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CJS 251 Wk 1 Quiz
Question 1
A legal principle that ensures previous judicial decision are authoritatively and incorporated into future cases.
Stare decisis
Precedent
Presumption
Code of Hammurabi
Question 2
The portion of the Fourteenth Amendment that has been used by the US Supreme Court to make certain protection specified in the Bill of Rights applicable to the states.
Due Process Clause
Citizenship Clause
Equal Protection Clause
Privilege and Immunity Clause
Question 3
The authority of a state to enact and enforce a criminal statute.
Bill of Rights
Statutory law
Police Power
Common Law State
Question 4
The maxim that an orderly society must be governed by established principles and known codes that are applied uniformly and fairly to all of its embers.
Judicial review
Adversarial system
Rule of law
Jurisdiction
Question 5
A judicial system comprising federal- and state-level judicial systems.
Dual court systems
Dual federalism
Cooperative federalism
Adjudication
Question 6
The legal principle that requires that courts be bound by their own earlier decision and by those of higher courts have jurisdiction over the regarding subsequent cases on similar issues of law and fact.
Case law
Stare decisis
Due process
Selective Incorporation
Question 7
Laws originating from use and custom rather than from written statutes.
Common Law
Ancient Laws
Civil Law
Roman Law
Question 8
The first secular written legal code.
Code of Hammurabi
Twelve Tables
Ancient Laws
Roman Law
Question 9
Rules promulgated by government agencies that have been given their authority by the executive branch or legislative branch.
Statutes
Constitution
Civil Law
Administrative regulations
Question 10
To argue or to find that a rule established by an earlier appellate court decision does not apply to a case currently under consideration.
Precedent
Stare Decisis
Judicial Review
Distinguish
Question 11
The form of law that governs relationships between parties.
Civil Law
Contract Law
Common Law
Criminal Law
Question 12
The Constitutional provision that is concerned with ensuring fairness.
Substantive due process
Adversarialism
Procedural due process
Presumption of Innocence