Question 1

1963's Gideon v.Wainwright held that __________ defendants must be provided with legal counsel.

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Question 2

How does the Russian court's theoretical role differ from its practiced role?

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Question 3

Scandals are standard in Italy, Japan, and France, rendering those countries more corrupt than their wealth suggests.They are therefore __________ on the Corruption Perception Index.

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Question 4

Criminal offences are divided into three categories, petty offences, misdemeanors, and __________.

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Question 5

Analyze and evaluate presidential methods of dealing with undesirable Supreme Court rulings.

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Question 6

Unlike British courts, European ones are influenced by the French __________, and thus do not maintain separate criminal and civil divisions.

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Question 7

Compare the role of Anglo-American courts to the role of the courts in Europe.In what ways are the similar? How do they differ? Which system exerts stronger influence on legislation, and which system better serves the welfare of its people?

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Question 8

Identify the influence of natural law on the American legal system.To what extent do we base our laws on objective rationale? To what extent is it influenced by religious or spiritual thought? Be sure to evaluate the latter using specific examples from your text.

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Question 9

Consider the process by which the U.S.Supreme Court gained the power of judicial review.Does this power, as some founding fathers argued, upset the balance of powers? Cite specific examples to determine whether or not today's Court reveals any bias, and whether or not that bias negatively affects citizens' rights.

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Question 10

In the 1950s, Germany's Constitutional Court ruled against both the Communist and __________ parties, finding that they wanted to overthrow the constitutional order.

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Question 11

In 1978's __________ case, the Burger Court ruled that reserving quotas for black medical school applicants violated equal protection for whites.

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Question 12

In the United States, we focus on __________ law, that which is written and compiled by humans over the centuries.

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Question 13

Discriminate between countries with low-perceived corruption and high-perceived corruption.How do these perceptions correlate with wealth?

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Question 14

As French kings overturned feudalism in favor of absolutism, legal scholars revived __________ to bolster central government and encourage commerce.

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Question 15

What is positive law and how is it different from natural law?

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Question 16

How does the opposition party oppose and sometimes block the president's Supreme Court nominations?

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Question 17

Russia's post-Soviet legal system has continued much of its former legal structure because most personnel were trained under the __________.

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Question 18

Appellate courts base their majority-vote verdict primarily on __________ submitted by the attorneys for both parties; oral arguments are limited.

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Question 19

Analyze the political impact of the Warren Court (1953-1969).What were some of the major reforms instigated by Chief Justice Warren? How did successive courts revise Warren's precedent concerning the Supreme Court's political role in governance?

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Question 20

Examine the process by which U.S.judges are nominated and confirmed.Does this seem like a fair process? What extent does it have on the political lean of the Court, and therefore, on United States law? Cite specific examples.

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Quiz 15: Judiciaries