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Civics Chapter 15 Section 1

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Who made a science of the law?
a. Hammurabi
b. the Hebrews
c. the Romans
d. the English
c. the Romans
Which state has a system of laws based on the Napoleonic Code?
a. Louisiana
b. Massachusetts
c. Alabama
d. New York
a. Louisiana
What was the first known system of written law?
a. Ten Commandments
b. Code of Hammurabi
c. Code of Justinian
d. Napoleonic Code
b. Code of Hammurabi
Which law included basic principles of citizen's rights such as trial by jury?
a. Roman law
b. Hebrew law
c. English common law
d. canon law
c. English common law
Who said that the state should have "a government of laws, and not of men"?
a. John Adams
b. King Hammurabi
c. Napoleon Bonaparte
d. John Peter Zenger
a. John Adams
What was the first known system of written law?
a. Napoleonic Code
b. Morse Code
c. Code of Hammurabi
d. Justinian Code
c. Code of Hammurabi
Roman emperors would issue ____, which were commands that were equivalent to laws.
a. precedents
b. statutes
c. codes
d. edicts
d. edicts
What are the legal decisions that become part of the common law?
a. statutes
b. precedents
c. edicts
d. legalisms
b. precedents
____ are disagreements over non-criminal matters.
a. Statutes
b. Civil disputes
c. Felonies
d. Misdemeanors
b. Civil disputes
What is the study of law?
a. jurisprudence
b. legalism
c. deliberation
d. judgment
a. jurisprudence
What is the term for law based on prior court decisions rather than on a legal code?
a. jurisprudence
b. statutory law
c. decisionary law
d. common law
d. common law
acts of Parliament
statutes
law based on court decisions rather than on a legal code
common law
sets of rules that allow people to live peacefully in society
laws
commands issued by Roman emperors that were equivalent to laws
edicts
the study of law
jurisprudence
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