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Chapter 7....

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The power of the supreme court to review any law/case judicial review
the power to hear a case jurisdiction
the only court that can hear a case exclusive jursdiction
the first court to hear a case original jursdiction
both federal and state have the power to hear concurrent jursdiction
can only hear appeals appellant jurisdiction
send a case back to a lower court remand
the reason why the majority voted for or against majority opinion
the reason why some did not vote with the majority dissenting opinion
why one of the majority voted with the majority concurring opinion
trail court of the federal system district court
hears appeals from district court appeals court
the highest court in the land supreme court
pwople agree to give up some rights in order to have a gov social contact
law based on precedence common law
wrote social contract rousseau
man has natural rights, influenced TJ locke
separation of powers montesquieu
document where GB king first gave up some power magna carta
influenced the US Constitution iroquois nation cont
first written code of laws in the world hammurabi's code
roman laws codified justinian's code
a civil wrong usually involving a injury tort
laws to protect people and property criminal law
laws involving disputes civil law
laws arising from the constitution constitutional law
laws made by gov agencies administrative law
laws made by lawmaking bodies statutory law
the ruling in an original case precedent
harsh laws, from the greek Draco draconian law
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