Unit I Review: English Written Law

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What is the theme of the following passage from the Magna Carta? "A freeman shall not be amerced for a slight offense, except in accordance with the degree of the offense; and for a grave offense he shall be amerced in accordance with the gravity of the offense,"

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Punishment must fit the crime

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___________ are the lawful steps the government must follow to take away a persons life, liberty or property

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Due Process

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What is the primary idea of the passage from the English Bill of Rights? By assuming and exercising a power of dispensing with and suspending of laws and the execution of laws without the consent of Parliament

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Limiting government through the separations of power

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What is the historic value of the Magna Carta to the creation of the American Republic?

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Was the first document to address limiting the power of government through the use of due process

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What does "due process" in the context of criminal justice primarily ensure?

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That laws are applied fairly and consistently.

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What is the primary theme of the following passage from the Magna Carta? "No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land."

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The creation of jury trials in a legal system

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What is the primary theme of the following passage from the English Bill of Rights? "And excessive bail hath been required of persons committed in criminal cases to elude the benefit of the laws made for the liberty of the subjects; And excessive fines have been imposed; And illegal and cruel punishments inflicted;"

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Protects a person from excessive or unfair punishment

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The following passage from the English Bill of Rights establishes the idea of __________
"That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached"

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Free Speech

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Which document established the idea of separation of powers, introduced the idea of free speech, and banned the use of excessive fines or punishments?

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English Bill of Rights

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What is the historic value of the English Bill of Rights?

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Introduced the idea of civil liberties