“Operational risk” is defined in your textbook as:

Discovery widens the issues disputed by the parties involved in a lawsuit.

All levels of government are larger and more complex in this decade of the twenty-first century than even 25 years ago.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution recognizes that the law is enforced by taking a person’s life, freedom, or the resources that he or she owns.

Which of the following statements is true of the Federal Arbitration Act(FAA)?

Arbitration enables the disputing parties to avoid the formalities of a courtroom.

The party who initiates a civil lawsuit is called the __________.

Which of the following ethical approaches focuses on the common good rather than on individual rights?

A statute of limitations is a time limit, prescribed by each state, after which a suit cannot be filed.

Subject matter jurisdiction is defined as __________.