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19 Cards in this Set
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which of the following types of law is based on the assumption that acts injure not just individuals but society as a whole?
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criminal law
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which type of law regulates the process of an offer Der by the criminal justice system?
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procedural law
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which of the following is justification defense
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self defense
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the principle of recognizing previous decisions as precedents to guide future deliberations is called?
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stare decisis
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___are generally more serious than_____ but less serious than_____
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misdemeanors offenses felonies
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What term describes an action or conduct that is a step toward the intended commission of another offenses
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inchoate offense
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an excuse include which of the following
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duress intoxication insanity diminished capacity infancy culture rotten social background mistake of fact mistake of law
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which of the following refers to a traditional body of early unwritten legal precedents created from every day English social customs rules and practices
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common law
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our legal defense generally except all of the following broad categories of defense except
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opportunity
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murder motor vehicle theft and robbery all fall under what branch of modern law
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substantive criminal law
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men's rea is most clearly present when a person acts
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purposefully and knowingly
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which of the following elements of crime means guilty mind
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men's rea
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tax laws building codes and health codes are examples of that type of law
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administrative law
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which type of law refers to the body of regulations that the government creates to control the activities of industry business and individual
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administrative law
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the act of process of rendering laws in written for is known as
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penal code
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which of the following is not a procedural defense
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alibi
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to avoid claims of entrapment police officers must not
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engage in an activity that would improperly in due a person to commit a crime
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the main objective of civil lawsuit is to
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compensation
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which crime best describes an attempt to overthrow the government of the society of which one is a member
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treason
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