Foundations of Law
This is the primary purpose of law in society.
What is to ensure fairness and maintain order?
This document is known as the "supreme law of the land."
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This case established that suspects must be informed of their rights, including the right to remain silent.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This is the term for a government's course of action to address a problem affecting society.
What is public policy?
This is the highest court in the U.S. judicial system.
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
This ancient set of laws is considered the first written legal code.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This amendment protects individuals from self-incrimination during legal proceedings.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This case determined that evidence seized without a warrant cannot be used in court.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
These types of regulations are designed to protect public interests, such as health and safety. An example is requiring people to wear seatbelts.
What are social regulations?
This term refers to when a jury cannot reach a unanimous decision in a trial.
What is a hung jury?
This document, signed in 1215, established the right of habeas corpus, or protection against unlawful detention.
What is the Magna Carta?
This amendment guarantees a speedy and public trial.
What is the 6th Amendment?
This case guaranteed the right to an attorney in all criminal cases.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
The process of removing limitations that were previously enacted by the government is known as this.
What is deregulation?
The Supreme Court's primary role in the U.S. judicial system is to interpret the constitutionality of laws.
What is interpreting the law?
Thomas Hobbes' theory in which individuals give up some freedoms to ensure order in society is called this.
What is the social contract?
This amendment ensures no one is subjected to cruel or unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
This case confirmed that schools could randomly drug test students without violating their 4th Amendment rights.
What is BOE of Pottawatomie v. Earls?
This is the first step in the public policy creation process, where the government identifies an issue that needs to be addressed.
What is identifying the problem?
This is entity is the plaintiff in all criminal cases.
What is the state? or What is the government?
The government-enforced laws differ from these personal codes that vary between cultures and individuals.
What are moral codes?
This amendment ensures equal protection under the law, and is often cited in civil rights cases.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This decision held that the government could infringe on your due process rights in times of war.
What is Korematsu v. USA?
This is the final step in the public policy creation process, where a decision is made on whether the policy should be kept as is, amended, or repealed.
What is evaluating the policy?
This federal agency is responsible for handling law enforcement and investigations at the national level.
What is the FBI?