Intro_to_law

  1. 1st amnd
    Free speach
  2. 4th amnd
    Unreasonable search and seizure
  3. People involved in civil case
    Violators of tort
  4. People involved in criminal case
    Violators of criminal statutes
  5. Action causes involvement in civil case
    Violation of tort
  6. Action that gets you involved in criminal case
    Violation of criminal statute
  7. Amount of information needed to win/lose a civil case
    Proponderance of evidence (51%)
  8. Amount of information needed to win/lose a criminal case
    Proof beyond a reasonable doubt
  9. Penalties in a civil case
    Monitary reimbersment, injunctive relief
  10. Injunctive relief
    Lose of civil case has to stop or start doing something
  11. 2 types of civil damages
    • Compencetory
    • Punitive
  12. Compencetory damages
    Lose pays winner what is owed
  13. Punitive damages
    Loser pays more as incentive to not do it again
  14. Which amnd's are in the bill of rights
    1-10
  15. Whet does the bill of rights do in general
    Provides citizens with rights the gov can't violate without due cause
  16. 5th amnd
    Free from self incrimination
  17. 6th amnd
    Provide an attorney
  18. Relationship between state and federal gov established by the 14th amnd
    Federal gov is overides state gov
  19. 14th amnd efect on citizans of US
    You are citizan of US first then state
  20. 14amnd efect on law enforcement
    Prior to amnd bill of rights only applied to federal LE
  21. Exceptions to 1st amnd
    Obscenity, fighting words, commercial speech, incendiary speech, time place and manner restrictions on speech
  22. Obscenity
    • Apeals to purient intrests,
    • Describes offensive sexual conduct
    • Lacks artistic value
  23. Fighting words
    Word that are likely to provoke a breach of peace
  24. Commercial speech
    Protects aginst false advertising and defimation of character
  25. Incendiary speech
    Yelling "fire"in a crouded theater also national security
  26. Time place and mannor restrictions on speech
    • Prevents noise disturbance
    • Prohibits pickiting in a residential area
  27. 3 branches of gov.
    Legislative, executive, judicial
  28. Law enforcement fall under which branch of gov.
    Executive
  29. What does each branch of gov. do
    • Legislative makes laws
    • Executive enforces laws
    • Legislative interpretation of laws
  30. Relationship of right and remedy
    If their is no remedy then their is no right
  31. How does the exclusionary rule protect citizans rights
    All evidence gained illegaly is excluded from court
Author
Hanz
ID
32004
Card Set
Intro_to_law
Description
MSTA
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