What is common law? What impact does common law have on contemporary American criminal justice?
What will be an ideal response?
Common law is a body of unwritten judicial opinion that is based on customary social practices of Anglo-Saxon society during the Middle Ages. It forms the basis of much of our modern statutory and case law and has often been called the major source of modern criminal law. Although largely supplanted in all U.S. jurisdictions by statutory (written) law, common law principles still serve as powerful interpreters of legal issues that arise in state codes and the dictates of state law.
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A) $50 B) $100 C) $200 D) $500
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A) alter ego rule B) fleeing felon rule C) retreat rule D) common law rule
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A. Atkins v. Virginia B. Coker v. Georgia C. Furman v. Georgia D. Penry v. Lynaugh
Subordinates should submit their ideas relating to budget items to __________.
A. their most immediate supervisor B. their supervisor's supervisor C. the police chief D. those of equal rank