1 - Foundations of Law and Ethics

· Restoring credibility to a witness' claim

· Plaintiff's challenge to defendant's claim

· No other explanation can be derived from the facts—evidence

· Reducing the integrity of a witness' claim

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· More likely than not evidence

· A jury is separated from the community during a trial

· Evidence assuming assent of the reasonable person

· First-sight evidence

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· Return a case to a trial court for resolution

· Ratification of a trial court's decision

· Changing a trial court's decision

· Using compromise to settle a dispute

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· Filer of a complaint

· Failure of the defendant to fulfill an obligation

· The target of a complaint

· Court order to appear in trial

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· Determination of jurors' fitness for jury duty

· A jury is enlisted

· Testimony out of court during pre-trial investigation

· Summoning of potential jurors

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· More likely than not evidence

· Court order to appear in trial

· Use of a third party to resolve a dispute, often legally binding

· Using a third party (specifically) to resolve a dispute

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· Law is a means of redistributing wealth or promoting social justice

· Law is a function of economic forces

· Law is a product of people’s inalienable, natural rights

· Law is the means by which a ruling class maintains control

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· The judge may reject the jury's verdict, but must first confer with a panel of three other judges.

· The judge must enter judgment based on the jury's verdict, since all jury members passed the voir dire process.

· The judge can make a different judgment, notwithstanding the verdict.

· The judge may not reject the jury's verdict, but he or she can order a new trial with the same jury.

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· Law is a function of economic forces

· Law is a product of people’s inalienable, natural rights

· Law is the means by which a ruling class maintains control

· Law is a means of redistributing wealth or promoting social justice

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· Texas

· Federal Court

· Mississippi

· New York

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· Provide legislative processes

· Prevent discrimination

· Allow for orderly protest

· Deter crime

· Allow debate on change

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· To reveal which party has more leverage over the other party

· To reveal all available information about the facts of the situation

· To force agreement between parties

· To help injured parties gain maximum benefits from the guilty party

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· Law is the means by which a ruling class maintains control

· Law is a function of economic forces

· Law is a means of redistributing wealth or promoting social justice

· Law is a product of people’s inalienable, natural rights

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· Since Emerly was already found guilty, the appeals court will not make any decision in her favor, even if evidence against her was prejudicial.

· If an appeals court finds that the evidence against Emerly should have been excluded, she can receive a new trial.

· Since new evidence is not generally accepted in appeals courts, Emerly cannot make any claims about the biased nature of the evidence used against her.

· If an appeal court finds that the evidence against Emerly should have been excluded, she will receive a new trial in the Supreme Court.

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· The jury will likely be hung.

· The jury will refrain from offering a verdict, and the judge will offer a verdict instead.

· The jury will continue to deliberate until it reaches a unanimous vote, since this is a criminal case.

· The jury will continue to deliberate until it can at least come to a consensus, if not unanimity.

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· Arbitration

· Jury trial

· Negotiation

· Mediation

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· A party can receive a change of venue when it anticipates a fundamentally biased trial environment.

· A party can receive a change of venue for any logical reason.

· A party is required to hold a trial as close as possible to the location or source of a dispute.

· A party can receive a change of venue when it anticipates losing a court case in a local venue.

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· Law is a function of economic forces

· Law is a product of people’s inalienable, natural rights

· Law is a means of redistributing wealth or promoting social justice

· Law is the means by which a ruling class maintains control

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· Allow debate on change

· Allow for orderly protest

· Deter crime

· Prevent discrimination

· Provide legislative processes

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· Cleo cannot join the case because of the statute of limitations.

· Cleo may be allowed to intervene in the case and gain party status, joining the plaintiff.

· Cleo cannot join the case because his problem and interests are separate from that of his neighbor.

· Cleo may be allowed to intervene in the case and gain party status, joining the defendant.

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· Provide legislative processes

· Allow debate on change

· Prevent discrimination

· Allow for orderly protest

· Deter crime

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· May not sell the artifacts.

· May still sell the artifacts, as long as the state law of an American buyer permits it.

· May not sell the artifacts unless they were acquired prior to the passage of the treaty.

· May still sell the artifacts, since the treaty covers government, and not private, transactions.

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· More than one response is correct.

· The Act of State Doctrine does not apply to this situation, and Country B may contest the decision.

· Nation B cannot meddle with Nation A’s decision under the doctrine of Comity of Nations.

· Nation B cannot meddle with Nation A’s decision under the Act of State Doctrine

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· Kantian ethics and Social Justice Theory

· Virtue ethics and Kantian ethics

· Virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, and social justice theory

· Virtue ethics only

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· Social justice theory and utilitarianism

· Utilitarianism and Kantian ethics

· Social justice theory, utilitarianism, and Kantian ethics

· Social justice theory only