Foundations of Law
It might be permissible to lie to save somebody's life. This does not mean what you have done is right. It means that what you have done is less wrong. This idea is know as what?
Ethics
What court hears appeals and reviews cases from the lower courts?
Appellate court or courts of appeals
There are usually two sides involved in a court case, who are they?
Defendant - Plaintiff (prosecutor)
Waving a baseball bat at someone is assault. Hitting the person with the baseball bat is what type of crime?
Battery
The tort that occurs most often is a tort that results when one person carelessly injures another.
Negligence
Law is a system of rules of conduct established by a country's government to maintain stability and justice according to the values that are relevant to that country. Why is law necessary?
People do not always do what they are supposed to.
The United States has two major court systems: federal and state. What gives a court power to hear a case and to make a judgement?
Jurisdiction
What is the highest or most major classification of a tort crime you can commit?
Felony
Burglary is breaking and entering places...you have committed larceny if you take someone's property...if you add threatening violence or using violence then you committed what?
Robbery
When you interfere with somebody's real property, say things built on their land such as a shed, you have committed what crime?
Trespass
Who has the last word on whether a statute conflicts with the Constitution.
The Supreme Court of the United States
This was passed to provide time limits for when a plaintiff may sue a defendant.
Statutes of limitation
What type of defense to a crime requires that the person didn't know the difference between right and wrong when he or she committed the crime?
Insanity
Sometimes people find themselves on the verge of bankruptcy and destroy their own property by fire to collect the insurance. If you were to do this, what crime would you have committed?
Arson
For somebody to use your photograph, likeness, or name without your permission for advertising, publicity, or marketing purposes is interfering with a person's right to be left alone. What is this this crime known as?
Invasion of Privacy
Most local governments, like cities and towns, have the power to create laws that affect their citizens. These laws are known as what?
Ordinances
After a person has been convicted of a crime, the court will sentence that individual. This means the judge decides the punishment. The law provides certain sentencing guidelines and penalties. This could include a ______, imprisonment, and even death.
Fine
People can claim what... this is when they believe they were in imminent danger and had no choice but to use force to protect themselves.
Self-defense
Obstruction of justice
Libel and slander are two types of this intentional tort against a person. This occurs when somebody lies about another person in a way that hurts the innocent person's reputation.
Defamation
What is created when legislature passes a proposed law, or bill.
A statute
The steps in a civil trial are: jury selection, opening statements, _____________, closing arguments, instructions to the jury, the jury verdict, and the court's judgement.
Evidence
Driving an automobile without a license is an example of what what type of crime?
Misdemeanor
Disorderly conduct can lead to rioting, However; to be considered a riot, how many people need to be involved?
At least three individuals who threaten to harm people or to damage property
Just how careful do you have to be? To determine whether certain conduct is negligent, the law has developed a standard called what?
The reasonable person test