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poly sci 15

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Law That which must be obeyed under penalties
Positive law The which is written by humans and accepted over time-the opposite of natural law
Plaintiff The person who complains in a law case
common law "judge-made law" old decisions built up over centuries
civil law noncriminal disputes among individuals
higher law that which comes from God
Natural law That which comes from nature understood by reasoning
constitutional law that which grows out of a countries basic documents
reciprocity mutual application of legal standards
consistancy applying the same standards to all
precedent legal decisions based on earlier decisions
canon law laws of the roman catholic church based on roman law
Roman law system based on codes of ancient Rome
code law laws arranged in books originally updated Roman law
Appeal Taking a case to a higher court
Brief Written summary submitted by one side giving relevant facts, laws, and precedents
Bench The office of judgeship
Adversarial system based on two opposing parties to a dispute
Accusatorial Like adversarial but with a prosecutor
Investigating judge In European legal systems, judicial officer who both gathers evidence and issues indictments
Indict Pronounced in-dite; to formally charge someone with a crime
WASP White, anglo-saxon protestant
Warren court The liberal activist us supreme court under chief justice earl warren 1953-1969
sit-in tactic of overturning local laws by deliberately breaking them, as at segregated lunch counters
Scattergram graph showing position of items on two axes
Outlier item that deviates from its expected position
indigent having no money
Jim crow system of segregationist laws in the u.s. south
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