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Civics American Legal System
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Civics American Legal System
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10 Questions

1. Beliefs about What is fair and What is right or wrong

2. The group of laws that tell which acts are crimes - how accused persons should be tried in court - and how crimes should be punished

3. Breaking a law in a nonviolent way because it goes against personal morals

4. Written collection of laws - often organized by subject

5. Any behavior that is illegal because the government considers it harmful to society

6. A serious crime for which the penalty can be imprisonment for more than one year

7. The group of laws that help settle disagreements between people

8. Written laws made by legislatures

9. Rules enforced by governments

10. A less serious crime for which the penalty is often a fine