Law is said to be a body of specific rules regarding human conduct, which have been promulgated by political authority, which apply uniformly to all members of the classes to which the rules refer, and which are enforced by punishment administered by the
state. Identify and explain each of the general characteristics of law as found in this definition.
What will be an ideal response?
Politicality—only violations of rules made by a government authority can be crimes.
Specificity—for people to know in advance what behavior is required or prohibited, laws must be specific.
Uniformity—criminal liability should be uniformly applied without regard to social background or status.
Penal Sanction—to qualify as criminal law, there must be some punishment that the government will administer.
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The two basic types of funding mechanisms are:
a. formula grants and non-formula grants. b. discretionary grants and non-discretionary grants. c. formula grants and non-discretionary grants. d. formula grants and discretionary grants. e. none of the above.
Charlie Poindexter had been running a great business on E-Bay selling stolen property to unsuspecting E-Bay customers
However, the E-Bay security operatives managed to discover his consumer scam involving interstate commerce and alerted the federal prosecutor in San Francisco. Charlie Poindexter now faces federal charges resulting from his electronic scam played on the Internet. Charlie Poindexter has requested a trial by jury. The defendant has heard of smaller juries and non-unanimous jury verdicts and wonders how many jurors must vote to convict him of the federal charges for which he has been indicted. As a general rule, the correct jury vote would require that A) eight jurors out of twelve must vote in favor of a guilty verdict to obtain a valid decision in a federal criminal trial. B) nine out of twelve jurors must vote for a guilty verdict to produce a valid federal court decision. C) a jury vote consisting of five out of six creates a valid federal judgment. D) six out of six jurors must vote for conviction to make a valid judgment E) twelve out of twelve jurors must vote for conviction to make a valid judgment.
Paul and John witness a murder. As the murderer fled the scene, Paul heard him say, “I didn’t mean to kill her, I didn’t mean to kill her.” How can the prosecutor get Paul’s statement admitted at the suspect’s trial? What if Paul has since moved out of the country and is unavailable to attend the trial?
What will be an ideal response?
According to studies, which of the following behaviors is more likely to be exhibited by children who are rejected by their parents?
A) oppressiveness B) delinquency C) parental attachment D) submissiveness