Vocab ch 1

Question 1

Adversial System

Answer 1

The judicial process whereby evidence is presented by two opposing parties to an impartial judge or jury

Question 2

Assizes

Answer 2

Traveling Courts

Question 3

Common Law

Answer 3

Law that developed in English courts relies on case law and is common to all people

Question 4

Circuit judges

Answer 4

judges in travelling courts

Question 5

Code of Hammurabi

Answer 5

one of the earliest known sets of recorded law from babylon

Question 6

Code of Li K’vei

Answer 6

Chinese laws from 350bc

Question 7

Codified

Answer 7

Arranged and ordered systematically

Question 8

Divine right

Answer 8

the concept that monarchs and their successors derived their power to rule from god

Question 9

Great laws of manu

Answer 9

Ancient indian laws

Question 10

Habeas Corpus

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Justinians Code

Answer 11

the clarification and organization of roman law commisioned by justinian 1

Question 12

Magna Carta

Answer 12

Charter of political and civil rights signed in England 1215

Question 13

Mosaic Law/10 commandments

Answer 13

Law from mosaic that ended up in the bible

Question 14

Napoleonic Code

Answer 14

The civil law of France completed in 1804

Question 15

Quebec civil code

Answer 15

the system of law used in Quebec for resolving private matters

Question 16

Resitution

Answer 16

payment made by the offender to the victim of the crime

Question 17

Reribution

Answer 17

Justice based off of revenge and punishment

Question 18

Rule of Law

Answer 18

A principle of justice stating that law is necessary to regulate society, law applies equally to everyone, noone is exempt from the law

Question 19

Rule of precedent

Answer 19

A ruling made by a previous judge used to determine recent cases

Question 20

Stare decisis

Answer 20

To stand by the decision

Question 21

The great binding law

Answer 21

Laws made by aborgional people

Question 22

Trial by combat

Answer 22

God would judge the guilty person by making him lose the fight

Question 23

Trial by oath helping

Answer 23

Help a friend by swearing on the bible

Question 24

Trial by ordeal

Answer 24

Tried by god through a number of ordeals including burning / drowning