Chapter 1
What is a conflict between privates parties- Private law
what is a conflict between the government and private parties- public law
What is the power that a court has to make a decision regarding the party being sued in a case
What is the good Samaritan statutes?
What is legal protection for those who assist a person who is injured or in danger. this laws protect the Good Samaritan from liability if unintended consequences result from their assistance.
What is Ethics?
What is the formal study of moral choices that conforms to standards of conduct
What is a civil procedure in which a United States district court in the federal court has the power to hear a civil case when the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000 and where the persons that are parties live in different states.
What is a doctrine that infers negligence from the very nature of an accident or injury in the absence of direct evidence on how any defendant behaved
What is The U.S. Supreme Court decides which case to here by granting a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a decision of a lower court
What is Fidelity?
What is the faithfulness, loyalty, and devotion to one obligations or duties. This is usually seen in the context of a agreement and commitments between individuals
What is the legal principle of determining points in litigation according to precedent
What is a devices or tools used by one side to obtain facts and information about the case from the other side in order to prepare for trail- Discovery
What is when discovery seeks information stored electronically in a medium, including business records such's as the patients electronic health record- E discovery
What is Vicarious liability?
What is a situation where someone is held responsible for the actions or omissions of another person. (EX: an employer could be held accountable for the actions for an employee)
What is a matter that has been adjudicated by a competent court and may not be pursued further by the same parties.
(A thing or matter settled by judgment)What is a writ ordering a person to attend a court and bring relevant documents.
What is duty of care?
What is an obligation to which the law gives recognition and effected, to confirm to a particular standard of conduct towards another
What is comparative justices and what is distributive justices?
What is the balancing the competing interests of a individual and group against one another, with no independent standard used to make this comparison- Comparative justices
What is the fair distribution of burdens and benefits using an independent standard- Distributive justices