When compared with traditional contract law, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC):

Select one:

a. reflects a less flexible attitude.

b. is more likely to find that parties have a contract.

c. gives more weight to technical requirements such as consideration.

d. is less concerned with rewarding people's legitimate expectations.

In the private judging method of dispute resolution, _____.

Select one:

a. a hired judge renders a binding opinion after hearing the evidence and arguments of the parties

b. executives of the disputing companies, who have settlement authority, hear a shortened presentation of the case by the lawyers for each side

c. a six-member mock jury empaneled by the court hears a shortened presentation of the case by the lawyers for each side

d. executives of the disputing companies meet with lawyers for each side to negotiate a settlement

Which of the following statements is true for both contributory negligence and assumption of the risk?

Select one:

a. They are defenses adopted to ease the harshness of the comparative negligence system.

b. They are recent defenses to recklessness but not negligence.

c. They are based on the idea that everyone has a duty to exercise reasonable care for his or her own safety.

d. They are based on the idea that the plaintiff may recover if the defendant had the last opportunity to avoid harm.