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- In the context of a court case process, what is the definition of mediation?
o Use of a third party to resolve a dispute, often legally binding
o Request for a higher court to review a case
o Changing a trial court’s decision
o Using a third party (specifically) to resolve a dispute
- In the context of a court case process, what is the definition of affirmation?
o Returning a case to a trial court for resolution
o Ratification of a trial court’s decision
o Using compromise to settle a dispute
o Changing a trial court’s decision
- In the context of a court case process, what is the definition of rejoinder?
o Decision of the court
o Defendant’s answer to the plaintiff
o Request for a higher court to review a case
o Decision of the jury
- In the context of a court case process, what is the definition of impeachment?
o Reducing the integrity of a witness’s claim
o Plaintiff’s challenge to defendant’s claim
o Restoring credibility to a witness’s claim
o No other explanation can be derived from the facts—evidence
- In the context of a court case process, what is the definition of defendant?
o The target of a complaint
o Restoring credibility to a witness’s claim
o Court order to appear in trial
o Decision of the jury
- In the context of a court case process, what is the definition of sequestered?
o Evidence assuming assent of the reasonable person
o First-sight evidence
o A jury is separated from the community during a trial
o First-sight evidence
- In the context of a court case process, what is the definition of deposition?
o Summoning of potential jurors
o Determination of jurors’ fitness for jury duty
o Testimony out of court during pretrial investigation
o A jury is enlisted
- In the context of a court case process, what is the definition of default?
o Court order to appear in trial
o Failure of the defendant to fulfill an obligation
o The target of a complaint
o Filer of a complaint
- THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS COVER JURISPRUDENTIAL THOUGHT
After a tragic event in which an armed intruder storms into a mall and fatally shoots several people, the city of Belmonte institutes a law that prohibits any form of weapon in public retail establishments. This reaction would be an example of following which school of jurisprudential thought?
o historical perspective
o irrational forces
o sociological
o command
- Laws that are meant to promote free trade and market efficiency likely fall under which school of jurisprudential thought?
o natural law
o law and economics
o irrational forces
o command
- A new law is established in the town of Avery that promotes affirmative action employment for trans-gender and homosexual individuals. This law would be in pursuance of the tenets of the ________ school of jurisprudential thought.
o law and economics
o historical
o sociological
o irrational forces
- Which jurisprudential school of thought relies the most upon precedent in establishing law?
o historical
o natural law
o sociological
o law and economics