GOVT1 : Traditions that influenced America's Founding

What is Judeo-Christian law?

• A law based on custom and general principles found in court decisions

• A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives

• A law that emphasizes Jewish and Christian principles

• An intellectual movement concentrated in France during the 1700s

What is English Common Law based on?

• Custom, usages, and general principles found in court decisions

• The basic principles and laws of a government

• The rigors of scientific inquiry

• Limited government with elected representatives

What is constitutionalism?

• A law that emphasizes Jewish and Christian principles

• A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives

• The idea that the basic principles and laws of a government should be organized and administered through compliance with a constitution

• An intellectual movement concentrated in France during the 1700s

What was the Enlightenment?

• A law based on custom and general principles found in court decisions

• A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives

• An intellectual movement concentrated in France during the 1700s

• The idea that the basic principles and laws of a government should be organized and administered through compliance with a constitution

What is republicanism?

• A law that emphasizes Jewish and Christian principles

• A philosophy of limited government with elected representatives

• The basic principles and laws of a government

• An intellectual movement concentrated in France during the 1700s