[CRIM 211] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (33 pages long)
29 Mar 2017
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Sources of law: common law: judge made. Everyone understands what will happen if you break certain laws: ex: if a women had a child and she was married the child was presumed to a product of the marriage. If the husband is in jail when the women has a child and the couple gets divorced the husband that was in jail is still presumed to be the dad if there is no known third party. More exceptions make it more confusing: legislators draft laws with an eye toward getting majority support, primary sources of individual rights, us constitution, bill of rights: 1st 10 amendments to the constitution. Included 23 specific individual rights which were set forth in the 1st 8 amendments: originally only applied to the federal government. In the 20th century provisions were applied to states (14th due process. Clause is identical to that found in the 5th amendment).
