LAW 210 Questions

 LAW 210 Questions

Subject: Law    / General Law
Question
I do have some question and i need some help with the essay questions as well

1. In Plato’s Apology, Socrates refuses Crito’s assistance to escape prison because:

a-Socrates thinks his case is excellent and he won’t be convicted.

b-Socrates doesn’t think Crito’s escape plan will work and then Socrates punishment will be far worse.

c-Socrates believes that once the jury has spoken to convict him, he must remain in Athens and accept the court mandated punishment.

2. During the time that Thomas Hobbes was writing The Leviathan,England was experiencing:

a-An invasion from Roman forces.

b-A civil war.

c-The loss of the American colonies due to the American Revolution.

3. Which of these is NOT used by Hobbes to give his readers an example of what living in the ‘State of Nature’ is like:

a-The relations between Sovereign States in international relations.

b-The relations between two people fighting over some property.

c-The relations between different species of bees co-existing in the same meadow.

4. For Thomas Hobbes, the metaphor of the ‘State of Nature’ is used to:

a- So that you can imagine how society operates without formal government.

b- To encourage individuals to start a ‘Back to Nature’ movement.

c- To make a case for individuals to pay more attention to Natural Law.

5. John Locke was a:

a- Political revolutionary who worked closely with Thomas Jefferson

b- Political theorist who inspired Thomas Jefferson’s ideas about liberty and freedom

c- Student of Thomas Hobbes

6. John Locke’s concept of government based on the consent of the governed is a central idea for his political theory known as:

a- Social Contract Theory

b- Functionalism

c- Critical Legal Studies

7. A law that is considered ‘vague’ in its formulation is:

a- always rejected by judges because vagueness violates the Rule of Law

b- sometimes is purposely vague where a legal rule creates a ‘standard’ of behavior

c- never a problem because a court will interpret the law for the parties

8. What are the basic functions of law? Do these functions change depending on the particular community, culture or sensibility of a given people? If so, how and why?

9. Is the US Constitution an example of Natural Law, Positive Law or neither? And, what role, if any, do Natural Law ideas play in the US legal system?

10. Liberalism and the Law:: What is the role of law in the “Nightwatchman State”? What is the role of law in the “Welfare State”? Give an example of the type of law a person would find in a society based on each of these liberal approaches to social order.

11. Why are the insights from Thomas Hobbes and John Locke “Social Contract” theories relevant for us as an evaluative standard in thinking about the legitimate exercise of government control in our lives?
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