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

This empire produced a legal system that included the Twelve Tables of Rome and the Justinian Code.

Systems of control in simple societies that have no codified laws but rely exclusively on tradition, custom, and informal social controls to achieve social order.

What is law that emanates from judicial rulings?

In 1648, this set of treaties prompted Europe's governments to recognize the legitimacy of other governments and honor the boundaries separating sovereign states.

These are strategies that involve having someone violate a law, be convicted in a trial, and then appeal the case on the grounds that the law is unconstitutional.

Civil law courts are sometimes called Napoleonic courts.

During the American Revolutionary War, the 13 former colonies ratified this document to unify them.

Due process and procedural justice are two different concepts.

The age of empires, when most people around the world were controlled by empires, began around 1000 B.C.E. and continued up to the 20th century _C.E.

Federal supremacy prevails over state law and courts if a state passes a law that either violates the Constitution or is federal jurisdiction.

Systems of _____ allowed ancient rulers to centralize and standardize their rule making and rule enforcing.

This part of the First Amendment prohibits the government from favoring or endorsing one religion over another.

Common law began in English courts, but is no longer practiced in Britain's former colonies, including the United States and Canada.

Religion-based court systems have elements of common-law precedent and civil-law statutes.

This constitutional requirement sets forth that contradictions between state and federal law shall be resolved in favor of the federal law.

This is the right of each branch of a government to amend or void acts of another that fall within its purview.

The Fifth Amendment includes the Establishment clause, which prohibits the government from favoring or endorsing one religion over another.

This requires that states treat their state residents and residents of other states equally.

One requirement of societies is that _____ must be maintained.