Legal Foundations Vocab

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  1. 4. the U.S. Supreme Court first declared an act of Congress unconstitutional, thus establishing the doctrine of judicial review
  2. 6. the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural symbols, rules of behaviour, social organizations, or value systems.
  3. 9. system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
  4. 11. The right to privacy is an element of various legal traditions that intends to restrain governmental and private actions that threaten the privacy of individuals
  5. 13. the act undertaken by judges, who would often travel between towns within a judicial district (previously known as a circuit) to hear cases in each town
  6. 15. behavior that is punishable as a public offense
  7. 16. the science or philosophy of law. a body or system of laws.
  8. 17. the process of a group regulating itself according to its beliefs, principles, and values
  9. 18. the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.
  10. 19. crimes or acts that are inherently immoral, such as murder, arson, or rape
  11. 20. government actors must follow certain procedures before they may deprive a person of a protected life, liberty, or property interest.
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  1. 1. the quality or state of being in accordance with the law.
  2. 2. a declaration that a deed or other instrument purporting to affect property rights is invalid because it lacks a sufficiently clear description of the property.
  3. 3. a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
  4. 5. The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  5. 7. law that imposes criminal liability or increases criminal punishment retroactively
  6. 8. actions that are illegal simply because laws forbid them.
  7. 10. a court decision that is considered an authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts, or similar legal issues
  8. 12. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
  9. 14. the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.