Judicial Review
A contract that is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more mutually agreeing parties.
Contract Law
a person who brings a case against another in a court of law.
Plaintiff
the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision.
Appeal
is a combined and compound mode of government that combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
8th amendment
A right against forced self-incrimination.
5th Amendment
The prosecutor could agree to recommend a lighter sentence at the trial's sentencing phase if the defendant agrees to plead guilty
PLEA BARGAIN
a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability.
Tort
a set of procedures designed to; eliminate unlawful discrimination among applicants, remedy the results of such prior discrimination, and prevent such discrimination in the future
Affirmative Action
consists of 23 grand jurors, plus alternates, chosen at random from voter and Motor Vehicle Administration records.
Grand Jury
a minor wrongdoing.
Misdemeanor
was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court unanimously ordered President Richard Nixon to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials related to the Watergate scandal to a federal district court
US v. Nixon
is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which established the standards by which a public school official can search a student in a school environment without a search warrant, and to what extent.
New Jersey v. TLO
was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution restricts prosecutors
Miranda v. Arizona
was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality
Brown v. Board of Education
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes that they find to violate the Constitution of the United States.
Marbury v. Madison
Exclusionary Rule
a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
Indictment
a person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone
Prosecutor