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What is the importance of precedence in understanding the American legal system?

A
It is fundamental to a fair legal system.
B
It is foundational to an understanding of written law.
C
It is the kind of law practiced everywhere in the world.
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It is the basis of civil law.
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Criminal law and civil law are both part of the legal system in the United States. How do they differ?

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Criminal law has many different levels of punishment and civil law has only one level of punishment.
B
Civil law can sentence lawbreakers to prison; criminal law sets the statutes for resolving compensation issues.
C
Criminal law prevents and punishes people breaking the law; civil law deals with disputes and focuses on compensation.
D
Only criminal law has been set up to collect compensation since the Norman invasion.
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Why were early Americans, who were so eager for a unified legal system, reluctant to establish the ultimate legal authority in the federal government?

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They believed that some state laws could be in opposition to federal law.
B
They did not want so much power in one branch.
C
They believed that only the individual states could set criminal laws.
D
American settlers had trouble trusting any organized group with its laws.
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What does stare decisis have to do with the American legal system?

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Its meaning indicates that previous decisions have precedence.
B
The system is based on common law.
C
It means a higher court must decide.
D
It means that the US law is based on the natural law.
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Why is the united states court system considered hierarchical?

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because the court system always relies on the presidents authority
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because different courts follow different laws
C
because the court system has three levels of authority
D
because all courts are considered equal
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In the United States, on which of the following principles was the legal system built?

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citizenship
B
precedent
C
written law
D
colonial consensus
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Why would different states in the United States still manifest some different kinds of legal systems today?

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The criminal codes present in the early colonies were set up to meet the specific needs of its own citizens who believed it was weakness to accept others’ laws.
B
The early colonies could not agree on what other colonies decided to do with their laws.
C
Some territories of the United States were ruled by different countries, so elements of those countries laws remain in those states today.
D
After the American Revolution, it took many years for some of the states to set up agencies to handle criminal offenders in new ways.
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How did William the Conqueror’s 1066 A.D. invasion of England further the concept of law in ways still practiced today?

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William was successful in establishing his royal authority because he was able to use many different codes in his jurisdictions.
B
American law is based in part on English legal structures that combined William’s writs, Roman law, custom and practice with England’s common law.
C
William was the first king to show the relevance of precedent.
D
William furthered American law by addressing every crime with writs that later became warrants in American law.
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Why was the era of Roman Emperor Justinian I (529–534) considered significant for the concept of laws throughout history?

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Justinian I traveled throughout the Roman Empire in order to obtain the wishes of all his citizens.
B
Justinian I studied the law and brought attention to a wide variety of legal details.
C
Justinian I gathered all the legal experts to show how consensus is used in creating laws.
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Justinian I was responsible for codifying many laws into a unified source of civil law.
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