Source and Types of Laws

Which situation would most likely lead to a civil case?

• A person robs another person at gunpoint.

• A person is caught breaking into a house.

• A person breaks a leg at a friend’s house.

Which of the following is NOT an example of rule of law?

• "When the President does it, it is not illegal."
• "I prefer to follow the law, not men."
• "Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.

Which term refers to the principle that nobody is above the law?

• rule of law

• limited powers

• checks and balances

• republican government

One reason Hammurabi's code is famous is that

• it was the first set of laws recorded in writing

• it was written in a sophisticated code that took years for historians to translate

• it was beautifully written on a single giant stone of polished basalt

• it was the first set of laws to rhyme to help people remember them

Which modern idiom refers to Hammurabi's Code?

• An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
• It's raining cats and dogs.
• Break a leg!
• The wisdom of an old man brings wealth.

Which of the following documents embodies the fundamental laws and principles of the United States?

• Bill of Rights
• Magna Charter
• Constitution
• Declaration of Independence

law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs

• criminal law

• civil law

• common law

• constitutional law

law that deals with crimes and the punishments associated with those crimes

• criminal law

• civil law

• Magna Carta

• Code of Hammurabi

laws that have been developed to meet the needs of the military

• regulation

• juvenile law

• military law

• statutory law

When a crime is committed, what type of law is this?

• Criminal
• Civil