Chapter 13 Review Quiz

What courts need in order to hear an appeals case

• appellate jurisdiction

• civil trial court

• error of law

• statutes

a justifiable cause to appeal a verdict

• error of law

• statutes

• prosecutor

• reservations

Wrote Commentaries on the Laws, used by colonists to interpret English common law

• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• William Blackstone
• Montesquieu

court system in which the judge plays an active role in gathering and presenting evidence

• Traditional system
• Inquisitorial system
• Mixed system
• Adversarial system

where tribal courts operate

• In state courts across the country.
• Only in federal courts.
• On Native American reservations

• In international courts.

Justices on an appeals court, including the U.S. Supreme Court, who disagree with the majority ruling can

• call for a new trial.

• initiate another appeal

• veto the decision.

• write a dissenting opinion

hears cases in which one person or group thinks that another should pay for causing harm

• Traffic court
• Family court
• Civil court
• Criminal court

democratic principle preserved through the exercise of judicial review

• Limited government

• statutes

• inquisitorial

• appellate jurisdiction

Criminal courts resolve cases between

• judges and defendants.

• juries and defendants.

• plaintiffs and defendants.

• state prosecutors and defendants

how federal judges are selected

• Federal judges are selected through presidential nomination and Senate confirmation.
• Federal judges are selected through a lottery system.
• Federal judges are appointed by state governors.
• Federal judges are elected by popular vote.