Govt 200 Ferdon Final questions n answers graded A+

Govt 200 Ferdon FinalWhat is the nature of English Common Law? What was it informed by? How was it originally established? - correct answer English commons law was a unwritten body of law that governed England understanding of jurisdiction. - Magma Carter, cortisones precedents, Law of nature (general and special revelation) Why is it important to discuss English Common Law relative to American Constitutional history? - correct answer The significance we were previously English citizens so we carried the rights across - The law of nature is universal When is law really Law - correct answer Law is really law when it pre-exists. that's absolute law What were the essential liberties enunciated in the Petition of Right (1628)? - correct answer Written by parliament directed at king, he was using powers he had no right to - exercising prerogative, (arresting people and putting in jail with no trial) Said cant imprison people w/o trial Which engrossment of Magna Charta is on display in the National Archives and Records Administration? - correct answer Confirmatio Cartarum 1297 What is the significance of these expeditions in regard to and especially relative to Colonial American British Charters? - correct answer Legal transferal of rights of Englishmen transferred What are the dates and the significance of the First Virginia Charter, - correct answer 1606 Englishman brought rights with them mayflower compact - correct answer 1620