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The body of unwritten law developed in England from judicial decisions based on custom earlier judicial decisions.
What is common law
100
A written document from a government or ruler that grants certain rights to an individual, group, etc,
What is a charter
100
Reasoned discussion as opposed to emotional display
What is civil discourse
100
Legislative powers not completely separated between the branches of government.
What is shared powers
100
Opponents to ratification of the US Constitution who believed that it have excessive power to the federal government and failed to protect the rights and liberties of the people.
What is Anti-Federalist
200
Previous court decisions upon which legal decisions are made
What is precedent
200
The right to vote
What is suffrage
200
A person chosen to act for or represent others
What is delegate
200
The division of powers of government among the different branches. Separating powers is a primary strategy of promoting constitutional or limited government by ensuing that no one individual or branch has excessive power that can be abused.
What is separated powers
200
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
300
An economic system in which the means of producing and distributing goods are privately owned and operated for profit in competitive markets
What is capitalism
300
A binding agreement made by two or more persons or parties
What is a covenant
300
An armed revolt by Massachusetts farmers seeking relief from debt and mortgage foreclosure. The rebellion fueled support for amending the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays Rebellion
300
A law that criminalizes an act that was not a crime when committed, that increases the penalty for a crime after it was committed or that changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier. Forbidden by Article I of Constitution.
What is ex post facto law
300
Formal approval of some formal legal instrument such as a constitution or treaty
What is ratification
400
The values and principles of right and wrong pertaining to public policies and actions
What is public morality
400
A document giving governmental authority the power to search and seize property without restrictions.
What is Writs of Assistance
400
The organization having central political authority in a nation, the representative unit of political organization
What is national government
400
A plan accepted at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 that called for A Congress of two houses:in the Senate representation would be equal, with each state having two senators. In the House of Representatives, representation would be apportioned according to the population of each state.
What is The Great Compromise
400
A situation in which a majority uses the principle of majority rule but fails to respect the rights and interests of the minority.
What is majority tyranny
500
The right of the sovereign people of any democratic state to depose a government after it has attacked a citizens basic rights for a significant period of timr
What is right to revolution
500
The principle that both those who govern and those who are governed must obey the law and are subject to the same laws.
What is rule of law
500
In the context of American government , the electoral system in which the number of representatives for a state is based on the number of people living in a state.
What is proportional representation
500
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution that gives congress the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper to carry out the powers specifically delegated to it by the Constitution.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause
500
James Madison's term in The Federalist for a study of politics utilizing reason, observation, and history that would help the Founders construct a new government on a rational and informed basis
What is new science of politics