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| What is the first known system of written law? |
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| What is a tool that a court uses to ensure that an accused person will appear in court for the trial? |
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| What was stablished by the supreme court case of Mapp vs. Ohio? |
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| What is the English system of law based on? |
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| What does writ of habeas corpus prevent? |
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| people from being arrested and imprisoned without cause |
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| According to what amendment an accused person may not be forced to testify against himself or herself |
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| What is a example of international law? |
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| a dispute over fishing righats with Canada |
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| What is the most important source of American Law? |
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| the copying or stealing of another person's words and ideas, and passing them off as your own |
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| What means that a person who is tried for a crime and not found guilty may not be placed in jeopardy a 2nd time by being retried for the same crime? |
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