Study Guide – The Legal System

 

Date Due

Assignment

Tues., Jan. 28

Start studying worksheet on the Legal System

Make plans to watch the State of the Union tonight

Weds., Jan. 29

State of the Union Assignment

Thurs., Jan. 30

Crossword Puzzle

Fri., Jan. 31

Worksheet on the Legal System

Mon., Feb. 3

Test on the Legal System

Tues., Feb. 4

Work day for the Mock Trial

Weds., Feb. 5

Mock Trial

Thurs., Feb. 6

Mock Trial

Tues., Feb. 11

Essay due on Mock Trial

 

 

 

Identifications for The Legal System

 

1.

Criminal case

26.

Dred Scott v. Sanford

51.

Arraignment

2.

Civil case

27.

Roe v. Wade

52.

Prosecutor

3.

Federal jurisdiction

28.

court docket

53.

Testimony

4.

Inferior courts

29.

Briefs

54.

Cross-examination

5.

Exclusive jurisdiction

30.

Adversarial system

55.

Three strikes rules

6.

Concurrent jurisdiction

31.

Writ of certiorari

56.

Acquittal

7.

Dual court system

32.

Majority opinion

57.

Hung jury

8.

District courts

33.

Concurring opinion

58.

Plea bargain

9.

US Courts of Appeals

34.

Dissenting opinion

59.

Juvenile delinquency

10.

Special federal courts

35.

Lawsuit

60.

In re Gault

11.

Original jurisdiction

36.

Plaintiff

61.

Felony

12.

Magistrates

37.

Defendant

62.

Misdemeanor

13.

US marshal

38.

Suits of equity

63.

class action suits

14.

Subpoena

39.

Injunction

64.

Standing to sue

15.

US Courts of appeals/federal appeals courts/Circuit courts of appeals/Appellate courts

40.

Penal code

65.

Public defenders

16.

Appellate jurisdiction

41.

Larceny

66.

Interest groups

17.

Uphold a verdict/overturn a decision or remand a case

42.

Vandalism

67.

Nominations of judges

18.

Court-martial

43.

Fraud

68.

“Litmus test”

19.

Judicial review

44.

Victimless crime

69.

Senatorial courtesy

20.

Marbury v. Madison

45.

Indeterminate sentencing

70.

Stare decisis

21.

Supreme Court

46.

Minimum/maximum sentence

71.

Precedents

22.

Thurgood Marshall

47.

parole

72.

Amicus curiae

23.

Clarence Thomas

48.

Mandatory sentence

73.

Judicial activism

24.

Sandra Day O’Connor

49.

Murder in 1st and 2nd degree

74.

Judicial restraint or Strict construction

25.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

50.

Summons

75.

Solicitor general