A legal action involving a private or civil wrong or injury other than a breach of contract is a ...

A legal action involving a private or civil wrong or injury other than a breach of contract is a _________ action.
 
  a. slander
  b. punitive
  c. liability
  d. negligence
  e. tort

 Q. 2

Suing a person because you feel he or she injured you is a common way of settling disputes in the Anglo-American tradition of common law, and is called a(n)
 
  a. tort.
  b. probate.
  c. class-action lawsuit.
  d. writ of mandamus.

 Q. 3

Governor Rick Perry and other Republican leaders have argued that frivolous lawsuits have overcrowded court dockets, and excessive damage awards have driven up insurance premiums and other business costs. As a result, they pursued and adopted some aspects of tort reform. Which group was not a member of the coalition urging approval of tort reform?
 
  a. Insurance companies
  b. Medical practitioners
  c. Victims of negligence and defective products
  d. Business interest groups
  e. Defendants in civil actions

 Q. 4

Which of the following is NOT true regarding plea bargaining?
 
  a. If plea bargains were nonexistent, the cost to the state would be astronomical.
  b. Completely innocent people charged with a crime may be intimidated into pleading guilty to reduce apotentially long sentence.
 c. Plea bargains give victims of crime the feeling that they have received justice.
  d. The already-slow progress of cases through the courts would grind to a halt without plea bargains.

 Q. 5

Texas is considered inhospitable to unions because it
 
  a. doesn't adequately protect property rights.
  b. has an insufficiently trained workforce.
  c. requires the secretary of state to issue charters allowing corporations to conduct business.
  d. recognizes lawsuits against corporate legal persons..
  e. has a right-to-work law.

 Q. 6

Most trials are known as bench trials, which means that
 
  a. the defendant's fate is left to a randomly selected jury.
  b. the prosecution must prove a certain percentage of facts before getting a conviction.
  c. a seated jury will decide the case, but it does not have to be unanimous.
  d. a single judge runs the trial and makes the final decision.

 Q. 7

Because Texas is a _________ state, the law requires that a couple divide property acquired during marriage.
 
  a. common-law property
  b. corporate property
  c. community property
  d. family property
  e. protected property

 Q. 8

The neutral entity that makes an authoritative decision and is comprised of a cross-section of the community is known as the
 
  a. judge.
  b. jury.
  c. prosecution.
  d. attorney.