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Legal Reasoning Quiz
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1 is a justification for laws against some action that is deemed immoral.


2 is a justification for laws against some action that harms the person who does it.


3 is argumentation about either the foundation of all law or the interpretation of specific laws.


4The is a justification for laws against some action that offends most people.
For each of the following types of law, find one (or more) of the four grounds discussed in the text to justify it. Choose the correct answers below.



5Laws against false advertising.
A)Legal moralism
B)Harm principle
C)Legal paternalism
D)Offense principle


6Laws limiting the amount you can collect in a liability suit (e.g., against a company that makes a defective product).
A)Legal moralism
B)Harm principle
C)Legal paternalism
D)Offense principle


7Laws against marrying your first cousin.
A)Legal moralism
B)Harm principle
C)Legal paternalism
D)Offense principle


8Laws against begging on a bus or subway.
A)Legal moralism
B)Harm principle
C)Legal paternalism
D)Offense principle


9Laws requiring all public transportation to be wheelchair-accessible. (Such laws would not permit, for instance, the alternative of special cars or vans to chauffeur people in wheelchairs wherever they want to go.)
A)Legal moralism
B)Harm principle
C)Legal paternalism
D)Offense principle


10Laws requiring all cigarette packages to come with warnings about the dangers of smoking.
A)Legal moralism
B)Harm principle
C)Legal paternalism
D)Offense principle





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