Fast & Curious Judicial Branch

any behavior that is illegal because society, through its government, considers the behavior harmful to society.

• crime
• opinion
• remand
• justices

the group of laws that define what acts are crimes.

• Constitutional law
• criminal law
• common law
• civil law

the group of laws that refer to disputes between people.

• civil law
• common law
• crime
• criminal law

the type of law that comes from judges' decisions that rely on common sense and previous cases.

• civil law
• crime
• criminal law
• common law

earlier decision.

• remand
• precedent
• opinion
• crime

law based on the Constitution and Supreme Court laws interpreting the Constitution.

• criminal law
• civil law
• Constitutional law
• common law

the process by which the person asks a higher court to review the result of the trial.

• appeal
• opinion
• remand
• crime

the extent or scope of authority that the court has to hear and decide a case that has been properly brought before it.

• original jurisdiction
• justices
• jurisdiction
• opinion

the trial courts, and the courts of original jurisdiction.

• civil law
• jurisdiction
• justices
• district courts

the authority of a court to hear and decide a case for the first time.

• jurisdiction
• appellate jurisdiction
• original jurisdiction
• criminal law