The Law
The Constituion
Lawmaking
+ Advocacy
Disputes and the Courts
Lawyers
100
An act that a citizen does or fails to do
What is the law
100
The first ten amendmants to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
The part of the of the Constitution that states that "the Constituion and the Laws and of the United States...shall be the supreme law of the land."
What is the supremacy clause
100
Two types of procresses for solving disputes
What are, negotiation, arbitration, or mediation?
100
Three reasons to hire an attorney
What is getting, a divorce, buying or selling real estate, making a will, defending a criminal charge...
200
Something that all people are entitled to
What is Human Rights?
200
The division of the government's structure
What is the Separation of Powers?
200
The act of a judge interpreting the meaning of a law
What is legiislative intent?
200
One of the two types of court systems
What are the adversial or inquisitional systems?
200
The term used when a lawyer has his or her license taken away
What is disbarred?
300
A crime that could be punished with a sentence longer than a year
What is a felony?
300
The power to restrain one branch of the government
What is checks and balance?
300
What is created when a court decides a case that is used for future cases
What is precedant
300
The number of Justices in the Supreme Court, how long the are in office, and who appoints them?
What is nine, life, the president?
300
A percentage of the settlement promised to the lawyer
What is a contingency fee?
400
A lawsuit that can be brought by a person
What is a civil action?
400
The ability of the courts to declare unenforcable a law
What is judicial review?
400
The term that describes the influencing lawmakers
What is lobbying?
400
What a lawyer can use if he or she chooses to reject a potential juror
What is peremptory challenge?
400
The term use when a lawyer can be sued for damaging the clients case
What is legal malpractice?
500
The level of evidence that must be established to convict a defendant
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
500
The level of proof needed to settle a civil action
What is preponderance of the evidence?
500
When a number of citizens institute a bill to be voted on
What is a referendum?
500
Someone appointed who settles disputes (often used in business and in colleges
What is an ombudsperson
500
What was Shakespear's advice in the event of a revolution
What is "firse, kill all the lawyers!"
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