The rights all people have simply because they are human beings.
What are human rights?
100
Congress exercises its lawmaking authority by passing these
What are statutes?
100
A way to influence the lawmaking process by convincing lawmakers to gate as you want them to.
What is lobbying?
100
The process by which people involved in a dispute discuss their problem and try to reach a solution acceptable to all.
What is negotiation?
100
Sides in a legal case
What are parties?
200
The two major categories that laws fall into.
What are criminal laws and civil laws?
200
Legislatures use these to try to respond to the needs of the citizens they represent by introducing these
What are bills?
200
A procedure that enables a specified number of voters to propose a law by petition.
What is an initiative?
200
An agreement between the parties that resolves a case
What is a settlement?
200
The type of trial system our country uses
What is an adversarial system?
300
The burden of proof in a civil case
What is preponderance of the evidence?
300
A written ruling by a court that is used to decide similar cases
What is a precedent?
300
The process by which a legislative act is referred to voters for final approval or rejection
What is a referendum?
300
When both parties agree to have one or more persons listen to their arguments and make a decision for them.
What is arbitration?
300
A pretrial agreement between the prosecutor and the defendant that disposes of the case without a trial.
What is a plea bargain?
400
The division of power between the states and the federal government
What is federalism?
400
An agreement or contract between countries.
What is a treaty?
400
A special form of election that allows voters to remove elected officials from office.
What is a recall?
400
The process of having a third person help the disputing parties talk about their problem and settle their differences.
What is mediation?
400
Judges who disagree with the majority opinion write one of these
What is a dissenting opinion?
500
A legal way of making a provision less enforceable than it might otherwise be.
What are reservations?
500
The process in which one country asks another to surrender a suspected or convicted criminal
What is extradition?
500
How many places can you be registered to vote at any one time?
What is one?
500
People that government agencies, newspapers, and some universities have that have the power to investigate complaints and then help the parties reach some agreement.
What are ombudspersons?
500
Courts that handle cases involving wills and claims against the estates of persons who die with or without a will