Legal Reasoning Quizzes

Only the parties to a contract can sue on it -- except when courts have long allowed otherwise. This quiz works through privity of contract and its four classic exceptions across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A blanket clause barring a former employee from ever working in their field again usually isn't worth the paper it's printed on -- but sell your business, and a reasonable non-compete sticks. This quiz works through restraint of trade across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

Accepting a smaller payment doesn't automatically wipe out the rest of a debt -- unless the creditor genuinely agreed it would. This quiz works through accord and satisfaction across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A buyer who could have inspected the goods and didn't generally bears the risk -- but describe the goods falsely, hide a defect, or ignore a stated purpose, and the risk swings straight back to the seller. This quiz works through caveat emptor across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A one-sided deal between an ailing parent and a controlling caregiver looks nothing like ordinary hard bargaining between equals -- and the law treats them very differently. This quiz works through undue influence across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

An employer who never lifted a finger can still end up paying for an employee's carelessness -- but not always. This quiz works through vicarious liability across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A factory's noise might be perfectly ordinary in an industrial zone and entirely unreasonable next to a quiet home -- context, not just volume, decides the case. This quiz works through private nuisance across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A buyer who paid in full and moved in shouldn't lose everything just because the deed was never registered -- but the protection only shields, it never itself grants title. This quiz works through part performance across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

Equal treatment before the law doesn't mean treating everyone identically -- it means treating genuinely different situations differently, for a real reason. This quiz works through the reasonable classification test across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

The law lets you defend yourself against an attack -- but only while the threat is real, only with proportionate force, and never as revenge afterward. This quiz works through the right of private defence across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A company can't just do whatever it wants -- its own charter draws the boundary, and nothing, not even a unanimous shareholder vote, can rescue a step taken outside it. This quiz works through the doctrine of ultra vires across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

Stand watch while your friends rob a shop, and you don't need to touch the cash to be just as liable as they are -- but merely being nearby when strangers commit a crime is a different story entirely. This quiz works through common intention across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A supplier dealing with a company officer shouldn't have to check whether the board actually signed off internally -- but that protection vanishes the moment something looks off. This quiz works through indoor management across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

Lie about who you are to someone's face and the deal is merely voidable -- lie in writing about being someone specific else entirely, and it may never have existed at all. This quiz works through mistaken identity across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

Breaking a window to escape a burning car isn't vandalism -- but starting your own emergency to excuse an unrelated crime doesn't count either. This quiz works through the necessity exception across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

You don't need a registered trademark to stop a rival from trading on your name -- you just need a genuine reputation and real customer confusion. This quiz works through passing off across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A will can't hand you a gift with one clause while letting you keep the property it gives away with another -- you take the whole instrument or none of it. This quiz works through the doctrine of election across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A contractor locked out mid-job doesn't walk away with nothing -- but one who simply quits without reason usually does. This quiz works through quantum meruit across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A calm statement given days later is hearsay -- but a cry blurted out in the middle of the event itself carries its own guarantee of truth. This quiz works through the doctrine of res gestae across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

Sometimes an accident is so unlikely without carelessness that the facts alone shift the burden of proof. This quiz works through res ipsa loquitur across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

Lost a case? You don't get to file it again hoping for a better judge. This quiz works through the doctrine of res judicata across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A rise in cost or a change of heart never excuses a broken promise -- but a fire, a new law, or a destroyed subject matter sometimes does. This quiz works through frustration of contract across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A constitution's amending power can rewrite almost anything -- except, it turns out, itself. This quiz works through the basic structure doctrine across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

Call a law a "public health measure" all you like -- if its true substance is trade regulation, the label doesn't save it. This quiz works through the doctrine of pith and substance across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

Selling disputed land the moment a lawsuit is filed over it does not make the lawsuit disappear -- the buyer inherits the outcome. This quiz works through the doctrine of lis pendens across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

Post an acceptance letter and the contract can be binding the moment it drops in the box -- even if it never arrives. This quiz works through the postal rule and its limits across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.

A cricket spectator hit by a ball in play generally cannot sue -- but consenting to a sport's ordinary risk is not consenting to everything that could go wrong. This quiz works through volenti non fit injuria across twenty independent fact scenarios, five shown per attempt.