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Question
Some observers may think that Islamic law has less appreciation for the seriousness of murder (a qisas crime) than for theft or drinking alcohol (found in the higher-category hudud offenses). Why, according to your textbook, would that be an inaccurate assumption?Answer
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a. True
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A trial under the inquisitorial process is most like a(n):
a. contest between opposing sides.
b. continuing investigation.
c. inhumane (at least by American standards) process wherein torture is used to extract confessions.
d. Middle Ages trial technique especially popular for church trials.
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Japan's new saiban-in system means that defense counsel will now be provided to indigent suspects at government expense.
a. True
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a. True
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b. hadd.
c. analogy.
d. ijma.
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a. Sunna.
b. Qur"an.
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a. True
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a. It provides a way to identify custom through reference to earlier case decisions
b. It forces judges to follow the written code
c. It allows laypeople (jurors) to influence the law
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c. works out of the schools and provides an alternate education program for students suspended from regular classes.
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a. the police in China serve as the magistrate in juvenile court.
b. of the relative absence in China of due process for juveniles.
c. young offenders are sanctioned by school officials rather than by court officials.
d. the communist party does not acknowledge the policy of parens patriae.
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a. The family, including extended family members
b. The nuclear family (father and mother)
c. The juvenile court
d. The local department of social services
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a. Welfare
b. Justice
c. Patriae
d. Pragmatic