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School, Profession, & Access
100
Imagine if Congress passed a law that would encourage and provide veterans with treatment for PTSD. This is an example of which function of law?
What is the social change function of law?
100
98% of ALL legal cases are filed where in the structure of the dual court system?
What are State courts?
100
This proportion of sexually harassed women actually pursue legal action.
What is 1/6?
100
These individuals are considered the most powerful figure in the criminal justice system.
Who are prosecutors?
100
Approximately this proportion of lawyers are female.
What is 1/3?
200
The duration of punishment for white collar crimes (relative to others) provides an example of this dysfunction of law, which may reflect the interest of powerful economic interests.
What is bias?
200
These 94 courts are the first stop for cases in the federal judicial system.
What are Federal District Courts?
200
In the Erin Brockovich example, the residents of the community near the factory causing health problems finally confront the company and demand compensation for their health problems and other damages. This stage of disputing is known as naming, blaming, or claiming?
What is claiming?
200
Herbert Packer’s ________ model of criminal procedure focuses on ensuring a defendant’s rights, but the ________ model emphasizes the need for quick prosecution and public safety.
What are due process and crime control?
200
African Americans were virtually excluded from the legal profession until this decade.
What is the 1960’s?
300
This theoretical perspective uses statistics to text whether there is a correlation between the characteristics of judges and the content of their decisions.
What is Behavioralism?
300
*****DAILY DOUBLE***** While _________ relies on the use of precedent, ___________ makes a legal decision by trying to figure out what the drafters of the Constitution intended.
What are Stare decisis and Originalism?
300
Sander County evolved from a socially cohesive community of ________ to a more diverse community of _______ relationships.
What is “multiplex” to “simplex”?
300
In this case, the US Supreme Court held that the 6thAmendment guarantees individuals charged with a felony access to a lawyer in criminal prosecutions.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
300
This allows people to practice law in Wisconsin without passing the bar, requiring them to only graduate from a law school within the state.
What is diploma privilege?
400
According to Durkheim, this type of solidarity exists in small homogenous preindustrial societies where people share the same values and beliefs.
What is Mechanical solidarity?
400
This doctrine allows an individual to be prosecuted for the same act in both federal and state court without it being double jeopardy.
What is dual sovereignty?
400
If Kitty Calavita, upon being dismissed from jury duty, had made an emotional speech about the problems with Three Strikes law, she would have been demonstrating this type of legal consciousness.
What is against the law?
400
Brandon is accused of robbing and kidnapping and robbing a victim. The prosecution is offering to charge Brandon with only robbery, a charge that carries a lesser prison sentence, if he pleads guilty. Which type of incentive is the prosecution offering?
What is charge bargaining?
400
Which type of lawyers may be more likely to disregard ethical codes of conduct than others?
Who are small firm/private practice lawyers?
500
This theoretical perspective relies on the narrative form of expression, is concerned with public policy reform, and focused on the interactions of race and law.
What is Critical Race Theory?
500
This is the right to determine the meaning of the Constitution and to evaluate whether acts of Congress and the President are authorized by the Constitution.
What is judicial review?
500
In Sander County, if anyone files a lawsuit, this action is found to be extremely offensive to the entire community. Durkheim might say that seeking legal remedies here violates the _________ of this community?
What is the collective conscience?
500
Individuals may not be represented by a lawyer in which context or environment?
What is in front of a grand jury?
500
What is the nature of most legal needs, influencing low-income individuals’ access to justice?
What are personal finances and housing?