Legal System Basics

​Legal System Basics

Multiple Choice

Where do most legal actions happen?

• local court 

• state court

• federal court

Multiple Choice

The Judicial Branch __________ the law.

• Makes

• Enforces

• Interprets

• Reduces

Multiple Choice

Law that comes from judges’ decisions that rely on common sense and previous cases.

• Constitutional law

• Military law

• Civil law

• Common law

Multiple Choice

What are the three basic functions of the court system?

• Settle disputes, interpret the laws, create expectations for future actions

• Judge criminals, punish people, set boundaries

• establish rules, create laws, punish criminals

Multiple Choice

All trials have juries

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is NOT a characteristic of the federal court system?

• It can perform judicial review

• It is part of the executive branch

• It is hierarchical

• It is hierarchical

Multiple Choice

____of cases never go to court by the way, they just get settled by lawyers out of court.

• 9%

• 25%

• 90%

• 50%

Multiple Choice

What do you need for a successful appeal?

• A good Lawyer

• To prove that something was wrong in a previous court case

• A jury of your peers

Multiple Choice

In criminal law, what is the person who is accused called

• prosecution

• plaintiff

• defendant

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT a civil law case?

• A husband and wife applying for a divorce.

• A landlord breaking a lease.

• A man shooting his brother.

Multiple Choice

How is the adaptability of the American legal fabric highlighted

• • By eliminating the need for appeals courts

• • By allowing statutes to evolve with American society

• • By preventing changes to the Constitution

• • By restricting the application of statutes