Topic 9 Test Review - American Legal System Quiz

What is the body of laws passed by Congress or a state legislature?

• Case Law

• Civil Law

• Statutory Law

• Constitutional Law

Which body of laws regulates the conduct of individuals and defines crimes?

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Constitutional Law

• Juvenile Law

What is the body of laws based on the outcome of previous court cases?

• Case Law

• Civil Law

• Common Law

• Constitutional Law

What is the body of laws based on customs and previous legal decisions, created by judges?

• Case Law

• Civil Law

• Common Law

• Constitutional Law

Which set of laws concerns relationships between private parties?

• Case Law

• Civil Law

• Common Law

• Constitutional Law

What are Judaism's oldest and best-known laws and teachings?

• 10 Commandments

• 12 Tables

• Magna Carta

• Code of Hammurabi

What is the universal set of moral principles believed to come from humans' basic sense of right and wrong?

• Natural Law

• Civil Law

• Common Law

• Constitutional Law

What is the list of rights that must be read to a criminal suspect at the time of his or her arrest?

• Miranda Warning

• Juvenile Law

• Magna Carta

• Military Law

Who wrote the earliest known set of laws nearly 4,000 years ago?

• Babylonian King

• Roman Emperor

• Greek Philosopher

• Chinese Emperor

Where were the Roman Republic's new laws published?

• Gutenberg Press

• 12 Tables

• British Museum

• Vatican Library