1. Why Laws?
2. What is another way to say “common good”?
3. What does “rule of law” m...
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1. Why Laws?
2. What is another way to say “common good”?
3. What does “rule of law” mean?
Origins of Law: Hammurabi’s Code
4. What is Hammurabi’s Code?
5. Why was it important that the laws were in writing for all to see?
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Sources of Modern U. S. Laws
Statutory Law
6. What is statutory law?
7. What are federal statutes made by Congress called?
8. What are local statutes called and how are they made?
9. Why are statutes created?
Case Law
10. How is “case law” made?
11. What is a “precedent”?
12. What was Clarence Gideon arrested for?
13. What did the 6th Amendment guarantee him the right to have?
14. How could the Gideon case serve as an example of case law in the future?
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15. What did the Supreme Court decide in Brown versus Board of Education?
Common Law
16. What is Common Law?
17. How did common law come to be practiced as the accepted “norm”?
18. How does precedent play a major role in common law?
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Types of Laws
Criminal Law
19. Less serious crimes are called . Three examples are , “ ” (something less than $50), minor acts of (graffiti).
20. More serious crimes are called and result in very severe . A , one who commits a felony, may spend the rest of his life in prison with no possibility of (release).
21. What is capital punishment?
22. After arrested you must be by a grand jury. What is an indictment?
23. Bonus*** What amendment guarantees an accused person an indictment? .
Civil Law
24. What do civil laws handle? Give 5 examples.
25. In civil cases, no has been committed, and no laws have been . Instead, one party feels like another has wronged them or is for something that’s gone wrong.
26. Usually, civil cases take the form of : someone is someone else for damages, usually
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27. What is negligence?
Constitutional Law
28. Comes from based on, and of, the U. S. Constitution. The Constitution is the s law of the U. S. It how the gov works and what it can and can’t do.
29. The Bill of Rights guarantees certain rights and to the American people. The has the final say on what the Constitution means and what constitutional law is.
Military Law
30. What branches of military are there?
31. Give an example of a crime under “military law”.
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32. Type your answer to the Final Practice 1 then write a summary below once you’ve hit “submit”.
33. Type your answer to the Final Practice 2 then write a summary below once you’ve hit “submit”.
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