Which of the following helps to dispel the myth that "court decisions are mechanical"?
a. Judges' only duty is to locate law and apply it as it pertains to the case at hand.
b. Judges simply render justice neutrally and objectively.
c. Facts have an undeniable clarity.
d. Laws are not always clear and unambiguous.
a. Judges' only duty is to locate law and apply it as it pertains to the case at hand.
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The Second Continental Congress instructed the local colonial committees to do which of the following?
a. assert their continued loyalty to King George to avoid war b. organize a defensive multistate naval blockade of the Port of New York c. reconstitute themselves as state governments based on republican principles d. initiate trade agreements with other countries to replace the goods no longer available from Britain
Rules and procedures in criminal cases in Texas must legally be grounded in the
A) ?rules outlined in the Declaration of the Rights of Man. B) Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee that no state can "deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law." C) ?United Nations Charter on Human Rights. D) ?Ten Commandments.
Which of the following statements about legal briefs is incorrect?
A) A brief summarizes the facts of the case. B) A brief is a written argument prepared by a judge. C) A brief summarizes the pertinent laws that relate to the case. D) A brief summarizes the application of laws to the facts supporting a counsel's position.
Diplomacy is ______.
a. any attempt to get a foreign nation to act in a certain way b. an informal relationship between nations to resolve conflicts and promote peaceful coexistence c. best when backed up by force d. the sum total of relations between different nations e. the formal system of communications and negotiations between countries