Criminal Investigations
"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do can be and will be used against you in a court of law"
What are Miranda Rights?
Laws made by state or federal legislatures (like congress). It applies to everyone in the state or country.
What are statutes?
The active support of a cause, usually involving some sort of change.
What is advocacy?
Test to get into law school
What is the LSAT?
A system of law that was invented by the British. The laws are NOT codified.
What is Common Law?
This protects you from having the government do unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Laws made by local governments like cities or towns
What are Ordinances?
A proposed law.
What is a bill?
Test you take after law school.
What is the Bar Exam?
The idea that judges will be strongly persuaded by other judge's opinions.
What is a precedent?
When a police officer has reasonable belief that it is more than likely not that a specific person has committed a specific crime.
What is Probable Cause?
Laws shared between countries/nations
What is International Law?
The attempt to convince people to vote a certain way (through letters, advertisements, political contributions (money), and favors)
What is lobbying?
To argue or present the opinions of the opposite side even though the person doesn't agree with the opinion they are presenting.
What is Devil's Advocacy?
A system of law that applies to strict observers of Islam. In countries where this system of law exists, people may have their hands cut off for stealing.
What is Sharia Law?
Evidence that gives a police officer enough logical doubt to think that a person might be involved in criminal activity. It's more than just a hunch.
What is Reasonable Suspicion?
A treaty where country A has a person commit a crime within its border who flees to country B, country B agrees to look for and return the person back to country A.
What is Extradition Treaty?
These people are passionate about their cause but they're not experts who don't really know what they're doing
What is a Grassroot Lobbyist?
Term used to address a lawyer. This term refers to their guidance with legal issues.
What is a counsel/counselor?
An area of law that tries to resolve problems between two or more individuals, usually pertaining to damages (money). In these cases, people are found either "liable" or "not liable"
What is Civil Law?
This states that the evidence the government gets illegally cannot be used against you in trial.
What is the Exclusionary Rule?
This states that any powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states of the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
Agencies are responsible for creating regulations within their specific fields so that Congress does not have to focus on those small details and instead can permit experts to pass regulations in those fields.
What are Federal Administrative Agencies?
Attorney that engages in trial work.
What is a litigator?
The state has the obligation or responsibility of proving the points of an argument. They must convince the jury without leaving any doubt that the defendant committed the crime.
What is the Burden of Proof?