Created by Landreth Cockerham
over 7 years ago
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Question | Answer |
Adversarial Legal System | Two advocates represent their parties in front of a judge or jury trying to determine the truth of the case |
Assembly | a group of people gathered in one place for common place |
Checks and Balances | Each branch checks other branches to keep the equality the same |
Civil and Criminal Law | Criminal laws regulate laws and crimes commited against the government. Civil Law is a dispute between private parties |
Civil Law | the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs. |
Consumer Protection | a group of laws and organizations designed to ensure the rights of consumers so that businesses will be fair |
Draconian Laws | A code of laws prepared by Draco, the celebrated lawgiver of Athens, that, by modern standards, are considered exceedingly severe. The term draconian has come to be used to refer to any unusually harsh law. |
Establishment Clause | -the clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress. |
Executive | The president, Governor |
Expression | The first amendment or freedom of speech |
Gerrymandering | oddly shaped district to increase voting stengths |
Judicial review | review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act. |
Jury Duty | Must be 18 years old and a US citizen and cannot be a felon |
Legislative | is the part of the government that writes up and votes on laws, also called legislation |
Line Veto | Bills subject to veto by Governor; override of veto |
NC General Assembly | NC Legislature |
Parole | Prisoner is released early from prison but is still considered serving his/her time |
Patriot Act | George W. Bush passed the patriot act to defend against terrorism. |
Prosecuter | a person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone. |
Referendum | a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision. |
Retribution | Punishing a person convicted of a crime as payback. |
Senate | 1/2 of the U.S. legislature and contains 100 members |
Separation of Church and State | You have to keep your religion separate from school and you can not force someone into a religion type. |
Sherrif's Department- | A department that protects a county or city, and keeps peace within the area. |
The Leandro Case | Lawsuit filed by 5 people of low-wealth countries because of unequal pay. |
Zoning | Dividing different, larger areas into divided |
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