Section 1: The Sources of Our Laws
Section 2:Types of Laws
Section 3: The American Legal System
Section 3: The American Legal System
Types of Laws
100
The study of Law
What is Jurisprudence
100
A person or party filing a lawsuit
What is Plaintiff
100
Wrongful acts for which an injured party has the right to sue
What is Torts
100
Procedures established by the law and guaranteed by the Constitution
What is Due Process of Law
100
The first code of the Roman Law was published in 450 B.C.
What is Roman Law
200
A system of law based on precedent and customs
What is Common Law
200
An individule or group being sued or charged with a crime
What is Defendant
200
The practice of using earlier judicial rulings as a basis for deciding cases
What is Stare Decisis
200
A court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or buisness and take specific items as evidence
What is Search Warrant
200
The most important source of American Laws
What is English Law
300
A geographic area that contains a specific number of voters
What is Precedent
300
A serious crime such as a murder, rape, kidnapping, or robbery
What is Felony
300
A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person
What is Writ of Habeas Corpus
300
Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously acquitted
What is Double Jeopardy
300
Laws that seek to prevent people from deliberately or recklessly harming each other or each other's property
What is Criminal Laws
400
A law written by the Legislative Branch
What is Statute
400
A relatively minor offense such as vandalism or stealing inexpensive items
What is Misdemeanor
400
A law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court
What is Bill of Attainer
400
A group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime
What is Grand Jury
400
Involve disputes between people or proups of people-individuals, organizations, or governments- in which criminal laws have been broken
What is Civil Law
500
The first known written law
What is Code of Hammurabi
500
A legal actionin which a person or group sues to collect damages for some harm that is done
What is Lawsuit
500
A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed
What is Ex Post Facto Law
500
A sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns for his or her trial
What is Bail
500
Involves rights gauranteed under the Constitution or spelled out in congressional legislation
What is Public Law
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