

Professionalization

Question 41

What term refers to the architectural construction of new forms of social order and social interaction?

Answer 41

Planing

Question 42

What term defines the probability that a group of individuals will comply with specific commands from a given source?

Answer 42

Imperative coordination

Question 43

What are the requirements for a non-professional occupation to become professionalized?

Answer 43

Specialized techniques are supported by a body of theory. A career supported by an association of colleagues. Status supported by community recognition.

Question 44

What is the term for the legal framework that specifically regulates activities in cyberspace, with a focus on computers and broad Internet accessibility?

Answer 44

CyberSpace Law