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When an appellate court sends a case back to the lower court it is referred to as seeking certiorari.

Specific intent under the common law most closely resembles knowing behavior under the Model Penal Code.

An example of an exclusively federal power would be the power to establish post offices.

Administrative laws are usually known as statutes.

This must be present in order for a person to be liable for failure to act.

The legislative branch of the government creates laws known as

Our legal and political system dates back a thousand years.

Scienter and mens rea are synonyms.

The Model Penal Code was commissioned by

Ordinances are laws written by city, county, and other local governments..