Chapter 15: Citizens and the Law

rules and regulations set by government

• case law

• administrative law

• due process

• English Common Law

a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that

an accused person returns for his or her trial

• guarantee

• collateral

• warrant

• bail

a law that punishes a person accused of a

crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court

• ex post facto law

• case law

• bill of attainder

• writ of habeas corpus

law established by judicial decisions instead of by

legislative action

• case law

• administrative law

• ex post facto law

• precedent

an organized statement of a body of law

• code

• precedent

• presumption

• bail

a system of law based on precedent and customs

• case law

• administrative law

• ex post facto law

• common law

branch of law dealing with formation,

construction, and interpretation of constitutions

• administrative law

• case law

• constitutional law

• state law

putting someone on trial for a crime for which he or she was previously found not guilty

• bill of attainder

• double jeopardy

• writ of habeas corpus

• acquittal

following established legal procedures

• statute

• precedent

• code

• due process

the most important influence on the American legal system

• English Common Law

• Code of Hammurabi

• Napoleonic Code

• Justinian Code