Legal History Flashcards
A private laws govering the relationship of individuals
Civil Law
Set of instructions as to what we must do or not do
Rules
A document of determination
Hazeas Corpus
A country sets is own laws without outside influence
Patriation
A legal decision used as an example
Rules or Precedent
The person suing in a legal action
Plaintiff
Outline rights and obligations in society
Substantive Law
The area of law dealing with damage caused by a person
Tort Law
Outlines remedies if a legal breach occurs
Contract Law
The process of assembling a system of laws into statute
Codification
Referring a case to a higher
court
Appeal
The authority to do something
Jurisdiction
The acting of making good on a wrong
Restitution
Controls the relationship between individuals and the state
Public Law
Outlines the relationship between private individuals and organizations
Private Law
The person being sued or charged with an offence
Defendant
Recorded written decisions of judges
Case Law
Overseen by police and the courts
Enforcement
The structure and the powers of all levels of government
Constitutional Law
Laws based on custom and past legal decisions
Common Law
The rules of working
Employment Law
Created the earliest known set of written laws
Hammurabi
An attempt to influence government legislation
Lobby
Limits the power of government
Civil Rights
A deserved punishment for a wrong
Retribution
Reflects the values and beliefs of society
Law
The body of laws that can lead to prison sentences
Criminal Law
Outlines the rights of owning land
Property Law
Governs the relationship among spouses, parents and children
Family Law
A law passed by a legislative body
Statue
TAKE A BREAK
Lets move on
Nobody is above the law curtesy of King
John
Earliest written code
Urnammu
Started first law school in
Bologna
Irnerius
Umammu code power of judges to award
Damages
Napoleon code created during the revolution
French
Justinian code inspired
Modern
Justice
Hammurbi ruled over this
empire
Babylon
Eye for an eye
Hammurabi
The American declaration on
Independence
People
Last resort under the laws of
Manu
Punishment
Code that still influences
Quebec
Napoleonic
Number of judges at
Nuremberg trials
Eight
Five hundred and one articles of code and procedure
Tang
Chinese imperial code
Likvel
A Greek citizen
Draco
Governed by public and private law
Romans
Country of First law school
Italy
The country of the seventeen articles
Japan
Earliest believer consolidation of laws
Urukagina
Known for Corpus Juris Civilis
Justinian
Influence that seeks to prevent disputes
Oriental
Unreasonably harsh laws
Draconian
First international court trying
Nazi officials
Nuermberg
The location of Urukagina’s code
Mesopotamia
Convention establishing minimal military rights
Geneva
Laws that are the basis of the caste system
Manu
Country where code
specifically refers to theft and robbery
China
___ Carta
Magna
Proclaimed by the United
Nations
UDHR
Received commandments from God
Moses
Number of tables written for
Romans
Twelve
Number of commandments in the Bible?
Ten
