Ethics & Law
This decision-making method focuses on what would result in the greatest benefit for the largest number of people.
What is the greatest good?
The U.S has two broad categories of courts: this and state courts.
What is federal?
The acronym ADR stands for this.
What is Alternative Dispute Resolution?
This is the person who files a lawsuit against another person or company.
Who is the plaintiff?
Criminal cases always start with this action.
What is an arrest?
This is the supreme law of the land; anything that conflicts with this is deemed invalid.
What is the U.S Constitution?
This term describes the power and authority a court has to hear a case and make a judgment.
What is jurisdiction?
These are methods of ADR, such as partnering and negotiated rule-making, are used before a dispute even arises.
What is Proactive?
Civil trials begin with this, which are the formal papers filed with the court by the plaintiff and defendant.
What are pleadings?
Each time someone is arrested, they must by law be informed of their constitutional rights. Also known as this.
What are their Miranda Rights?
This term refers to the values that govern a society's attitudes toward right and wrong.
What are morals?
This type of court, with limited jurisdiction, deals only with cases involving minors.
What is juvenile court?
Arbitration and mediation are examples of these kinds of ADR methods, which are used after a dispute has already begun.
What is Reactive?
This part of the civil trial process involves the gathering of evidence through things like depositions, requests for documents, and more.
What is discovery?
This is the formal, written accusation of the defendant.
What is the indictment?
This is any law created by any regulatory government agencies.
What is administrative law?
This court, with limited jurisdiction, hears cases from citizens who have claims against the U.S Government.
What is the U.S Claims Court?
This type of ADR simulates a court trial by going in front of a real jury for an advisory verdict or suggestion on how to handle the dispute.
This is the type of remedy in a civil case that tells the defendant to stop doing something. Often used in copyright infringement cases.
What is an injunction?
This is the final step before the trial, where the defendant is formally accused and asked to plead guilty, not guilty, or no contest.
What is the Arraignment?
The legal systems of all states except for Louisiana are rooted in this.
What is English Common Law?
This type of case, heard by the federal government, involves citizens from two different states and in which the amount of money in dispute exceeds $75,000.
What is Diversity of Citizenship?
Two businesses, "A" and "B," have a contract dispute over a shipment of goods. Instead of going to court, they agree to use this method of ADR, where a neutral third party listens to both sides and makes a final, legally binding decision.
What is Arbitration?
This old French phrase is often associated with the selection of jurors in a civil or criminal case.
What is voir dire?
What is indefinite sentencing?