Exam 15: Judiciaries

Scandals are standard in Italy, Japan, and France, rendering those countries more corrupt than their wealth suggests.They are therefore __________ on the Corruption Perception Index.

Which of the following U.S.Supreme Court rulings reversed the Plessy v.Ferguson decision?

Evaluate the political lean of President Eisenhower's U.S.Supreme Court nominees.

Anglo-American courts function on a(n) __________ and __________ process.

State court systems handle about __________ of the nation's legal business.

Analyze the series of court decisions in 1962 and 1964 finding that unequal representation denied citizens their Fourteenth Amendment rights.

What legal agency in the United States generates reputation-based ratings of prospective federal judges?

In the 1950s, Germany's Constitutional Court ruled against both the Communist and __________ parties, finding that they wanted to overthrow the constitutional order.

Compare Anglo-American courts to those in Russia.

Which of the following is an important role of U.S.courts and their greatest contribution to governance?

1963's Gideon v.Wainwright held that __________ defendants must be provided with legal counsel.

Describe the significance of Marbury v.Madison.

Compare the role of Anglo-American courts to the role of the courts in Europe.In what ways are the similar? How do they differ? Which system exerts stronger influence on legislation, and which system better serves the welfare of its people?

Unlike British courts, European ones are influenced by the French __________, and thus do not maintain separate criminal and civil divisions.

Analyze the U.S.Supreme Court within context of Germany's Constitutional Court.

Among the most famous rulings in a criminal procedure, Mapp v.Ohio (1961) ruled that __________.

What did President Obama do to counterbalance the U.S.Supreme Court's Conservative tilt?

The pinnacle of the federal court system is the U.S.Supreme Court, consisting of one chief justice and six associate justices.

What was perhaps the most conservative shift of the Roberts Court?

How does the American concept of judicial review compare to the role of courts in foreign systems?