Exam 2: Social Control, Comparative Courts, and the Development of the Us Judicial System

These courts create the core of the federal judiciary and hear federal criminal trials and appeals.

These are systems of control in empires and early societies that had some codified laws and local courts but lacked a clear system of writing and enforcing laws.

This is law that is derived from the Koran.

The era of nation-states, which produced the United States and other nations, developed along with what is often called the Age of Enlightenment.

All forms of social control entail two elements: rules and enforcement.

This article of the Constitution describes in general terms the mutual relationship between the states, sometimes called horizontal federalism.

Prior to independence from Britain, each North American colony had a(n) _____ court system.

This is the constitutional requirement that a court cannot exercise its jurisdictional authority unless one party brings a lawsuit against another party.

The roots of the U.S. legal system and courts lie within _____ law and the ideals of _____.

This requires that a state return a criminal suspect to the state in which the offense occurred if that state makes a request and pays the expenses.

Weber referred to societies that have no stand-alone government to write and enforce rules as _____ because the rules and leaders were respected and followed as a matter of the culture and traditions.

This is a system for reviewing and applying laws.

"Informal social control" means that the controls were weak and that people were free to do whatever they wanted.

A system of government in which the national government shares power with each of the states is called _____.

This charter limited the English king's power by making him follow written rules and protected the rights and liberties of people under his rule.

This requires that states respect other states' laws.

This is created to describe the structure of a government and delegate authority among its branches.

This part of the Constitution created the federal courts as an independent branch of the government and outlined their jurisdiction and limitations.

This is law based on codes written by governing bodies.

These are societies that use military dominance to gain economic and political control over other societies.