Justice System

A person is arrested for robbery.

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Public Law

• International Law

Someone slips in your kitchen and breaks their leg.

• Civil Law

• Public Law

• Criminal Law

• International Law

Parents are deciding child custody after a divorce.

• Criminal Law

• Public Law

• International Law

• Civil Law

The U.S. and Japan are fighting over fishing rights in the Pacific Ocean.

• Public Law

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• International Law

A Vietnam Veteran is not receiving their benefits.

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Public Law

• International Law

Number of jurors on a federal jury.

• 9

• 22

• 5

• 12

A law that would allow a person to be punished for an action that was not against the law when it was committed.

• misdemeanor

• felony

• ex post facto law

• juvenile

Guarantees a person's right to appear before a judge to determine whether he or she is being held legally.

• Felonies

• Precedents

• Writ of Habeas Corpus

• Double Jeopardy

The main function of a law is to

• keep peace and protect people and property

• be strict

• make people rich

• have chaos

How were prehistoric laws passed down from generation to generation?

• written

• law codes

• orally

• constitutions