PS 202: COMPARATIVE POLITICS – FINAL EXAM
A court that reviews court cases to find possible errors in proceedings -
answers✔✔Intermediate Appellate Court
The highest level of appeals court in a state - answers✔✔State Supreme Court
In the law, the use of the past to determine current interpretation and decision making -
answers✔✔Precedent
The court in which a case is introduced and nothing has been determined yet -
answers✔✔Court of First Instance
A trial in which no jury is present and the judge decides the facts as well as the law -
answers✔✔Bench Trial
Courts that hear any civil or criminal cases that have not been assigned to a special court -
answers✔✔General Jurisdiction Trial Courts
Courts that hear cases that are statutorily limited by either the degree of seriousness or the
types of parties involved - answers✔✔Limited or Special Jurisdiction Trial Courts
An error that affects the outcome of a case - answers✔✔Prejudicial Error
The power of a court to decide whether or not to grant review of a case -
answers✔✔Discretionary Jurisdiction
, The requirement that a court hear every case presented before it - answers✔✔Mandatory
Jurisdiction
Appeals court sessions in which all judges hear a case together - answers✔✔En banc
Groups of (usually) three judges who sit to hear cases in a state court of appeals -
answers✔✔Panels
A hybrid of appointment and election that typically involves a bipartisan judicial nominating
commission whose job is to create a list of highly qualified candidates for the bench from which
the governor or legislature appoints judges. After serving a term, these judges are typically
evaluated for retention either by the same commission or through uncontested popular
elections - answers✔✔Merit Selection
An election in which a judge runs uncontested and voters are asked to vote yes or no on the
question of whether they wish to retain the judge in office for another term -
answers✔✔Retention Election
Judicial selection systems in which the governor appoints judges alone, without preselection of
candidates by nominating commission - answers✔✔Pure Appointive Systems
A government official and lawyer who conducts criminal cases on behalf of the people -
answers✔✔Prosecutor
A government lawyer who provides free legal service to persons accused of crimes who cannot
afford to hire lawyers - answers✔✔Public Defender
The tendency of government to make a crime out of anything the public does not like -
answers✔✔Legislative Overcriminalization
A court that reviews court cases to find possible errors in proceedings -
answers✔✔Intermediate Appellate Court
The highest level of appeals court in a state - answers✔✔State Supreme Court
In the law, the use of the past to determine current interpretation and decision making -
answers✔✔Precedent
The court in which a case is introduced and nothing has been determined yet -
answers✔✔Court of First Instance
A trial in which no jury is present and the judge decides the facts as well as the law -
answers✔✔Bench Trial
Courts that hear any civil or criminal cases that have not been assigned to a special court -
answers✔✔General Jurisdiction Trial Courts
Courts that hear cases that are statutorily limited by either the degree of seriousness or the
types of parties involved - answers✔✔Limited or Special Jurisdiction Trial Courts
An error that affects the outcome of a case - answers✔✔Prejudicial Error
The power of a court to decide whether or not to grant review of a case -
answers✔✔Discretionary Jurisdiction
, The requirement that a court hear every case presented before it - answers✔✔Mandatory
Jurisdiction
Appeals court sessions in which all judges hear a case together - answers✔✔En banc
Groups of (usually) three judges who sit to hear cases in a state court of appeals -
answers✔✔Panels
A hybrid of appointment and election that typically involves a bipartisan judicial nominating
commission whose job is to create a list of highly qualified candidates for the bench from which
the governor or legislature appoints judges. After serving a term, these judges are typically
evaluated for retention either by the same commission or through uncontested popular
elections - answers✔✔Merit Selection
An election in which a judge runs uncontested and voters are asked to vote yes or no on the
question of whether they wish to retain the judge in office for another term -
answers✔✔Retention Election
Judicial selection systems in which the governor appoints judges alone, without preselection of
candidates by nominating commission - answers✔✔Pure Appointive Systems
A government official and lawyer who conducts criminal cases on behalf of the people -
answers✔✔Prosecutor
A government lawyer who provides free legal service to persons accused of crimes who cannot
afford to hire lawyers - answers✔✔Public Defender
The tendency of government to make a crime out of anything the public does not like -
answers✔✔Legislative Overcriminalization
