Vocab ch 1 Flashcards
Adversial System
The judicial process whereby evidence is presented by two opposing parties to an impartial judge or jury
Assizes
Traveling Courts
Common Law
Law that developed in English courts relies on case law and is common to all people
Circuit judges
judges in travelling courts
Code of Hammurabi
one of the earliest known sets of recorded law from babylon
Code of Li K’vei
Chinese laws from 350bc
Codified
Arranged and ordered systematically
Divine right
the concept that monarchs and their successors derived their power to rule from god
Great laws of manu
Ancient indian laws
Habeas Corpus
A court order designed to prevent unlawful arrest by ensuring that anyone detained is charged before a court within a reasonable amount of time
Justinians Code
the clarification and organization of roman law commisioned by justinian 1
Magna Carta
Charter of political and civil rights signed in England 1215
Mosaic Law/10 commandments
Law from mosaic that ended up in the bible
Napoleonic Code
The civil law of France completed in 1804
Quebec civil code
the system of law used in Quebec for resolving private matters
Resitution
payment made by the offender to the victim of the crime
Reribution
Justice based off of revenge and punishment
Rule of Law
A principle of justice stating that law is necessary to regulate society, law applies equally to everyone, noone is exempt from the law
Rule of precedent
A ruling made by a previous judge used to determine recent cases
Stare decisis
To stand by the decision
The great binding law
Laws made by aborgional people
Trial by combat
God would judge the guilty person by making him lose the fight
Trial by oath helping
Help a friend by swearing on the bible
Trial by ordeal
Tried by god through a number of ordeals including burning / drowning
