Law & Politics flashcards
Legal terms, political science, and governance
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Legal English Vocabulary
185 cards · 🇺🇸 English
The core vocabulary of legal English: contracts, courts, procedure and property.
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US Presidents
46 cards · 🇺🇸 English
Every US president in order, with their years in office.
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Political Ideologies
55 cards · 🇺🇸 English
The world's major political and economic ideologies, from liberalism to anarchism.
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Human Rights: Treaties & Institutions
62 cards · 🇺🇸 English
The UN and regional treaties and bodies that protect human rights worldwide.
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US Constitution & Amendments
34 cards · 🇺🇸 English
Facts and figures about the US Constitution: ratification, articles, the Bill of Rights and later amendments.
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UK Legal System
50 cards · 🇺🇸 English
The UK's three jurisdictions, courts and constitutional institutions.
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Political Thinkers & Key Texts
50 cards · 🇺🇸 English
The philosophers and thinkers behind political theory, from Plato to Rawls.
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Criminal Law: Concepts & Terminology
113 cards · 🇺🇸 English
Core criminal-law concepts: actus reus/mens rea, causation, offenses, defenses, punishment and jurisdiction.
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Political Systems & Regime Types
40 cards · 🇺🇸 English
How political systems are classified, from bands and chiefdoms to modern democracies and hybrid regimes.
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United Nations: History & Member States
38 cards · 🇺🇸 English
The UN's founding, membership history and how its main bodies work.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
30 cards · 🇺🇸 English
The 1948 UDHR: its drafting, adoption and the rights it enshrines.
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Civil Law: Torts & Contracts
60 cards · 🇺🇸 English
Tort law essentials: negligence, liability, defenses, damages and civil-litigation procedure.
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Latin Legal Terms
101 cards · 🇺🇸 English
The Latin phrases used every day in legal English, from habeas corpus to stare decisis.
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Supreme Court Landmark Cases
81 cards · 🇺🇸 English
The US Supreme Court cases that shaped civil rights, equal protection and civil liberties.
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International Law, EU & Organizations
96 cards · 🇺🇸 English
Sources and principles of international law, plus the EU's core institutions and treaties.