11 Laws and Our Society

We have laws in our society for all the following reasons EXCEPT

• Protecting People’s Safety

• Protecting Individual Freedoms

• To provide justice to only those who earn it.

When an official law is passed by a legislative branch and is written down it becomes a

• Statute

• Moral

• Crime

Laws that are based on the decisions of previous judges is known as

• Common Law

• Civil Law

• Judicial Review

Some early, yet harsh, examples of legal codes include

• Hammurabi’s Code

• Draco's Code

• Justinian's Code

• All of these

In the United States, citizens can influence law making mainly through

• Donating to Charity

• Creating Laws

• Electing Representatives.

Breaking the law in a non-violent way because it goes against personal morals is called

• Morals

• Civil Disobedience

• Values

It is not possible to go to both criminal and civil trial over one situation.

• FALSE

• TRUE

What kind of law refers to the group of laws that tell us which acts are considered crimes?

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Common Law

What is a serious crime called for which the penalty can be imprisonment for more than one year?

• Felony

• Misdemeanor

• Infraction

A less serious crime, like littering, is considered a

• Felony

• Misdemeanor

• Infraction