Chapter One
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Question 1 Formal law and legal processes cannot exist without: professional lawyers impartial judges the presence of centralized authority an elected legislature a democratic jury system Question 2 Civil law refers to: the law of medieval cities the law of dispute settlement between individuals law that promotes peace and harmony the requirement that law is civilised law that applies to civilians Question 3 A small-scale society is likely to have: vague norms and values a kin or self-based redress system economic inequality formal law complex division of labour Question 4 An "acephalous" society is: governed by a bureaucracy dominated by chiefs or tribal elders based on informal community co-operation led exclusively by men feudal Question 5 Social inequality is greater in: hunter-gatherer societies feudal societies kin-based societies forest-dwelling societies acephalous societies Question 6 Surplus occurs when: more is produced than is consumed there is diffuseness of roles only subsistence needs are met governments regulate production there are changes in consumption Question 7 Law where the state acts to try an offender and impose punishment is: traditional civil contract criminal mens rea Question 8 A hunter-gatherer society is likely to have complex government a state system wealth and income inequality specialised division of labour none of the above Question 9 Where a society has clear distinctions between its members in power, wealth, and income it is said to be: egalitarian socialized stratified a caste system a plutocracy Question 10 Hunter-gatherer, feudal, and capitalist societies are all: Gemeinschaft Gesellschaft modes of production collective solidarity anomic Question 11 The state form of social organization first arises in: hunter-gatherer societies pastoral societies agricultural societies communist societies none of the above Question 12 Common law is: the law that is common to a group of different countries the law that regulates the relationships between countries law that regulates access to Crown land law that affects only ordinary people none of the above Question 13 The development of merchant law is associated with: the growing wealth and power of the bourgeois class a rise of consumer consciousness a need to prevent production of dangerous goods regulating operation of retail stores the introduction of sales taxes Question 14 Different social classes, genders, and ethnic groups tend to define serious crime: using different data in completely opposite ways in generally the same way depending on religious views along their distinct subcultural views about serious crime Question 15 The growth of transnational corporations tends to: increase the power of the state decrease the power of the state not affect the power of the state lead to monopoly increase commodity prices Question 16 Vagrancy laws: are municipal are the oldest known laws have been used to provide a labour force are exempt from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms were first used in the United States Question 17 Free trade zones: strengthen regulation of corporations must have a Charter of worker’s rights and freedoms reduce taxation and regulation of corporations strengthen environmental protection must be freely unionized Question 18 Which of the following terms is most descriptive of Aboriginal perspectives on justice? retributive restorative rule of law impartial consistent   Back to List of Chapters