Which statement is not true regarding justice of the peace courts?
a. There are no constitutional or statutory qualifications for justice court judges, so only 6 percent of these judges are lawyers.
b. Except for the largest counties, justices of the peace function as coroners despite having no medical training.
c. They handle both civil and criminal matters
d. They have both original and appellate jurisdiction.
e. All of these statements are true.
d
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a. circuit court b. California state court c. federal district court d. Washington state court
Which of the following was not a justification for the U.S. war in Iraq in 2003?
a. Concern regarding Iraq’s possible stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons b. The unwillingness of Saddam Hussein to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors c. The U.S. ability to intervene without the assistance of its allies d. The possibility that Saddam Hussein would cooperate with terrorist organizations to carry out additional strikes against the United States
Which of the following is least likely to be persuasively explained by the hegemonic stability theory?
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