| Description |
1 online resource (33 min.) |
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Criminal Justice and public safety in video |
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Criminal justice and public safety in video
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| Contents |
American Legal Lineage (2:54) -- Civil Liberties Evolution (5:38) -- Tripartite Structure of Government (2:20) -- U.S. Judicial System (3:55) -- Criminal Law (3:35) -- Defining Criminal Behavior (2:17) -- Adjudication (6:27) -- Civil Law (3:04) -- Lady Justice (1:31) -- Credits: American Law: How It Works (0:56) |
| Summary |
OUR LEGAL HERITAGE: Hammurabi, Draconian Laws; Roman Civil Law, English Common Law; Magna Carta, Stare Decisis. II. THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION: We the People ... The Bill of Rights; Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth Amendments. III. HOW LAWS ARE MADE: Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; Judicial Branch. IV. THE UNITED STATES COURT SYSTEM: State Court Systems; Federal Court System. V. CRIMINAL LAW: Criminal Offenses: Misdemeanors / Felonies; Due Process, 14th Amendment, Miranda v. Arizona; Prosecutor's charge: Legality; Actus Reus; Causation; Harm; Concurrence; Mens Rea;arraignment; Thirteen step process of Adjudication; Habeas Corpus, Corpus Delicti; Plea Bargaining, The Jack Ruby case. VI. CIVIL LAW: Types of cases, Liability, Negligence, Injury; Torts, Res Ipsa Loquitur; Compensation; Responsibility; Prevention; Defense. VII. LADY JUSTICE |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed August 11, 2015) |
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In English |
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Law -- United States.
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Law.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Lary, Banning K., director, producer
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Xenos, Dax, narrator
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