A Foreign Mining Company Is Heavily Fined for Breaking Laws

question 109

Multiple Choice

A foreign mining company is heavily fined for breaking laws regulating open-pit mining practices.The CEOs of the company want to challenge the fine because it was their understanding that they were not breaking any laws.They also believe the laws to be economically unsound and scientifically unnecessary.Which branch of government should the CEOs deal with to have the fine revoked?

• A) legislature
• B) judiciary
• C) executive
• D) senate

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