The legal system of the United States is ______.
a. a pure common-law tradition
b. largely a common-law tradition with elements of the civil-law tradition
c. an equity-based tradition
d. largely a civil-law tradition with elements of the common-law tradition
e. a pure civil-law tradition
b. largely a common-law tradition with elements of the civil-law tradition
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Privatization of government services has been most successful
A. when the economy is strong. B. when the economy is weak. C. at the local level. D. at the federal level. E. when the economy is strong and at privatization of government services is at the federal level.
On the eve of the Mau Mau rebellion, the British denied that a problem existed in Kenya, because __________
a. Jomo Kenyatta had become educated in the ways of the Europeans and was able to use their methods against them as he led the rebellion b. the Kikuyu kept the British unaware of their impending resistance by honoring a sacred oath made among the indigenous c. in creating the role of "the other", the colonizer developed a belief that his role as civilizer was a beneficial one against which the indigenous would have no reason to rebel d. most Kenyans spoke English
According to the Fourth Amendment, the police can only search someone’s home under which of the following circumstances?
a. If the owner refuses to let them do so. b. If they have obtained a search warrant, signed by a judge. c. If they strongly suspect the person is guilty of a crime. d. If they have received orders to do so.
The sanctioning of an official religion by the government is prohibited by what clause of the U.S. Constitution?
A. establishment B. free exercise C. equal protection D. due process