NEW
Font size
WorksheetsSS.7.C.3.10 Sources and Types of Law
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
This type of law deals with public safety, civilian crime, punishment, and justice.
civil
constitutional
criminal
military
This type of law includes a specialized code that deals with certain situations involving those in the armed forces.
civil
constitutional
criminal
military
Connie Hargrave’s tree fell in the storm last week and damaged the car of her neighbor, Andy Collin. Connie did not have insurance that covered this type of accident and has not paid Andy for the damage. Andy decides to sue Connie in court. Which type of law does this deal with?
civil
constitutional
criminal
juvenile
Which type of law focuses on interpreting (explaining) the U.S. Constitution, the limit's of government power and individual rights?
civil law
constitutional law
common law
Military Law (Uniform Code of Military Justice)
Laws passed by legislative or lawmaking branches of government like a Parliament, Congress or a state legislature are called?
Common Law
civil law
statutory law
Constitutional Law
What type of law, after the year 1066, was formed by English judges looking at past court cases to make new court decisions?
Administrative law
equity
common law
statutory law
A ________________________ is a serious crime and may result in prison or even death depending on the severity.
felony
petty offense
misdemeanor
manslaughter
When a soldier failed to return to base after going on leave, he was charged and brought to trial for being Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL). Which type of law is being described?
Military Law
Juvenile Law
Civil Law
Criminal Law
A 16 year old boy was caught on tape robbing a gas station. He was arrested, brought to trial, and found guilty of burglary.
Military Law
Juvenile Law
Civil Law
Criminal Law
A person who brings a case against another or files a lawsuit in a court of law.
defense attorney
judge
defendant
plantiff
A legal notification to appear in court.
Subpoena
Summons
Wage Assignment
Restraining Order
The
Code of Hammurabi (1772 BC) includes laws focusing on contracts. What type of U.S. law is based on the Code
of Hammurabi?
civil
constitutional
criminal
military
The table below lists examples of laws.
Which list represents military law?
A
B
C
D
Which situation would most
likely lead to a civil case?
A person robs another person at gunpoint.
A person is caught breaking into a house.
A person breaks a leg at a friend’s house because water is on the floor.
A person fails to stop at a red light.
The graph below illustrates arrest rates for motor vehicle theft.
Which type of law is illustrated the graph?
civil
criminal
constitutional
juvenile
The passage below is from a U.S. Supreme Court opinion announcement.
"In 1989 the court held in Stanford versus Kentucky that the Constitution allows states to impose the death penalty on an offender who is 16 or 17 years old when he committed the crime.
In the interpretation of its terms we have established …the necessity of …standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.
Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid imposition of the death penalty on offenders who are under the age of 18 when their crimes were committed"
According to the passage, which action did the U.S. Supreme Court find constitutional?
The death
penalty may be imposed only on adults.
The death
penalty may be imposed only on juveniles.
The death
penalty may be imposed on both adults and juveniles.
The death
penalty may be imposed on neither adults nor juveniles.
