Table of Contents Answers to the End-of-Chapter Questions ...........................................................................................................1 Questions and Case Problems ..............................................................................................................1 Answers to the End-of-Chapter Questions Questions and Case Problems 1. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects students‘ rights to keep their academic records private. What duties are imposed and upon whom because of this protection of rights? Discuss the relationship between rights and duties. Answer: Privacy as a right. The right is the student‘s and is one that allows students to have their grades remain private. The schools have a duty to ensure grades are not released to third parties without permission of the student. 2. List the sources of law. Answer: Sources of law. Statutory law such as ordinances, case law, precedent, common law, uniform state laws, constitutions, administrative regulations, treaties. 3. What is the difference between common law and statutory law? Answer: Common law/sources of law. Statutes are codified law; the common law evolves by case precedent and has existed in unwritten form since England in some areas of law. 4. Classify the following laws as substantive or procedural: a. A law that requires public schools to hold a hearing before a student is expelled. b. A law that establishes a maximum interest rate for credit transactions of 24 percent. c. A law that provides employee leave for the birth or adoption of a child for up to 12 weeks. d. A law that requires the county assessor to send four notices of taxes due and owing Solution and Answer Guide: © 2022 Cengage. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible 2 website, in whole or in part. before a lien can be filed (attached) to the property. Answer: Classifications of law. a. Procedural b. Substantive c. Substantive d. Procedural 5. What do uniform laws accomplish? Why do states adopt them? Give an example of a uniform law. Answer: Uniform state laws. Law is not uniform throughout the United States because of a historical accident: the United States was never a single nation. As of now, there are 50 state governments and a federal government within the area we call the United States. This means that 51 political bodies have the freedom to their own law (provided constitutional rights are not violated). As a practical matter, this has not resulted in 51 different sets of rules of law because the common law has tended to dominate the legal system of most communities. As stated in the text, the uniform laws have been a ―nationalizing‖ force. It is likely that among areas that are truly ―in business,‖ there will be greater uniformity in the near future. In contrast, as to other matters where the need for uniformity is not as great, we can expect local variations in the law, encouraged by local economic and cultural differences. The Uniform Commercial Code and Uniform Partnership Act are examples of uniform laws. 6. Cindy Nathan is a student at West University. While she was at her 9:00 a.m. anthropology class, campus security entered her dorm room and searched all areas, including her closet and drawers. When Cindy returned to her room and discovered what had happened, she complained to the dorm‘s senior resident. The senior resident said that this was the university‘s property and that Cindy had no right of privacy. Do you agree with the senior resident‘s statement? Is there a right of privacy in a dorm room? Answer: Privacy. Several issues should be raised: a. Terms and conditions of dorm residency b. Access issues and safety issues There can be a right of privacy in a dorm room subject to disclosed university policies, processes and procedures. Just as landlords have access for emergencies, the university could have some limited access without breaching privacy.