ch 9 (vb) Flashcards
appellate jurisdiction
A higher court’s authority to review the record from a trial court
civil law
The branch of law that typically deals with relations among private individuals and groups
civil law system
System of law based on the proposition that law is a codified, constructed entity that a legislature or some other lawmaking political body has constructed.
common law system
Law system characterized by the strong role of the judge in cases and the importance of precedent
criminal law
The branch of law that concerns relationships involving the government and its relationship with individuals and organizations
dispute resolution
The role of courts to peacefully settle disputes and keep order in society
federal law
The law of the national government
going rate
When judges, through past sentencing, set the context for plea bargaining, as defense attorneys and prosecutors negotiate about what the appropriate penalty should be for an offense for which a plaintiff pleads guilty
injunctive power
The power of courts to stop governments, individuals, or groups from acting
inquisitional systems
In a civil law system, a prolonged pretrial investigative process
judicial review
The power to declare laws and government acts to be in violation of the nation’s constitution or in some other way illegal under the structure of the country
jurispendence
A philosophy of law
law in action
How laws are applied and enforced in the real world
law in books
The laws as they are written
legal system
A social construction built upon a basic conceptualization of how the law is created and how it functions
