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Legal History Flashcards

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1
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A private laws govering the relationship of individuals

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Civil Law

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2
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Set of instructions as to what we must do or not do

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Rules

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3
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A document of determination

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Hazeas Corpus

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4
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A country sets is own laws without outside influence

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Patriation

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5
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A legal decision used as an example

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Rules or Precedent

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6
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The person suing in a legal action

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Plaintiff

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7
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Outline rights and obligations in society

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Substantive Law

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8
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The area of law dealing with damage caused by a person

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Tort Law

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9
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Outlines remedies if a legal breach occurs

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Contract Law

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10
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The process of assembling a system of laws into statute

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Codification

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11
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Referring a case to a higher
court

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Appeal

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12
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The authority to do something

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Jurisdiction

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13
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The acting of making good on a wrong

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Restitution

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14
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Controls the relationship between individuals and the state

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Public Law

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15
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Outlines the relationship between private individuals and organizations

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Private Law

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16
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The person being sued or charged with an offence

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Defendant

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17
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Recorded written decisions of judges

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Case Law

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18
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Overseen by police and the courts

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Enforcement

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19
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The structure and the powers of all levels of government

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Constitutional Law

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20
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Laws based on custom and past legal decisions

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Common Law

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21
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The rules of working

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Employment Law

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22
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Created the earliest known set of written laws

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Hammurabi

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23
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An attempt to influence government legislation

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Lobby

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24
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Limits the power of government

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Civil Rights

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25
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A deserved punishment for a wrong

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Retribution

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26
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Reflects the values and beliefs of society

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Law

27
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The body of laws that can lead to prison sentences

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Criminal Law

28
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Outlines the rights of owning land

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Property Law

29
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Governs the relationship among spouses, parents and children

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Family Law

30
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A law passed by a legislative body

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Statue

31
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TAKE A BREAK

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Lets move on

32
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Nobody is above the law curtesy of King

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John

33
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Earliest written code

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Urnammu

34
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Started first law school in
Bologna

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Irnerius

35
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Umammu code power of judges to award

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Damages

36
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Napoleon code created during the revolution

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French

37
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Justinian code inspired
Modern

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Justice

38
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Hammurbi ruled over this
empire

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Babylon

39
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Eye for an eye

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Hammurabi

40
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The American declaration on
Independence

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People

41
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Last resort under the laws of
Manu

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Punishment

42
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Code that still influences
Quebec

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Napoleonic

43
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Number of judges at
Nuremberg trials

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Eight

44
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Five hundred and one articles of code and procedure

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Tang

45
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Chinese imperial code

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Likvel

46
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A Greek citizen

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Draco

47
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Governed by public and private law

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Romans

48
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Country of First law school

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Italy

49
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The country of the seventeen articles

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Japan

50
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Earliest believer consolidation of laws

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Urukagina

51
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Known for Corpus Juris Civilis

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Justinian

52
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Influence that seeks to prevent disputes

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Oriental

53
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Unreasonably harsh laws

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Draconian

54
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First international court trying
Nazi officials

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Nuermberg

55
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The location of Urukagina’s code

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Mesopotamia

56
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Convention establishing minimal military rights

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Geneva

57
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Laws that are the basis of the caste system

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Manu

58
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Country where code
specifically refers to theft and robbery

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China

59
Q

___ Carta

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Magna

60
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Proclaimed by the United
Nations

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UDHR

61
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Received commandments from God

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Moses

62
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Number of tables written for
Romans

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Twelve

63
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Number of commandments in the Bible?

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Ten

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