Chapter 13: Federal and State Court Systems Review

What do courts need in order to hear an appeals case?

• appellate jurisdiction

• error of law

• William Blackstone

• inquisitorial

• reservations

What is a justifiable cause to appeal a verdict?

• appellate jurisdiction

• error of law

• William Blackstone

• inquisitorial

• reservations

Who wrote Commentaries on the Laws, used by colonists to interpret English common law?

• appellate jurisdiction

• error of law

• William Blackstone

• inquisitorial

• reservations

What type of court system is one in which the judge plays an active role in gathering and presenting evidence?

• appellate jurisdiction

• error of law

• William Blackstone

• inquisitorial

• reservations

Where do tribal courts operate?

• appellate jurisdiction

• error of law

• William Blackstone

• inquisitorial

• reservations

What role does the the government play when it initiates a criminal case?

• prosecutor

• civil trial court

• limited government

• statutes

• presidential appointment

What type of court hears cases in which one person or group thinks that

another should pay for causing harm?

• prosecutor

• civil trial court

• limited government

• statutes

• presidential appointment

Which democratic principle is preserved through the exercise of judicial review?

• prosecutor

• civil trial court

• limited government

• statutes

• presidential appointment

What do federal courts generally deal with in deciding cases?

• prosecutor

• civil trial court

• limited government

• statutes

• presidential appointment

How are federal judges are selected?

• prosecutor

• civil trial court

• limited government

• statutes

• presidential appointment