The __________ is the provision in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution that declares the Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States the supreme Law of the Land.
a. Bill of Rights
b. Supremacy clause
c. First Amendment
d. Fifth Amendment
Q. 2The law that governs relations among nations and has customs and treaties as two of its most important sources is called:
a. Civil law
b. National law
c. International law
d. State law
Q. 3Law that pertains to a particular nation is called:
a. Common law
b. Administrative law
c. Statutory law
d. None of these choices are correct
Q. 4A treaty is:
a. An agreement between two or more nations
b. An agreement between two or more companies from different countries
c. An agreement between two people of different ethnicities
d. All of these choices are correct
Q. 5An agreement, or compact, between two or more nations, is called a:
a. Contract
b. Tort
c. Treaty
d. Statute
Q. 6The key difference between national law and international law is:
a. National law can be enforced by government authorities
b. International law includes written and unwritten laws observed by
independent nations
c. International law is enforced primarily for reasons of courtesy or expediency
d. National law can be enforced by government authorities and international
law is enforced primarily for reasons of courtesy or expediency
e. National law can be enforced by government authorities and international
law includes written and unwritten laws observed by independent nations
Q. 7Which of the following describes a system of law derived from the Roman Empire and based on a code rather than case law?
a. Common law systems
b. Administrative law systems
c. Civil law systems
d. None of these choices are correct
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