Across
- 4. the U.S. Supreme Court first declared an act of Congress unconstitutional, thus establishing the doctrine of judicial review
- 6. the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural symbols, rules of behaviour, social organizations, or value systems.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 15. behavior that is punishable as a public offense
- 16. the science or philosophy of law. a body or system of laws.
- 17. the process of a group regulating itself according to its beliefs, principles, and values
- 18. the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.
- 19. crimes or acts that are inherently immoral, such as murder, arson, or rape
- 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. the quality or state of being in accordance with the law.
- 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. a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
- 5. The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
- 7. law that imposes criminal liability or increases criminal punishment retroactively
- 8. actions that are illegal simply because laws forbid them.
- 10. a court decision that is considered an authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts, or similar legal issues
- 12. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- 14. the system of law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs.