Chapter 2 Self-Check

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

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

3. When two independent causes happen at the same time it is called proximate cause.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. Laws that are created by legislatures are known as

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. A warrant must contain all but which of the following?

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

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

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

22. The punishment amendment is the ________ Amendment.

23. The idea of incorporation is that

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

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