CJS 251 Wk 1 Quiz

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CJS 251 Wk 1 Quiz
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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