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LEGL 2700 ROESSING TEST 1 (ACTUAL) 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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LEGL 2700 ROESSING TEST 1 (ACTUAL) 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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LEGL 2700 ROESSING TEST 1 (ACTUAL)Kelo V. City of New London, Connecticut (2005) - ANSWERS-The Supreme Court
considered the scope of the "public use" requirement in connection with the
taking of private property
The Court concluded that this was for the good of the community
Fourteenth Amendment - ANSWERS-"No state shall make or enforce any law
which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;
nor shall any state deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without a due
process of law"
United States V. Windsor (2013) - ANSWERS-The persons against same sex
marriage lacked standing
What are the themes of law? - ANSWERS-predictability vs. flexibility
authority vs. flexibility
religious vs. secular
freedom vs. equality
unite diverse cultures
Lycurgus - 700 B.C - ANSWERS-- famous lawmaker in Sparta, Greece
,- gave ideas of modern socialism and communism with dividing land
- Fascist ideals for Sparta
- Divided power among all the people
Draco - 600 BC - ANSWERS-- lawmaker in Athens, Greece
- made harsh, very strict law
- one punishment (death) for every crime
- aristocrat friendly
- extreme deterrence
Solon - 500 BC - ANSWERS-- fixed Draco's power in Athens
- created new constitution
- all debt slaves are free - populist law
, - freedom v. equality
Twelve Tables - 455 BC - ANSWERS-- legal code in Roman Empire
- codes of substantive and procedural law
- modern lawyer born
Justinian - 550 AD - ANSWERS--Byzantine Empire
- 60 volumes
- first big legal code of modern Europe
Henry II 1150 AD - ANSWERS-- Reformed the judicial system by appointing royal
judges so that they could bring consistency
- kept track of what they said in court opinions (judicial opinions)
- wanted to intrude churches but instead protected them after Beckett was
martyr
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