It Takes All Kinds
Examples of this type of law include child custody, alimony, adoption, or spousal abuse.
What is Family Law?
This term refers to anyone under 18 years of age or someone not legalized recognized as an adult.
What is a Juvenile?
Cases in which the state/federal govt charges someone with a crime fall into this category.
What is Criminal Law?
This type of the law are between people or groups of people in which no criminal laws have been broken.
What is Civil Law?
The verdict for a criminal trial can be one of the following:
What is an acquittal, sentencing, or a hung jury?
Miranda v. Arizona falls into this category of the law.
What is Constitutional Law?
The primary goal of juvenile law is to ______________, not punish.
What is rehabilitate?
The party who starts the legal proceedings against another party for a violation of the law.
What is the prosecution or the government?
The individual bringing the lawsuit in a civil case is known as ______________.
This is the earliest know set of laws passed down in human civilization.
Example: Eye for an eye.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
A type of law dealing with civil wrongs, when one person's negligence hurts others.
What is Tort Law?
Juvenile courts handle these two types of cases.
What are Neglect and Delinquency?
The ______________________ of each state defines the state’s criminal laws.
What is Penal Code?
Before a civil trial, the Court will send this to a defendant.
Example: You got served!
What is a summons?
A law that punishes a person without a trial, these are illegal in the USA.
What are Bills of Attainder?
This type of law cannot be enforced unless both parties agree to the rulings and decisions.
What is International Law?
Neglected juveniles may become these.
What are wards of the court?
The two types of crimes a person can commit which are separated by their severity.
What are felonies and misdemeanors?
A winning plaintiff may have to wait up to ______________ before receiving any money or damages from the case if the defendant decides to appeal.
What is two years?
Found in the 5th and 14th amendments, this clause says that the government must follow certain rules when we are arrested, must be treated fairly.
What is the Due Process Clause?
Regulations to the laws written by legislatures at all levels of government fall into this category.
What is Statutory Law?
This Supreme Court Case established several rules for juvenile criminal cases.
What is In re Gault?
Illegal gambling, drug use, crimes against morality, are all examples of this type of crime where the only people hurt are those engaged in the action.
What are victimless crimes?
Before a civil trial, this occurs to clarify the differences between the opposing sides in the case.
What is a pre-trial hearing?
When a defendant agrees to a guilty plea in exchange for a lesser sentence. This saves money on a trial and guarantees a conviction.
What is a Plea Bargain?