Chapter 2 Self-Check

Issues of Law
. Decisions that are recorded to help guide future judges when making their decisions are known as precedent.

. Constitutional law designates government power, indicating what the government can and cannot do.

. When two independent causes happen at the same time, it is call proximate cause.

. An act of omission is an accident and cannot be considered criminal.

. Establishing criminal intent is easy when someone has been harmed.

. Habeas corpus is in place to prohibit the imposition of punishment without trial.

. The exclusionary rule states that illegally seized evidence is excluded from a prosecution.

. The right to counsel is covered by the Eighth Amendment.

. Judicial review means the U.S. Supreme Court has the power to review federal and state laws to ensure that they abide by the U.S. Constitution.

. "Mala in se" crimes are those that are prohibited, but are not necessarily bad.

. Laws that are created by legislatures are known as:

. A law that defines first-degree murder as the deliberate, premeditated killing of another is an example of a:

. Which of the following is NOT a form of substantive law?

. Offenses that do not necessarily harm other persons or property and are largely victimless crimes are called:

. Which of the following is NOT a defense for criminal liability?

. ____________ allows an individual to challenge illegal confinement by the government.

. Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by government entities?

. A warrant must contain all but which of the following:

. The Fifth Amendment covers all but which of the following?

. A ___________ consists of a number of ordinary citizens who review the charges against an individual and decide if the charges warrant a trial.

. The __________ Amendment covers speedy, public, and impartial trials.

. The punishment amendment is the __________ Amendment.

. The idea of incorporation is that:

. The law allowing federal authorities to engage in more expansive wiretapping and other electronic surveillance is the:

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