Chapter 10: The Impact of Law on Society

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. This view sees the law as a dynamic force that changes society.

A. law as the cause of social change

B. law lags behind social development

C. law as an institution of enforcement

D. law as an institution of external support

2. Identify the year in which the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women was held.

A. 1969

B. 1979

C. 1989

D. 1999

3. Identify which of the following is a UN specific international approach to fighting against female genital mutilation.

A. providing services to local communities

B. tying aide to international law compliance

C. educating local communities

D. researching local communities

4. Congress falls under the ______.

A. legislative source of law

B. executive source of law

C. administrative source of law

D. judicial source of law

5. Identify which of the following factors influencing acceptance of legal change states that a specific agency should be charged with implementation.

A. implementation

B. enforcement

C. external support

D. responsibility

6. Roe v. Wade was passed in ______.

A. 1964

B. 1968

C. 1973

D. 1987

7. Which selection explains how courts are limited in bringing about social change?

A. must wait for a place to be on their docket

B. they have implementation power

C. they must seek public opinion

D. they are all partisan based

8. In what year was the Miranda rule passed?

A. 1965

B. 1966

C. 1976

D. 1986

9. A specific agency or entity should be charged with implementing the law and protecting the rights of individuals who would suffer if there was noncompliance with the law. This is the factor of ______.

A. information

B. external support

C. protection

D. responsibility

10. A regime may resort to massive enforcement to obtain which form of compliance with the law?

A. voluntary

B. involuntary

C. coerced

D. mutually accepted

11. Identify which of the following does not constitute a social movement instilling change.

A. lobbying for legislation

B. voter mobilization

C. demonstrations

D. making court decisions public

12. Courts are considered to fall under the ______.

A. legislative source of law

B. executive source of law

C. administrative source of law

D. judicial source of law

13. Identify which selection the Miranda warning DOES NOT include.

A. consequences of talking

B. the right to silence

C. the right to resist arrest

D. the right to legal representation

14. Identify which of the following exemplifies a judicial path of courts.

A. Brown v. Board of Education

B. class action suits

C. civil suits

D. Brown v. U.S. Navy

15. Identify which of the following that demonstrates how courts are limited in their ability to bring about fundamental change.

A. They are bound by following the Constitution and laws (cannot interpret).

B. They lack funds to bring about fundamental change.

C. They must wait for an issue to be placed on the docket before acting.

D. They do not have enforcement power.

16. School boards fall under the ______.

A. legislative source of law

B. executive source of law

C. administrative source of law

D. judicial source of law

17. According to the textbook, courts can bring about social change by which of the following methods?

A. appealing to the media

B. public demonstrations

C. imposing new rules

D. writing law

18. Identify which selection the Miranda warning DOES include.

A. consequences of plea bargaining

B. the right to self-defense

C. the right to legal representation

D. the right to speak directly to the media

19. According to the textbook, another way courts can bring about social change is by which of the following methods?

A. influencing institutions

B. public demonstrations

C. imposing sanctions on corporations

D. writing law

20. Identify which of the following is not a social movement.

A. court action

B. lobbying for legislation

C. demonstration

D. voter mobilization

21. Judges issue a decision that is obeyed based on the prestige and authority and respect for the legal institution. This definition aligns with which of the following selections?

A. extra-judicial path

B. judicial path

C. nonjudicial path

D. extra legislative path

22. The ability to point to communities that have successfully adopted the new law may persuade individuals that the new law is beneficial. This statement aligns with which of the following selections?

A. reference group

B. implementation

C. punishment and rewards

D. protection

23. Identify which of the following cases held that a denominationally neutral prayer violated the constitutional prohibition against governmentally sponsored religious activity.

A. Roe v. Wade

B. Brown v. Board of Education

C. School District of Abington Township v. Schempp

D. Engel v. Vitale

24. Individuals implementing and enforcing the law must believe in the law and should not be perceived as corrupt, discriminatory, or hypocritical. This is the factor of ______.

A. protection

B. reference group

C. implementation

D. enforcement

25. A law also is more likely to be accepted when it is supported by a well-organized and vocal social movement. This is the factor of ______.

A. protection

B. external support

C. enforcement

D. reference group

26. The Civil Rights Act was passed in ______.

A. 1964

B. 1966

C. 1974

D. 1976

27. Identify from below which source of law the governor falls under.

A. legislative source of law

B. executive source of law

C. administrative source of law

D. judicial source of law

28. Identify which of the following factors influencing acceptance of legal change states that legal change, if implemented in a timely fashion, has more chance of being successful.

A. punishment and rewards

B. protection

C. implementation

D. enforcement

29. Identify the area in which State legislature falls under.

A. legislative source of law

B. executive source of law

C. administrative source of law

D. judicial source of law

30. Identify the area in which the President falls.

A. legislative source of law

B. executive source of law

C. administrative source of law

D. judicial source of law

31. Brown v. Board of Education was passed in ______.

A. 1954

B. 1964

C. 1974

D. 1984

32. A law is most likely to achieve compliance when there is punishment for individuals who refuse to comply with the law and rewards for those who do comply. This best aligns with which selection below?

A. punishment and rewards

B. protection

C. external support

D. responsibility

33. Identify which of the following cases recognized the right to a jail house attorney.

A. Holt v. Sarver

B. Cooper v. Pate

C. Ruff v. Virginia

D. Johnson v. Avery

34. Roe v. Wade ruled that women ______.

A. can have an abortion in the first trimester

B. can have an abortion in the first two trimesters

C. can have an abortion at any time

D. cannot have an abortion

35. Identify which of the following cases involved a decision about religious freedom being allowed in prisons.

A. Johnson v. Avery

B. Ruff v. Virginia

C. Cooper v. Pate

D. Holt v. Sarver

1. Courts fall under the executive source of law.

2. Peace protesters practice civil disobedience.

3. The Civil Rights Act contributed to the desegregation of schools.

4. Since the Miranda decision police have not been able to elicit confessions at the same rate as prior to the Miranda decision.

5. Courts fall under the judicial source of law.

6. According to Miranda rights you can consult a lawyer and have a lawyer present during interrogation.

7. Roe v. Wade made a decision that women have the right to an abortion at any trimester.

8. Schools were desegregated immediately following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court.

9. Miranda rights are mandated prior to an interrogation.

10. Miranda rights have since removed the clause regarding the right to silence to fortify enhanced interrogation.

11. Miranda rights allow for suspects to get appointed a lawyer in the event that they cannot afford one.

12. In Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision that women have the constitutional right to autonomy and self-preservation and that this protects the right of a woman to an abortion.

13. In Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court held that racially segregated public school denied African American students equal protection of the law and stated that in the field of public education the doctrine of separate but equal has no place because separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

14. A school board falls under the administrative source of law.

15. Courts and legislatures should be viewed as part of an integrated political system.

1. Explain how Brown v. Board of Education overturned more than 50 years of precedent; include the role played by social science.

2. Compare and contrast the number of abortions, Pre- and Post- the Roe v. Wade decision.

3. Explain what the four-part Miranda warning is intended to serve and why. Be sure to list each point as you explain.

4. The Miranda decision has several lessons for the capacity of judicial decisions to usher in social change. What accounts for the fact that Miranda has not been proven more effective in protecting the rights of suspects? Your textbook lists and explains several of these; select three and summarize them.