3.10 Sources and Types of Law

Which type of law is used to help solve disputes between people.

• civil

• constitutional

• criminal

• military

(a) Any member of the armed forces who–  (1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently . . . is guilty of desertion.     

What is the source of this law? 

•  statutory law
• common law
• administrative law 
• military law

Consider this situation: A man enters an electronics store and points a gun at the store clerk. He demands all of the cash in the register and flees the scene with $3600. What type of law has been violated? 

• criminal law
• military law 
• common law 
• civil law

“School group wins the right to protest in front of city hall” (The Right to Peacefully Assemble)

• Criminal Law

• Civil Law

• Constitutional Law

• Military Law

Mike is suing his neighbor over damages a tree on his neighbor’s property did to Mike’s car. What type of trial and law is involved in this case? 

• Criminal 
• Civil 
• Constitutional 
• Military

Mary was pulled over by the police at 2:00 am and charged with breaking the CURFEW law...

• Military Law

• Juvenile Law

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

The Code of Hammurabi (1772 BC) includes laws focusing on contracts. What type of U.S. law is based on the Code of Hammurabi?

(A Persons Eye for another Persons Eye.)

• Civil

• Constituational

• Criminal

• Military

The table above lists examples of laws.

Which list represents military law?

• Category A

• Category B

• Category C

• Category D

Which situation would most likely lead to a civil case?

• A person robs another person at gunpoint.

• A person is caught breaking into a house.

• A person breaks a leg at a friend’s house.

• A person fails to stop at a red light.

The passage above is from a U.S. Supreme Court opinion announcement.

Source: Roper v. Simmons (2005)

According to the passage, which action did the U.S. Supreme Court find constitutional?

• The death penalty may be imposed only on adults.

• The death penalty may be imposed only on juveniles.

• The death penalty may be imposed on both adults and juveniles.

• The death penalty may be imposed on neither adults nor juveniles.