SS.7.CG.3.10 Sources and types of law

The procedures put in place to assure fairness in the law is called (a)   process

The idea that no one is above the law is called

• Due Process

• Rule of Law

• Common Law

• ex post facto

What is one ancient influence on our laws today?

• Hammurabi's Code

• Civil Law

• Twelve Tables

• Criminal Law

This term refers to laws passed by a legislature

• Statutory Law

• Common Law

• Constitutional Law

• Civil Law

This term refers to laws based on precedent, or based on earlier decisions of judges

• Common Law

• Military Law

• Civil Law

• Statutory Law

The legal process dealing with one person suing another is called

• Criminal law

• Civil law

• Constitutional law

• Case law

These laws, made illegal in the constitution, say that someone can't be punished for an action that was legal before a law was passed making it illegal

• writ of habeas corpus

• writ of certiorari

• Ex post facto

• Case law

A court order to bring a person before the court is called

• writ of certiorari

• ex post facto

• writ of habeas corpus

• Case law

Local laws are referred to as

• statutes

• ordinances

What is NOT a role of juries?

• Listen to the evidence

• Deliberate with fellow jurors

• Render a verdict in a case

• Use personal opinions in declaring someone guilty or not guilty