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| Code of Hammurabi | oldest surviving collection of laws |
| jurisprudence | study of law and legal philosophy |
| human rights | rights all people have just because they are human |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR) | 30 articles of law written in 1948 by the U.N. with the leadership of Eleanor Roosevelt |
| Criminal Laws | regulate public conduct and set out duties owed to society |
| Civil Laws | regulate relations between individuals or groups of individuals |
| Civil suit | lawsuit brought against a person who feels wronged or injured by another |
| felony | serious criminal offense punishable by a year or more in prison |
| misdemeanor | criminal offense less serious than a felony, punishable by a year or less in prison |
| defense attorney | lawyer protecting a defendant |
| plaintiff | person who brings a case against someone in court |
| prosecutor | lawyer protecting the plaitiff in a court case |
| defendant | person accused of committing a crime |
| executive branch | the adminstrative branch of a goverment including the president and federal agencies |
| veto | to reject a law |
| Legislative Branch | branch of goverment that passes laws |
| bill of rights | first ten ammendments to the constitution |
| separation of powers | division of lawmaking power among the three branches of government |
| beyond reasonable doubt | level of proof required to convict a person of a crime |
| unconstitutional | conflicting with some provision of the constitution |
| statutes | laws enacted by legislatures |
| checks and balances | power of the three branches of government to limit each others' power |
| judicial review | process in which the courts determine whether laws passed by Congress are constitutional or not |
| federalism | division of powers between the states and the federal government |
