4th Amendment (explain) - correct answer ✔Search and Seizure (warrant
requirement to prevent unreasonable searches and seizures by the
government)
5th Amendment (explain) - correct answer ✔Double Jeopardy; Self-
Incrimination; Due Process; Eminent Domain (like 14th, but federal level)
13th Amendment - correct answer ✔Abolition of slavery
14th Amendment (explain) - correct answer ✔Equal protection; Privileges
and Immunities; Due Process (like 5th, but extends to states)
Common Law (explain) - correct answer ✔a system of law based on
precedent and customs (court decisions become what's enforced)
what does the law provide? - correct answer ✔stability and predictability
§ (explain) - correct answer ✔sections (plural)
Trial Process - correct answer ✔1. pleading stage
2. discovery stage
3. the trial
4. the verdict
,5. appeal/settlement
discovery stage (explain) - correct answer ✔obtaining info after a complaint
has been made (depositions, orders for docs., subpoena duces tecum, etc.)
complaint - correct answer ✔when the plaintiff files a lawsuit against the
defendant
bankruptcy (explain) - correct answer ✔-federal law (through district courts)
-limited jurisdiction
ULC (explain) - correct answer ✔Uniform Law Commission (created "model
acts" or "uniform laws")
ethics and law - correct answer ✔-law usually follows ethics
-law is constantly catching up with society
voir dire - correct answer ✔jury selection
peremptory challenge - correct answer ✔asking to get rid of a potential juror
for no reason at all
challenge for cause - correct answer ✔asking to get rid of a potential juror
because of bias
pyrrhic victory (explain) - correct answer ✔winning the battle but losing the
war (ex. if you sue someone with no money and win, you aren't getting
anything)
, English rule - correct answer ✔loser pays both sides' court costs and
defendant's legal fees
American rule - correct answer ✔each side pays their own court costs and
legal fees
solicitor - correct answer ✔English version of a lawyer who doesn't represent
in court
barrister - correct answer ✔English version of a lawyer who represents in
court
litigator - correct answer ✔a lawyer who handles court cases
roots of American law - correct answer ✔England and Rome
Constitution - correct answer ✔source of American law
Magna Carta - correct answer ✔source of English law
civil v. criminal - correct answer ✔-criminal=intent is to punish
-civil=intent is to compensate
crimes v. torts - correct answer ✔you can be charged for a crime and found
not guilty, but sued for basically the same thing and found liable
civil case burden of proof - correct answer ✔preponderance of the evidence
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