Law: The Legal Battlefield

Question 1

Administrative law

Answer 1

The body of laws, rules, orders, and regulations created by an administrative agency

Question 2

Substantive law

Answer 2

Body of law that defines and prescribes the rights and obligations of each person in society

Question 3

Civil law

Answer 3

All state and federal law pertaining to noncriminal activities, law that pertains to private rights and remedies

Question 4

Preponderance of the evidence

Answer 4

Civil standard whereby the greater weight of the information is in favor of or against the defendant

Question 5

Grievance, grievance procedure

Answer 5

Formalized arrangements whereby institutionalized individuals have the opportunity to register complaints about the conditions of their confinement

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Procedural law

Answer 6

Rules that specify how the law should be implemented and applied against those who violate the law

Question 7

Pre-conflict stage

Answer 7

Perception by individuals or groups that they are involved in a conflict situation where a legal resolution is sought

Question 8

Common law

Answer 8

Laws determined by judges in accordance with their rulings

Question 9

Claiming

Answer 9

The process in a dispute where a grievance is expressed and a cause of action is cited

Question 10

Conflict stage

Answer 10

Either a pretrial or an alternative dispute resolution phase where a plaintiff and a defendant confront one another and an accusation is made

Question 11

Sociological jurisprudence

Answer 11

View that hoods that a part of law should be devoted to making or shaping public policy and social rules

Question 12

Critical legal studies

Answer 12

Movement recognizing that law is subjective rather than objective

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Legal realism

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Views that law and society are constantly evolving and that law should be the means to a social end or rather than an end in itself

Question 14

Feminist legal studies

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Views that women use a different type of logic than men when interpreting the law, favoring less litigation and more mediation

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Beyond a reasonable doubt

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Body of law that defines criminal offenses and prescribes punishments and that delineates criminal procedure

Question 16

Law

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The body of rules of specific conduct prescribed by existing legitimate authority in a particular jurisdiction and at a particular point in time

Question 17

Blaming

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A step in the dispute process whereby the victim singles out someone as potential target for legal action

Question 18

Naming

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Identifying a party in a legal action

Question 19

Judicial activism

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Judges’ use of their power to accomplish social goals

Question 20

Social change

Answer 20

Process whereby ideas and/or practices are modified either actively or passively or naturally

Question 21

Disputants

Answer 21

Opposing sides in a civil action or case

Question 22

Dispute resolution

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A civil action intended resolve conflicts between two parties

Question 23

Social control

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Informal and formal methods of getting members of society to conform to existing norms

Question 24

Dispute stage

Answer 24

Public revelation of a dispute by filing of a legal action

Question 25

Criminal law

Answer 25

Body of law that defines criminal defenses and prescribes punishments and that delineates criminal procedure