Question

1. Since the beginning of civilization there have been ____________________________ to guide appropriate behavior.

2. The Romans created some of the law we still use today, like _________________________ as criminal or civil cases as well as the use of the insanity defense.

3. 3. Eventually a common law was created for the whole nation, and judges were required to make the same __________________ others before them had made.

4. 4. Colonists wanted to ensure power was ___________________________ throughout the government preventing any one power from taking over.

5. 5. Constitutions provide laws which dictate how the government ____________________ and establish guidelines for laws to ensure the rights of citizens are protected.

6. 6. Early Americans decided ________________ should be in charge of deciding what is defined as crime by writing statutes as well as coming up with the rules for how the judicial system function.

7. 7. The second source of laws is “administrative rule”. These are rules government agencies can create to govern ______________________________.

8. 8. In the U.S. Constitution, the first ten amendments are known as the ______________________ and were created to protect the rights of all citizens.





9. 9. Sometimes when there are not adequate statutes in place to determine the outcome of a case or when there is difficulty interpreting what a statute means then the judicial system must rely on using ______________________________.

10. 10. First a representative of congress sponsors and writes a bill, or the first draft of a _____________________.

11. 11. A judge in Texas noticed his courts were filled with students who were being charged with a crime for missing school. Wanting to come up with a more effective plan for helping students utilize the opportunities afforded to them by ________________________, he brought his plan to decriminalize truancy to a state representative.


12. 12. Even though the process is long and—at times—complicated, having a rigid system for creating new laws allows democracy and an effective balance of ________________________ in the United States.

Answer 1

1. Moral codes and laws.

2. Classifying cases.

3. Judgements.

4. Distributed equally.

5. Create.

6. Congress.

7. Citizens and companies.

8. Bill of Rights.

9. Previous case outcomes

10. Potential laws.

11. Public education.

12. Power to prevail.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Since the beginning of civilization there have been moral codes and laws to guide appropriate behavior.

2. The Romans created some of the law we still use today, like classifying cases as criminal or civil cases as well as the use of the insanity defense.

3. Eventually a common law was created for the whole nation, and judges were required to make the same judgments others before them had made.

4. Colonists wanted to ensure power was distributed equally throughout the government preventing any one power from taking over.

5. Constitutions provide laws which dictate how the government create and establish guidelines for laws to ensure the rights of citizens are protected.

6. Early Americans decided congress should be in charge of deciding what is defined as crime by writing statutes as well as coming up with the rules for how the judicial system function.

7. The second source of laws is “administrative rule”. These are rules government agencies can create to govern citizens and companies.

8. In the U.S. Constitution, the first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights and were created to protect the rights of all citizens.

9. Sometimes when there are not adequate statutes in place to determine the outcome of a case or when there is difficulty interpreting what a statute means then the judicial system must rely on using previous case outcomes.

10. First a representative of congress sponsors and writes a bill, or the first draft of a potential law.

11. A judge in Texas noticed his courts were filled with students who were being charged with a crime for missing school. Wanting to come up with a more effective plan for helping students utilize the opportunities afforded to them by public education, he brought his plan to decriminalize truancy to a state representative.

12. Even though the process is long and—at times—complicated, having a rigid system for creating new laws allows democracy and an effective balance of power to prevail in the United States.