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25 practice questions.
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1
Which ancient legal text is widely recognized as the first to establish the principle of 'lex talionis' or the law of retaliation?
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A
The Code of Hammurabi
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B
The Twelve Tables
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C
The Edict of Milan
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D
The Gortyn Code
2
In 1910, Edmond Locard established the world's first forensic laboratory in which city?
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A
Paris
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B
Lyon
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C
London
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D
Berlin
3
Who is credited with the first documented use of systematic fingerprinting for criminal identification in 1892?
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A
Francis Galton
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B
Juan Vucetich
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C
William Herschel
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D
Henry Faulds
4
The 'Magna Carta' was the first document to establish which fundamental legal concept in 1215?
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A
Universal Suffrage
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B
Due Process of Law
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C
Trial by Jury
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D
Freedom of Speech
5
Which nation was the first to implement the 'breathalyzer' device (the Drunkometer) as a legal tool for enforcing traffic laws in 1938?
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A
United Kingdom
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B
United States
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C
Germany
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D
Canada
6
The first recorded use of forensic entomology to solve a murder case occurred in 13th-century China, as described in which book?
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A
The Art of War
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B
The Washing Away of Wrongs
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C
The Analects
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D
The Classic of Poetry
7
What was the first international tribunal established to prosecute war crimes after World War II?
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A
International Criminal Court
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B
Nuremberg Trials
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C
Tokyo Tribunal
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D
The Hague Court
8
Which legal system was the first to introduce the concept of 'habeas corpus' into formal statutory law via the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679?
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A
Ancient Roman Law
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B
English Common Law
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C
Napoleonic Code
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D
Canon Law
9
In 1986, Alec Jeffreys performed the first criminal conviction based on DNA evidence in which country?
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A
United States
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B
United Kingdom
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C
Australia
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D
France
10
The first professional police force, known as the 'Marine Police Force', was established in 1798 in which location?
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A
New York
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B
London
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C
Paris
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D
Amsterdam
11
Which landmark 19th-century legal code served as the foundation for civil law systems in many modern countries?
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A
The Code Napoleon
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B
The Justinian Code
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C
The Prussian General Land Law
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D
The BGB
12
The first 'public defender' office in the United States was established in 1914 in which city?
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A
Chicago
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B
Los Angeles
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C
New York
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D
Boston
13
What was the first state or country to grant women the right to vote in national elections?
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A
New Zealand
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B
United States
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C
Finland
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D
Norway
14
The concept of 'strict liability' in product liability law was first formally articulated in the 1963 California case of:
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A
Donoghue v Stevenson
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B
Greenman v Yuba Power Products
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C
Palsgraf v Long Island Railroad
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D
MacPherson v Buick
15
Which 19th-century invention allowed for the first standardized collection of criminal 'mugshots'?
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A
Daguerreotype
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B
X-ray imaging
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C
Telegraphy
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D
Microfilm
16
The first formal 'Rules of Evidence' in a courtroom setting were established by which historical system?
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A
Roman Civil Law
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B
English Common Law
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C
Babylonian Law
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D
Ottoman Law
17
In 1966, the US Supreme Court established the 'Miranda warning' requirement following which landmark case?
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A
Gideon v Wainwright
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B
Miranda v Arizona
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C
Escobedo v Illinois
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D
Mapp v Ohio
18
Which country established the world's first modern ombudsman office in 1809?
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A
Sweden
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B
Denmark
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C
Finland
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D
Iceland
19
The first use of ballistics (bullet matching) in a court of law is generally attributed to which investigator in 1835?
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A
Henry Goddard
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B
Alphonse Bertillon
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C
Calvin Goddard
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D
Edmond Locard
20
The first constitutional democracy to include a formal 'Bill of Rights' as part of its original document was:
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A
United States
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B
Poland
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C
France
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D
San Marino
21
What was the first international treaty to abolish the slave trade in 1807?
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A
Treaty of Vienna
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B
Slave Trade Act
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C
Treaty of Paris
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D
Berlin Act
22
Which legal innovation introduced in 1899 was the first to separate juvenile offenders from adult criminal justice systems?
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A
Probation system
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B
Juvenile Court Act of Illinois
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C
Community Service
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D
Diversion programs
23
The first documented 'trial by jury' is often traced back to the implementation of the 'Assize of Clarendon' in which year?
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A
1066
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B
1166
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C
1215
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D
1350
24
In 1923, the Frye standard established the first legal test for the admissibility of what in court?
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A
Scientific evidence
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B
Expert witness testimony
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C
Hearsay
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D
Circumstantial evidence
25
The first formal code of maritime law, the 'Laws of Oleron', was established in the 12th century by which monarch?
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A
Richard the Lionheart
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B
Eleanor of Aquitaine
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C
Louis IX
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D
William the Conqueror
