The government of this country is referred to as __________________  or federal form of government.Part of the basis of this form of government is the concept of shared powers, as shared between our state and federal governments.

Freedom of Religion actually contains two very important freedoms.   We are guaranteed that the government cannot establish a state-sponsored religion nor show preference for one religion (the Establishment Clause) and protection from governmental interference  with the reasonable practice of any religious belief citizens choose (Free Exercise Clause).

Substantive law refers to the  essence of the case – the subject matter that is the basis of the case or type of case.

Due process is so important in our legal system that it is mentioned in two amendments to our Constitution, the 5th and the 14th  .  We defined due process as:

One of the Rules of Evidence we covered applied to the introduction of documents for the jury’s consideration.  The ___________________ requires that before oral testimony can be given about a document, the document must be produced.

The purposes of dicsovery include all the following except:

Following the invention of the printing press the Courts developed the legal Doctrine of ___________________ .  This doctrine established more uniformity in judicial decisions because it provides that judges make decisions based on precedent.        

Service of process is accomplished when the clerk of court issues two documents to the defendant.  These documents include a copy of the complaint and a summons.  The summons gives the information regarding:

Court systems are defined geographically.  Personal jurisdiction is based on the courts’ jurisdiction over the persons and the property found in that court’s geographic area.

The 8th Amendment contains protections from: