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Introduction to Law
Test on March 29 (Thursday)
Question | Answer |
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This is the person who is accused of a crime. | Defendant |
After Kitty Genovese was murdered, some states enacted these laws. | Good Samaritan laws |
What are the two major categories of law we talked about in class? | Civil and Criminal |
What kind of law applies to the Geneva Convention? | International Law |
What kind of law applies to minors? | Juvenile Law |
What kind of law was applied to the McDonalds hot coffee case? | consumer law |
What do we call people who are paid to influence legislators? | lobbyists |
If a person commits a burglary, what kind of law applies? | criminal |
If a person gets evicted, what kind of law applies? | housing |
Which type of court decides issues of fact and law? | trial courts |
Which type of court decides only issues of law? | appellate courts |
What is the highest court in the land? | United States Supreme Court |
Where does our law come from? | legislature, Constitution, precedent |
What is precedent? | idea that the rulings of a higher appellate court must be applied to lower courts |
Who represents the state in a criminal case? | prosecutor |