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Courts and Criminal Justice in America, Updated Edition 4th Edition
by Larry Siegel, Frank Schmalleger
LU
XE
LI
BR
AR
Y
, TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 1: Legal Foundations
Chapter 2: Who Controls the Courts?
Chapter 3: Federal Courts
Chapter 4: State Courts
Chapter 5: Juvenile Courts
Chapter 6: Specialized Courts
LU
Chapter 7: Judges
Chapter 8: Prosecutors
Chapter 9: Defense Attorneys
XE
Chapter 10: Defendants and victims: Their Roles and Rights
Chapter 11: Pretrial Identification
Chapter 12: Plea Bargaining and Guilty Pleas
Chapter 13: The Jury and the Trial
LI
Chapter 14: Sentencing, Appeals, and Habeas Corpus
Chapter 15: Differential Treatment and Wrongful Convictions
BR
Chapter 16: Technology, Alternatives, and the Future
AR
Y
,Courts and Criminal Justice in America, 4e Update (Siegel)
Chapter 1 Legal Foundations
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) The earliest known example of a formal written legal code was the .
A) Declaration of Independence
LU
B) Code of Hammurabi
C) Retributive Code of Romans
D) U.S. Constitution
Answer: B
Page Ref: 6
Level: Basic
XE
Objective: Outline the history and development of law and the courts.
2) Which of the following requires a party to be held liable regardless of culpability?
A) Negligence standard
B) Tort
C) Strict liability standard
D) Law of succession
LI
Answer: C
Page Ref: 17
Level: Intermediate
BR
Objective: Explain the nature of disputes.
3) Which of the following refers to an action that violates a statute duly enacted by the proper
public authority?
A) Crime
B) Precedent
C) Civil action
AR
D) Forfeiture
Answer: A
Page Ref: 21
Level: Basic
Objective: Explain the nature of disputes.
4) Which type of remedy requires one party to perform certain acts or refrain from certain
Y
actions?
A) Monetary damages
B) Judicial discretion
C) Habeas corpus
D) Injunctive relief
Answer: D
Page Ref: 17
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, Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain the nature of disputes.
5) Which of the following refers to an agency or unit of the judicial branch of government,
authorized or established by statute or constitution, and has the authority to decide upon
cases, controversies in law, and disputed matters of fact brought before it?
A) Congress
B) Tribunal
C) Court
D) Senate
LU
Answer: C
Page Ref: 3
Level: Basic
Objective: Explain the purpose and functions of courts and the dual court system.
6) Which of the following refers to rules promulgated by government agencies that have been
given their authority by the executive branch or legislative branch?
XE
A) Administrative regulation
B) Social norms
C) Precedent
D) Stare decisis
Answer: A
Page Ref: 8
LI
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Outline the history and development of law and the courts.
7) Which of the following refers to civil wrongs recognized by law to be grounds for a lawsuit?
BR
A) Inquisitorial system
B) Tort
C) Law of succession
D) Injunctive relief
Answer: B
Page Ref: 17
AR
Level: Basic
Objective: Explain the nature of disputes.
8) Which of the following generally refers to formal rules, principles, and guidelines enforced
by political authority?
A) Norm
B) Precedent
Y
C) More
D) Law
Answer: D
Page Ref: 6
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the history and development of law and the courts.
212
Copyright © 2021 Pearson Education, Inc.
Courts and Criminal Justice in America, Updated Edition 4th Edition
by Larry Siegel, Frank Schmalleger
LU
XE
LI
BR
AR
Y
, TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 1: Legal Foundations
Chapter 2: Who Controls the Courts?
Chapter 3: Federal Courts
Chapter 4: State Courts
Chapter 5: Juvenile Courts
Chapter 6: Specialized Courts
LU
Chapter 7: Judges
Chapter 8: Prosecutors
Chapter 9: Defense Attorneys
XE
Chapter 10: Defendants and victims: Their Roles and Rights
Chapter 11: Pretrial Identification
Chapter 12: Plea Bargaining and Guilty Pleas
Chapter 13: The Jury and the Trial
LI
Chapter 14: Sentencing, Appeals, and Habeas Corpus
Chapter 15: Differential Treatment and Wrongful Convictions
BR
Chapter 16: Technology, Alternatives, and the Future
AR
Y
,Courts and Criminal Justice in America, 4e Update (Siegel)
Chapter 1 Legal Foundations
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) The earliest known example of a formal written legal code was the .
A) Declaration of Independence
LU
B) Code of Hammurabi
C) Retributive Code of Romans
D) U.S. Constitution
Answer: B
Page Ref: 6
Level: Basic
XE
Objective: Outline the history and development of law and the courts.
2) Which of the following requires a party to be held liable regardless of culpability?
A) Negligence standard
B) Tort
C) Strict liability standard
D) Law of succession
LI
Answer: C
Page Ref: 17
Level: Intermediate
BR
Objective: Explain the nature of disputes.
3) Which of the following refers to an action that violates a statute duly enacted by the proper
public authority?
A) Crime
B) Precedent
C) Civil action
AR
D) Forfeiture
Answer: A
Page Ref: 21
Level: Basic
Objective: Explain the nature of disputes.
4) Which type of remedy requires one party to perform certain acts or refrain from certain
Y
actions?
A) Monetary damages
B) Judicial discretion
C) Habeas corpus
D) Injunctive relief
Answer: D
Page Ref: 17
211
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, Level: Intermediate
Objective: Explain the nature of disputes.
5) Which of the following refers to an agency or unit of the judicial branch of government,
authorized or established by statute or constitution, and has the authority to decide upon
cases, controversies in law, and disputed matters of fact brought before it?
A) Congress
B) Tribunal
C) Court
D) Senate
LU
Answer: C
Page Ref: 3
Level: Basic
Objective: Explain the purpose and functions of courts and the dual court system.
6) Which of the following refers to rules promulgated by government agencies that have been
given their authority by the executive branch or legislative branch?
XE
A) Administrative regulation
B) Social norms
C) Precedent
D) Stare decisis
Answer: A
Page Ref: 8
LI
Level: Intermediate
Objective: Outline the history and development of law and the courts.
7) Which of the following refers to civil wrongs recognized by law to be grounds for a lawsuit?
BR
A) Inquisitorial system
B) Tort
C) Law of succession
D) Injunctive relief
Answer: B
Page Ref: 17
AR
Level: Basic
Objective: Explain the nature of disputes.
8) Which of the following generally refers to formal rules, principles, and guidelines enforced
by political authority?
A) Norm
B) Precedent
Y
C) More
D) Law
Answer: D
Page Ref: 6
Level: Basic
Objective: Outline the history and development of law and the courts.
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