jurisdiction of the courts
vocabulary
legislative courts
shaping public policy
sources of american law
100
concurrent jusrisdiction
What is the type of jusrisdiction where both federal and state courts have jurisdiction?
100
concurrent jurisdiction
what is what exist in cases involving citizens of different states in a dispute?
100
powers what does the legislative courts help congress exercise?
powers
100
does the supreme court have limits??
yes
100
code of hammurabi
What is a collection of laws assembled by hammurabi, king babylonia fron 1792 to 1750 b.c.
200
original jurisdiction
What is the type of jurisdiction in which a trial court has?
200
grand jury
what is a jury that usually includes 16 to 23 people, and hears charges against a persons suspected of haveing committed a crime.
200
(1)united states claims court (2)united states tax court (3)the court of military appeals (4)territorial courts (5)courts of the district of columbia (6)the court of veterans' appeals is the....
What is the 6 legislative courts?
200
types of issues, types of casses, agenda, enforcement powers, and checks and balances
what are limits within the supreme court are?
200
The ten commamdments are found where?found in the bible
found in the bible
300
trial court
What is the court in which a case is originally tried?
300
briefwhat i a written ststement setting forth the legal arguements, relevent facts, and precedents supporting one side of the case.
brief
300
1998when did congress create the united states court of veterans' appeal?
1998
300
can earlier decisions be overtuned withing the court??
yes
300
statute is ___?
a law that is written by a legislative branch of government?
400
what is If a person who looses a case in a trial court wishes to appeal a decision, he or she may take the case to a court with ______?
appellate jurisdiction
400
judicial review
What is the sepreme court's power to examine the laws and actions of local,state,and national governments and to cancel them if they violate the constitutuion?
400
because the district of columbia is a federal district,,why did congress have to develope a judicial system for the nation's capital?
what is because the district of columbia is a federal district,,
400
in the case of marbury v. madison
wat is the supreme first assumed the power of judicial review and ruled an act of congress unconstitutional in the case of???
400
What are the laws that govern our lives and protect our rights commonly known as?constitutional law, statutory law, administrative law, common law, common law in america, and equity.
constitutional law, statutory law, administrative law, common law, common law in america, and equity.
500
original and appellate
what is the supreme court has which two jurisdictions?
500
stare decisis
means "let thedecision stand"
500
when was the united states claims court established?
1982
500
What is the three ways in which the supreme court decides cases?
1. using judicial review 2. interpreting the meaning of laws 3.overulling or reversing its previous decisions
500
equal justice under the law, due process of law, the adversary system, presumption
What are the four baic principles that underlie the operation of both federal and state courts
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