UTSA POL 1133 3 EXAM UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER - official power to make legal decisions and
judgement
equity - CORRECT ANSWER - the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality
court needs a case to have reals ____ - CORRECT ANSWER - standing
injunction - CORRECT ANSWER - court order that prohibits a certain action
injustice happens when _________ is violated - CORRECT ANSWER - due process
due process - CORRECT ANSWER - Fair treatment through the normal judicial system,
esp. as a citizen's entitlement.
statuary law - CORRECT ANSWER - The rules of law laid down in statutes. comes from
the legislative body
common law - CORRECT ANSWER - The part of English law that is derived from
custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes.
common law originated from _______ - CORRECT ANSWER - judicial desisions
judicial decisions become ______ - CORRECT ANSWER - law
, precedent - CORRECT ANSWER - a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an
authoritative rile or pattern in future similar or analogous cases
"states decisis" - CORRECT ANSWER - "let the decision stand as law"
concept of liberty - CORRECT ANSWER - fundamental rights that are protected by the
constitution
Laurence vs Tx (2004) - CORRECT ANSWER - the Court struck down the sodomy law in
Texas and, by extension, invalidated sodomy laws in thirteen other states, making same-sex
sexual activity legal in every U.S. state and territory
Bowers v Hardwick (1985) - CORRECT ANSWER - upheld, in a 5-4 ruling, the
constitutionality of a Georgia sodomy law criminalizing oral and anal sex in private between
consenting adults when applied to homosexuals
Griswold vs Conn (1964) - CORRECT ANSWER - Supreme Court of the United States
ruled that the Constitution protected a right to privacy. The case involved a Connecticut law that
prohibited the use of contraceptives. By a vote of 7-2, the Supreme Court invalidated the law on
the grounds that it violated the "right to marital privacy".
"right to privacy" - CORRECT ANSWER - right to be free of unsanctioned intrusion.
Meyer vs Nebraska (1923) - CORRECT ANSWER - U.S. Supreme Court case that held
that a 1919 Nebraska law restricting foreign-language education violated the Due Process clause
of the Fourteenth Amendment.
"mens rea" - CORRECT ANSWER - "guilty mind"
"actus rea" - CORRECT ANSWER - "guilty act"
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER - official power to make legal decisions and
judgement
equity - CORRECT ANSWER - the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality
court needs a case to have reals ____ - CORRECT ANSWER - standing
injunction - CORRECT ANSWER - court order that prohibits a certain action
injustice happens when _________ is violated - CORRECT ANSWER - due process
due process - CORRECT ANSWER - Fair treatment through the normal judicial system,
esp. as a citizen's entitlement.
statuary law - CORRECT ANSWER - The rules of law laid down in statutes. comes from
the legislative body
common law - CORRECT ANSWER - The part of English law that is derived from
custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes.
common law originated from _______ - CORRECT ANSWER - judicial desisions
judicial decisions become ______ - CORRECT ANSWER - law
, precedent - CORRECT ANSWER - a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an
authoritative rile or pattern in future similar or analogous cases
"states decisis" - CORRECT ANSWER - "let the decision stand as law"
concept of liberty - CORRECT ANSWER - fundamental rights that are protected by the
constitution
Laurence vs Tx (2004) - CORRECT ANSWER - the Court struck down the sodomy law in
Texas and, by extension, invalidated sodomy laws in thirteen other states, making same-sex
sexual activity legal in every U.S. state and territory
Bowers v Hardwick (1985) - CORRECT ANSWER - upheld, in a 5-4 ruling, the
constitutionality of a Georgia sodomy law criminalizing oral and anal sex in private between
consenting adults when applied to homosexuals
Griswold vs Conn (1964) - CORRECT ANSWER - Supreme Court of the United States
ruled that the Constitution protected a right to privacy. The case involved a Connecticut law that
prohibited the use of contraceptives. By a vote of 7-2, the Supreme Court invalidated the law on
the grounds that it violated the "right to marital privacy".
"right to privacy" - CORRECT ANSWER - right to be free of unsanctioned intrusion.
Meyer vs Nebraska (1923) - CORRECT ANSWER - U.S. Supreme Court case that held
that a 1919 Nebraska law restricting foreign-language education violated the Due Process clause
of the Fourteenth Amendment.
"mens rea" - CORRECT ANSWER - "guilty mind"
"actus rea" - CORRECT ANSWER - "guilty act"
