Worksheets3.10 benchmark on the legal system
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 3mins
When an important court case provides an outcome that is important, this outcome could help decide future cases. This is called?
Common Law
Case law
Constitutional Law
Statute Law
When a case involves settling disagreements between people by providing an award money for damages? this kind of law is called?
Constitutional Law
Common Law
Case Law
Civil Law
This type of law is based on common practices and traditions. This is called?
Constitutional Law
Civil Law
Common Law
Case law
This antient middle eastern ruler developed a system of laws that would let his people know what they were allowed to do and what punishments they would receive if they broke the law. It was the first time a set of laws was written down for all to see. This was known as?
Common Law
The Code of Hammurabi
The Quebec Civil Code
The Criminal Code
This type of law sets out the framework, function and structure of the government. It allows judges to interpret and make decisions on how the US government is supposed to operate. It is called?
Criminal Law
Case Law
Common Law
Constitutional Law
This system of law is designed for people under the age of 18 and designed to help deal with people who may break the law in a way that helps with their well-being and recognizes that they are not adults. It is known as?
The US Justice System
The US Juvenile Justice System
The Military Justice System
The Federal Court System
This document represents the first time a government's power was limited by a set of rules. It was called?
The Magna Carta
The Bill of Rights
The US Constitution
The Code of Hammurabi
A code of laws that deal with punishments for crimes that have been committed is called?
The Code of Hammurabi
Constitutional Law
Code of Common Law
Criminal Law
A justice system that is designed for people in the US military is called?
The Juvenile Justice System
Criminal Law
The Military Justice System
The US legal system
A main referrence point in law, often a historical document, for which some of the ideas about our society are actually found?
A Vertex
A Code
A Source
A Type
A rule that an agency or department of the Executive Branch of government makes to enforce a law is called?
A code
A policy
A punishment
A regulation
The written law enacted by a legislature, as distinguished from unwritten law or common law is known as?
Constitutional Law
Criminal law
Statutory Law
A law or act that has been passed by a legislative branch of a state or a country is know as a?
Criminal law
statute
Constitutional Law
Code
A particular category, a kind of law, is also called a?
A Code
AType
A Box
A law
