chapter 1

Question 1

Adversarial System

Answer 1

The judicial process wherby evidence is presented by two opposing parties to an impartial judge

Question 2

Assizes

Answer 2

Traveling courts

Question 3

Case/Common Law

Answer 3

A method of deciding cases based on recorded decisions of simmilar cases

Question 4

Circut Judges

Answer 4

Judges of travelling courts

Question 5

Code of Hammurabi

Answer 5

One of the earliest known sets of recorded laws, written by king hammurabi of babylon

Question 6

code of Li K’vei

Answer 6

a set of chinese laws written around 350 BCE

Question 7

Codified

Answer 7

arranged and reccorded systematically

Question 8

Divine right

Answer 8

The concept that monarchs and their successors derived their power to rule from god and were accountable only to god

Question 9

Great laws of manu

Answer 9

Indian laws compiled between 1280 and 880 BCE, previously transfered through oral translation

Question 10

Habeas Corpus

Answer 10

A court order desinged to prevent unlawful arrest by ensuring that anyone detained is charged before a court within a reasonable amount of time

Question 11

Justinian’s code

Answer 11

The clarification and organization of Roman law commisioned by justinian 1

Question 12

Magna Carta

Answer 12

A charer of political and civil rights singed in 1215 at Runnymede in England

Question 13

Mosaic Law / 10 Commandments

Answer 13

Biblical or hebrew law found in the book of Exodus / laws given to Moses to guide the Hebrew people

Question 14

Napoleonic Code

Answer 14

the civil law of France completed in 1804 (also called the French Civil Code)

Question 15

Quebec Civil Code

Answer 15

The system of law used in Quebec for resolving private matters

Question 16

Restitution

Answer 16

Payment made by the offender to the victim of a crime

Question 17

Retribution

Answer 17

Justice based on vengance and punishment

Question 18

Rule of Law

Answer 18

A principle of justice stating that the law is necessary to regulate society, that law applies equallt to everyone, and that people are not governed by arbitrary power

Question 19

Rule of precedent

Answer 19

Applying a previous decision to a case that has similar circumstances

Question 20

Stare Decisis

Answer 20

A Latin phrase meaning “to stand by the decision”

Question 21

The Great Binding law (Gaynashagowa)

Answer 21

The Constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy

Question 22

Trial by combat

Answer 22

Determining guilt or innocence by having the parties fight a duel

Question 23

Trail by Oath Helping

Answer 23

requiring friends of the accused to swear on the bible that he or she was innocent

Question 24

Trial by ordeal

Answer 24

Requiring a person to undergo torture to determine guilt or innocence