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CCJ3024 Chapter 3 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Four categories of law - answer✔Substantive criminal law
Procedural law
Civil law
Public of administrative law
Substantive criminal law - answer✔a body of specific rules that declare what conduct is criminal
and that prescribe the punishment to be imposed for such conduct
Defines crimes and punishments
Mental and physical elements
Procedural law - answer✔Basic rules of practice of government
Criminal procedure: the rules and laws that define the operation of criminal proceedings.
Procedural law describes methods that must be followed. Rules of evidence, law of arrest, law of
search and seizure, questions of appeal, jury selection, right to counsel
Civil Law - answer✔all law that is not criminal, including the law of torts (personal wrongs) and
contract, property, maritime, and commercial law
Relations between private parties
Individuals and organizations
Contracts, wills, trusts, property ownership, commerce
tort - answer✔: a personal injury or wrong for which an action for damages may be brought
Public or Administrative law - answer✔Government and its relationships with individuals or
other governments is known as public law
Governs the administration and regulation of city, county, state, and federal government agencies
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Branches may overlap - answer✔Can pursue one type of action or both
Goals of substantive criminal law - answer✔Enforce social control
Distribute retribution
Express public opinion and morality
Deter criminal behavior
Punish wrongdoing
Maintain social order
Restoration
Lex talionis - answer✔Latin for "law as retaliation." From Hammurabi;s ancient legal code, the
belief that the purpose of the law is to provide retaliation for an offended party and that the
punishment should fit the crime
Babylonian Code of Hammurabi - answer✔2000 BCE
Eye for an eye
Proportionality
The Mosaic Code of the Israelites - answer✔(1200 BCE): 10 commandments: prohibitions
against theft, violence, perjury
wergild - answer✔legal system featuring monetary compensation
Guilt by - answer✔Compurgation: accused swear an oath of innocence
Ordeal: divine forces would not allow innocent to be harmed
Accused burned his hand. If wound healed, person was innocent
If not, accused was guilty
Trial by combat
Compurgation - answer✔acquittal from a charge or accusation, obtained by statements of
innocence given by witnesses under oath.
ordeal - answer✔a difficult or painful experience, a trial
10/10/2024 11:44 AM
CCJ3024 Chapter 3 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Four categories of law - answer✔Substantive criminal law
Procedural law
Civil law
Public of administrative law
Substantive criminal law - answer✔a body of specific rules that declare what conduct is criminal
and that prescribe the punishment to be imposed for such conduct
Defines crimes and punishments
Mental and physical elements
Procedural law - answer✔Basic rules of practice of government
Criminal procedure: the rules and laws that define the operation of criminal proceedings.
Procedural law describes methods that must be followed. Rules of evidence, law of arrest, law of
search and seizure, questions of appeal, jury selection, right to counsel
Civil Law - answer✔all law that is not criminal, including the law of torts (personal wrongs) and
contract, property, maritime, and commercial law
Relations between private parties
Individuals and organizations
Contracts, wills, trusts, property ownership, commerce
tort - answer✔: a personal injury or wrong for which an action for damages may be brought
Public or Administrative law - answer✔Government and its relationships with individuals or
other governments is known as public law
Governs the administration and regulation of city, county, state, and federal government agencies
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Branches may overlap - answer✔Can pursue one type of action or both
Goals of substantive criminal law - answer✔Enforce social control
Distribute retribution
Express public opinion and morality
Deter criminal behavior
Punish wrongdoing
Maintain social order
Restoration
Lex talionis - answer✔Latin for "law as retaliation." From Hammurabi;s ancient legal code, the
belief that the purpose of the law is to provide retaliation for an offended party and that the
punishment should fit the crime
Babylonian Code of Hammurabi - answer✔2000 BCE
Eye for an eye
Proportionality
The Mosaic Code of the Israelites - answer✔(1200 BCE): 10 commandments: prohibitions
against theft, violence, perjury
wergild - answer✔legal system featuring monetary compensation
Guilt by - answer✔Compurgation: accused swear an oath of innocence
Ordeal: divine forces would not allow innocent to be harmed
Accused burned his hand. If wound healed, person was innocent
If not, accused was guilty
Trial by combat
Compurgation - answer✔acquittal from a charge or accusation, obtained by statements of
innocence given by witnesses under oath.
ordeal - answer✔a difficult or painful experience, a trial
