A past case that a court follows when making a present decision.
What is a precedent?
100
Define crime.
What is an offense committed against the public good or society?
100
The purpose of tort law is
What is to compensate the victim?
100
Disrupting, damaging, or destroying a Web site or computer network.
What is Cybervandalism?
100
Name the number of US Supreme Court justices.
What is 9?
200
Name the difference between morality and ethics.
What is morality refers to values that govern a group's ideas about right and wrongs, and ethics are the rules used to determine right and wrong?
200
Name two crimes involving a motor vehicle.
What is drag racing, speeding, or joyriding?
200
Name one example of an intentional tort.
What is assault, battery, false imprisonment, defamation, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
200
Name how long the copyright extends after the death of the creator.
What is 70 years?
200
What happens after the jury's verdict is given?
What is judgment?
300
Name the four examples of alternate dispute resolution.
What is mediation, arbitration, conciliation, and negotiation.
300
Explain the difference between a misdemeanor, an infraction, and a felony.
What is felony=major crime, misdemeanor=less serious crime, and an infraction=minor offense that is usually punishable with a fine, and not jail time?
300
Name the three elements of any tort.
What is possession certain rights of an innocent party, violation of those rights by the tort-feasor, and a resulting injury that somehow hurts the person whose rights were violated?
300
Unwelcome intrusion by computer into the private matters of an individual.
What is cyberinvasion of privacy?
300
Name what is issued when the Grand Jury accuses someone of a crime.
What is indictment?
400
When a juvenile court hearing is open to the general public, this means it is...
What is informal?
400
Name an example of a crime against the government.
What is treason, bribery, perjury, obstruction of justice, and contempt of court?
400
Name the elements of negligence.
What is the defendant owes the plaintiff a duty of care, the defendant breached that duty by being careless, the defendant's carelessness was the proximate cause of harm, the plaintiff was really hurt by the defendant's carelessness?
400
Can someone be taxed by a state when they buy a product out of state?
What is sellers who do not have a store office or wholesale shop within a state cannot be taxed by that state.
400
Arrested people must be read their:
What is Miranda Rights?
500
List the steps in a civil trial. (Does not have to be in order)
What is selecting the jury, arguments and evidence, instructions to the jury, verdict and judgment, remedies, and execution of judgment.
500
Describe at least two defenses to crimes.
What insanity=don't know what they are doing, entrapment=police officer talks a person into committing a crime, self-defense= certain situations where a person uses force to protect themselves, defense of family members= person uses force to protect family members who they believe to be in danger.
500
A legal doctrine that says some activities are so dangerous that liability will always follow any injury that results from those activities.
What is strict liability?
500
This act makes it illegal for anyone to create an electronic duplicate of a copyrighted work for commercial profit or private financial gain.
What is the NET Act?
500
Name all the people in the court room during a normal trial.
What is attorney, court clerk, court officer, court reporter, defendant, interpreter, plaintiff, spectators, and witnesses?