Business Law Final Exam Review Guide
Vocab:
Chapter 1.1 & 1.2
Morality
Ethics
The Greatest Good
The Golden Rule
Laws
U.S. Constitution
Common Law
Precedent
Court Decisions
Jurisdiction
Appeal Process
Arrest
Complaint
Answer
Pleadings
Bail
Arraignment
Grand Jury
Peremptory Challenge
Challenge for a Cause
Chapter 2.1 & 2.2
Crime
Defendant
Plaintiff
Prosecutor
Felony
Misdemeanor
Infraction
Murder
Manslaughter
Homicide
Assault
Battery
Aggravated Assault
Kidnapping
Burglary
Larceny
Robbery
Vandalism
Embezzlement
Shoplifting
Fraud
Money Laundering
Arson
Forgery
Treason
Perjury
Obstruction of Justice
Contempt of Court
Bribery
Disorderly Conduct
Rioting
Motor Vehicle Violations
M’Naghten Rule
Chapter 3.1 & 3.2
Tort
Tortfeasor
Intentional Torts
False Imprisonment
Defamation: Libel &
Slander
Actual Malice
Assault
Battery
Invasion of Privacy
Confidentiality
Negligence
Trespass
Conversion
Nuisance
Disparagement
Duty of Care
Breach of Duty
Proximate Cause
Actual Harm
Contributory Negligence
Comparative Negligence (50%
rule)
Assumption of Risk
Strict Liability
Product Liability
Concepts to Know:
Chapter 1.1 & 1.2
Chapter 2.1 & 2.2
*Court Decisions: Creating
Laws, Interpreting Laws, and
judicial review
*Elements of a Crime:
Criminal act, required
state of mind, motive
*3 Tiers of the U.S. court
system: District Court, Court
of Appeals, and Supreme
Court
*Defenses to a crime:
Insanity, Entrapment,
self-defense, selfdefense of a family
member
*State Court System: Local
Trials, General Trials,
Intermediate Appellate
Courts, State Supreme Court
*State court system vs.
federal court system and
their jurisdictions
*Tests for insanity
*Categories of Crimes
committed against:
(People, Property, The
Government, Society,
Crimes involving
Business)
*Jury Selection Process
*Juvenile Courts
*Steps in a juvenile case
process: detention hearing,
adjudicatory hearing,
disposition hearing
*Rights of a defendant:
Miranda Rights, warrant
*Sentencing: Fines,
imprisonment, death penalty
*Classification of
Crimes and their
punishments
(infraction,
misdemeanor, felony)
Chapter 3.1 & 3.2
*3 Elements to any tort:
Possession of rights,
violation of rights, harm
has occurred
*Criminal Law Vs. Tort Law
*4 Elements of
Negligence: Duty of Care,
Breach of duty, proximate
cause, actual harm
*Defenses to Negligence:
Contributory Negligence,
Comparative Negligence,
and Assumption of Risk
*Tort Reform: Survival
Statues & Wrongful Death
Statutes
*Intentional Vs.
Unintentional Torts
*Apply the elements of tort
*First Degree vs. second law to a given scenario
degree murder
*Manslaughter:
Voluntary and
Involuntary
*Chargeable
Homicides
*Difference between civil and
criminal procedure (jury
*Non-chargeable
ruling)
Homicides
*Apply defenses and
types of crimes to a
given scenario