WorksheetsGovernment: The American Legal System
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 6mins
Fair, reasonable, understandable, and enforceable are characteristics that make up
misdemeanors
good laws
the Fourth Amendment
Mr. Battleship (this is obviously the wrong answer).
The English legal system brought to North America by colonists was
Hammurabi's Code
Justinian's Code
Common Law
Israelite Law
__________________ is believed to be the first set of written laws.
Canon Law
Code of Hammurabi
Roman Law
Ten Commandments
A defendant who argues that he or she is a victim of an unreasonable search is what type of law?
statutory law
Roman law
administrative law
constitutional law
The Writ of habeas will help a person from
being kept in jail unlawfully
running a stop sign
breaking and entering
stealing something from a store
A statute is a law written by which branch of government?
Judicial Branch
Executive Branmch
Legislative Branch
Olive Branch
Judges rely on past __________ when deciding a case when they cannot refer to a statute.
Precedent
Case Law
Administrative Law
Due Process
A new law that says anyone who used Lysol wipes before today is guilty of a misdemeanor is an example of
a bill of attainder
a fair and reasonable law
an ex post facto law
a violation of habeas corpus
Government not being able to put someone in jail without following legal procedures is called
equal protection clause
due process clause
administrative clause
Sixth Amendment rights
Failure to exercise reasonable caution to avoid injury or property damage is known as
negligence
being reasonable
being criminally liable
I have no idea
Ernest Miranda was _____________ and his case led to the _______ _________
a defendant in a criminal case; Miranda Rights
the plaintiff in a criminal case, Miranda Rights
a personal injury attorney; a big settlement
a judge; a seat on the Supreme Court
Criminal case procedure always
results in a conviction
protects the rights of the accused
requires harsh punishments for the guilty
Harms the rights of the accused
Personal Injury is an example of a
criminal lawsuit
executive lawsuit
civil lawsuit
bogus lawsuit
Civil lawsuits are often settled before trial to
keep the defendant from counter suing
let the lawyers go on vacation
avoid the time and expense of a trial
establish the defendant's guilt
What is the correct series of events in the beginning of a criminal case?
indictment--->arrest--->arraignment--->hearing
hearing--->arrest--->arraignment--->indictment
arraignment--->hearing--->arrest--->indictment
arrest-->hearing--->indictment--->arraignment
Mr. Race being charged with running a red light is an example of a _______ lawsuit.
civll
criminal
felony
constitutional
Jury members must be
30 years of age or older
represented by a lawyer
impartial
from a different area than the one in which the crime was committed
Crimes are broken into categories known as
civil and criminal law
misdemeanors and personal injury
fourth amendment and fifth amendment crimes
misdemeanors and felonies
