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Set of voluntary promises between parties who agree to do or not to do something. It's enforceable by law...by contract at least
What is Contract Law
100
A minor crime which one can receive a fine or up to one year in jail or other things
What is Misdemeanor
100
Supervisor of parolees
Whos is the Parole Officer
100
Supervises people on probation
Who is a Probation Officer
100
A collection of 282 laws assembled by the king of Babylonia that spelled out relationships among individuals as well as punishments
What is the Code of Hammurabi
200
Civil law that deals with divorce, marriage, or child custody disputes
What is Family Law
200
Major crimes such as burglary, rape, murder, or arson
What are Felonies
200
To be released from prison but still under supervision
What is Parole
200
To be convicted of a crime but sentenced to supervision instead of prison
What is Probation
200
A system of rules by which disputes ar resolved on the grounds of fairness
What is Equity
300
The person who brings charges in a lawsuit
Who is the Plaintiff
300
The one who charges (accuses) a suspect in court
Who is the Prosecutor
300
To break a law, have drugs in their system, or any other breech of conditions of the Parole Board.
What is Violation
300
To commit a new crime or not remain drug-free, or any other breaking of the rules of probation.
What is a Violation
300
The Amendments of the Constitution that contain the due process principles.
What are the 5th and 14th Amendments
400
When two parties are given the opportunity to explain their side of the dispute and neutral party helps them to come to an agreement.
What is Mediation
400
When a jury cannot decide guilt or innocence, resulting in a mistrial.
What is a Hung Jury
400
The warrant issued when a parolee violates the conditions of parole
What is a White Warrant
400
This is needed in order to look for contraband unless a Judge adds it in the conditions of probation. The Constitution requires it...to a point.
What is a Search Warrant
400
A kind of shorthand for certain rights (such as free speech) and some that are not specified (like the right of privacy in making personal decisions)
What is Substantive Due Process
500
The review of a dispute by someone who is usually a judge and whose decision is usually binding to both parties.
What is Arbitration
500
Reading the formal charges against the defendant in an open courtroom
What is the Arraignment
500
The place parolees are in danger of returning to should they violate the conditions of their release
What is Prison
500
The place probationers are in danger of going to should they violate the conditions of their probation
What is Prison
500
Under this system, the courtroom is a kind of arean in which lawyers for the opposing sides try to present their strongest cases
What is the Adversary System