If a criminal law is too vague or is overbroad, then substantive

11. If a criminal law is too vague or is overbroad, then substantive due process rights are violated because such a law fails to give citizens fair notice of what is prohibited. What is another concern raised by vague criminal statutes?

A) They may permit police officers to act arbitrarily in the enforcement of the law.

B) They may permit police to enforce the law in a discriminatory manner.

C) both of the above.

D) none of the above

12. Suggs v. Norris is an example of what kind of case?

A) Tort Action

B) Divorce Action

C) Guardianship.

D) Quasi-contract

13.Natural law and positivist philosophers disagree about whether unjust laws should be disobeyed.

A) True

B) False

14. Utilitarians believe that decisions about whether laws are good or bad should be determined without taking into consideration the consequences to other people.

A) True

B) False

15. Martin Luther King believed that people did not have to obey laws enacted by governments if these laws were in conflict with "moral law."

A) True

B) False

16. Ethicists study

A) beauty.

B) moral responsibility.

C) knowledge.

D) correct reasoning.

E) None of the above

17. What reasons did the Florida District Court of Appeal give for its conclusion that the common law crime of misprision of a felony should not be judicially made part of Florida substantive criminal law?

A) Misprision was created prior to the existence of professional police officers.

B) American prosecutors had largely rejected misprision because it was not suited to contemporary society.

C) Floridians don't want people to be criminally prosecuted for choosing to "mind their own business." D) All of the above

E) None of the above

18. Many states have developed procedures to protect the public from unscrupulous attorneys. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A) Attorneys are generally required to subscribe to ethical codes/codes of professional responsibility.

B) Administrative proceedings may be brought against an attorney in the event that an investigation of alleged ethical violations sustains probable wrongdoing.

C) Administrative proceedings will generally result in criminal charges being filed against the attorney if an investigation reveals breaches of the ethical rules.

D) Attorneys generally are required to attend continuing legal education courses either as a condition of their licensing or because liability insurance carriers "encourage" it.

E) All of the above

19. Which of the following would justify capital punishment, if it could be established in retrospect, that it had served as a deterrent to murder, and thus saved lives?

A) Utilitarian philosophers B) Normative ethicists C) Deontologists D) Egoists E) Moralists

20. Which of the following would evaluate a law that permitted the imposition of capital punishment based upon the concept of a universally accepted moral duty?

A) Teleological philosophers B) Utilitarian philosophers C) Deontologists D) Egoists E) Normative ethicists