Paralegal

Category - Legal System

Which of the following is NOT an example of a public law?
  1. The United States Constitution.
  2. The law of negligence.
  3. A state criminal law.
  4. The Internal Revenue Code.
Explanation
Answer: B - The law of negligence. The law of negligence falls under torts, and torts is primarily derived from common law regulating the duties and obligations that persons owe to others in society. In other words, negligence does not involve the government’s relationship to private persons, nor to the organization of the government itself.
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