Laws and Values
What are the four values laws are based on?
Moral, Political, Social, and Economic
Does the US have Duty to Rescue laws?
No
Civil
The Constitutional principle of splitting the powers of the state and federal government is called
Federalism
What are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights
This serious crime carries a prison sentence of more than one year, typically served in a state or federal prison
Felony
The psychological phenomenon where individuals are less likely to help a victim when other people are present
The Bystander Effect
A man robs a bank at is taken to court. What kind of case is this?
Criminal
Laws written by legislature are called
statues
This amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
The 1st Amendment
This is a law that prohibits discrimination based on gender in education programs that receive federal funding
Title IX
True or False. There are no situations were something is immoral but also legal.
False
In a criminal trial, the burden of proof required to convict is referred to as what
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
The power of the President to nominate Supreme Court Justices and the power of Congress to impeach the President are examples of
Checks and Balances
This amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury.
6th Amendment
This Latin phrase describes a law that changes the legal consequence of an action after it occured
Ex post facto
This case perfectly encapsulated the bystander effect when 38 witnesses refused to help this woman in need
Kitty Genovese
In a civil trial, the two parties involved are
plantiff and defendent
This basic Constitiutional principle ensures that the government is restricted to using only those powers that are granted to it by the citizens
Limited Government
This was inacted by Elenor Roosevelt and signed by the United Nations in 1948
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
the principle that requires laws to be known in advance and created through democratic process
Rule of Law
What laws protect people who voluntarily render aid from being held legally liable if something goes wrong?
Good Samaritan Laws
In a civil trial, the burden of proof requires that the jury be "more certain than not" that the defendant is guilty.
Preponderance of evidence
The Supreme Court has the ability to judge whether a law is constitutional or unconstitutional, and strike down the law if it is unconstitutional. This is called
Judicial review
The UDHR explicitly bans the practice of
torture