WorksheetsThe Origins of Law
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
The Twelve Tables is associated with what ancient civilization?
Greece
Rome
China
India
Current Events will be due on the first and (a) Tuesdays of each month.
Case briefs will be performed once a ____.
week
day
year
month
Which is NOT a reason discussed on why we need laws in civil society?
keep the peace
safety, protection
stable, orderly society
transmit mores, values of society
The earliest known legal decision saw three men and one woman executed for a death of temple worker in 1850 BC.
True
False
Earliest known written legal code.
The Ten Commandments
Hammurabi's Code
Ur-Nammu's Code
Urukagina's Code
The first law school was located here.
Litchfield, Conn.
Beirut, Lebanon
Bologna, Italy
London, England
From what historical law document is this quote derived from: "no freeman shall be captured or imprisoned...except for lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land"?
Hammurabi's Code
The Book of Punishments
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Declaration of Independence
US Constitution
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Marbury vs. this president helped establish judicial review.
Madison
Jefferson
Washington
Biden
a court order demanding that a public official (such as a warden) deliver an imprisoned individual to the court and show a valid reason for that person's detention.
Common Law
Equity Law
Writ of Habeas Corpus
statutes
POWs must be housed in clean, adequate shelter, and receive the food, clothing and medical care necessary to maintain good health.
Napoleonic Code
Geneva Convention
Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
Marbury vs. Madison
