AP Government, Unit III, ch. 10
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| codes of behavior related to business and contractual relationships between groups and individuals | ||
| codes of behavior related to the protection of property and individual safety | ||
| courts that generally review only findings of law made by lower courts | ||
| prior judicial decision that serves as a rule for settling subsequent cases of a similar nature | ||
| at least four justices of the Supreme Court must vote to consider a case before it can be heard | ||
| power of the courts to review acts of other branches of government and the states | ||
| the jurisdiction of courts that hear a case first | ||
| a document containing the legal written arguments in a case filed with a court by a party prior to a hearing or trial | ||
| an approach to constitutional interpretation that emphasizes the Framers' original intentions | ||
| a request for the Court to order up the records from a lower court to review the case | ||
| "friend of the court"; a third party to a lawsuit who files a legal brief for the purpose of raising additional points of view in an attempt to influence a court's decision | ||
| a philosophy of judicial decision making that argues courts should allow the decisions of other branches of government to stand, even when they offend a judge's own sense of principles | ||
| established the basic three-tiered structure of the federal court system | ||
| refers to how and whether judicial decisions are translated into actual public policies affecting more than the immediate parties to a lawsuit | ||
| courts established by congress for specialized purposes, such as the Court of Military Appeals | ||
| in court rulings, a reliance on past decisions or precedents to formulate decisions in new cases |
