A public figure who brings a defamation suit against a newspaper which prints a false story about her must prove actual malice to win the suit.

Self-defense will NOT protect a person from criminal prosecution if she:

The ethical theory that underlies cost-benefit analysis is:

Law and justice represent separate and distinct concepts.

Mark is out sailing in his boat one evening when he hears a young girl crying for help in the lake. Which of the following is true?

Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over bankruptcy, patent, trademark, and copyright cases.

If a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit wins the case but the defendant does not pay the judgment, the plaintiff may request the clerk to issue a writ of execution. If the writ is returned unsatisfied, certain property of the defendant may be seized by the sheriff and sold to pay the judgment.

The main purpose of the Bill of Rights was to:

A court needs to have both subject matter jurisdiction and jurisdiction over the defendant involved before it can hear a particular case.

The three distinct and independent branches of the United States government are: