CH.1

Question 1

Right

Answer 1

being able to perform an act requiring the aid of the law

Question 2

Duty

Answer 2

Law requires someone to do or not do something

Question 3

Substantive Law

Answer 3

Governs how others should behave towards others under the law

Question 4

Procedural Law

Answer 4

Contains the rules of the courts

Question 5

Public Law

Answer 5

Governs the relation between legal persons and a government.
Ex. between institutions, or different branches of government

Question 6

Private Law

Answer 6

Laws governing the relationship between individuals and legal entities
Ex. corporations

Question 7

Civil Law

Answer 7

Governs the relation between people and sometimes the government

Question 8

Plaintiff

Answer 8

Injured party

Question 9

Defendant

Answer 9

Accused party

Question 10

Civil Law (common Law)

Answer 10

Represented by lawyers, all non-criminal law, usually resolving disputes between private citizens
Ex. contracts, family, property

Question 11

Criminal Law

Answer 11

Anything that the government has decided is illegal

Ex. homicide, burglary, kidnapping

Question 12

Burdens of proof

Answer 12

Proving to the jury that your statements are correct

Question 13

Precedent

Answer 13

Relying on a rule established in a previous case to guide a new happening case
Courts that create it: supreme and appellate

Question 14

Stare Decisis

Answer 14

Letting the decision stand

“If a higher court has covered the issue, then it is required to follow that rule.”