Assignment - Vocabulary Review
Use the information provided in Kinn's Chapter 3 "Legal
Principles" of the text and/or any other sources you have. Copy and
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Sources of Law
1. A(n) _______________________ is a rule of conduct or action
prescribed or formally recognized as en-forceable by a controlling
authority.
2. The _______________________ is the supreme law of the
United States.
3. The _______________________ branch includes the Supreme
Court and interprets laws according to the U.S. Constitution.
4. The _______________________ branch includes Congress and
makes new laws.
5. The president administers the _______________________
branch and issues executive orders, appoints judges, and makes
treaties with other nations.
6. Case law was derived from legal _______________________ and
_______________________.
Criminal and Civil Law
1. _______________________ law determines the rights and
obligations of the people and _______________________ laws must be
followed when investigating and prosecuting unlawful acts.
2. When criminal cases are brought to court, the
_______________________ is the government and the
_______________________ is the person or party charged with the
offense.
3. With civil law, the _______________________ is the victim
of the wrongdoing and the _______________________ is the
wrongdoer.
4. In criminal law, the wrongdoing is called a(n)
_______________________ and in civil law it can be called a(n)
_______________________ or a(n) _______________________.
5. A(n) _______________________, a serious criminal offense,
is punishable by a substantial fine and _______________________
time _______________________ 1 year.
6. A(n) _______________________, a lesser criminal offense, is
punishable by a substantial fine and possible
_______________________ time _______________________ 1 year.