Question : A neighborhood covenant prohibiting homeowners from making changes to their property without permission is an example of
Student Answer:
Retributive justice
Distributive justice
Commutative justice
Restorative justice
Question : For Aristotle, what was the most important political unit?
Student Answer:
The family
The state
The village
The household
Question : Which of the following values does the feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys best exemplify?
Student Answer:
An excessive need for privacy.
An excessive need for autonomy.
Excessive hierarchy.
Excessive loyalty.
Question : Congress once ratified a treaty which declares that The United States of America is not founded on the Christian religion.
Student Answer:
True
False
Question : Of the following, which is one reason why crimes are tried by courts rather than by vigilantes?
Student Answer:
To avoid emotional reactions in the process of retributive justice.
To honor the constitutional right to trial by a jury of one’s peers.
To obey the constitutional prohibition of trial by one’s peers.
To permit emotional reactions within the confines of witness testimony.
Question : Concerning justice from the perspective of different levels of society, the most distinctive characteristic of a village compared with simpler communities is
Student Answer:
Its political purpose rather than its religious or familial purpose
Its retributive purpose rather than its political or religious purpose
Its familial purpose rather than its political or retributive purpose
Its commutative purpose rather than its political or familial purpose.
Question : The principle of stare decisis calls for judges to
Student Answer:
Act according to the original intent of the Constitution.
Treat like cases alike.
Recognize that the Constitution’s meaning...