Govt 200 Final Exam Study Guide with verified answers

Govt 200 Final Exam Study GuideWhat is the nature of English Common Law? - correct answer Law common to all, also the traditional, unwritten, therefore not civil law and orally solidified How was English Common law originally established? - correct answer It was originally established through various court cases. Why is it important to discuss English Common Law relative to American Constitutional history? - correct answer This was the form of law followed during the American Revolution and the federal and state levels of government laws are derived from this When is 'law' really 'Law'? - correct answer law is man made laws, Law is God's natural laws, as long as a 'law' doesn't violate a 'Law'...then is is a 'Law" Magna Carta - correct answer (1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John "Lackland" of Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdom The Petition of Rights - correct answer a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing. Re affrim magna carta English Bill of Rights - correct answer document that gave England a government based on a system of laws and a freely elected parliament. Gave parliament power of monarchy The Petition of Rights Essential Liberties - correct answer no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime, re-affirm the Magna Carta, set Due Process, Right to life and liberty (Habeas Corpus)