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Key Supreme Court Cases & Legal Theories: Powell v Alabama, Johnson v Zerbst, and More, Quizzes of Political Science

Definitions and context for several landmark supreme court cases, including powell v alabama, johnson v zerbst, and uveges v pennsylvania. These cases are significant in the development of legal rights, particularly the right to counsel. Additionally, the document introduces various legal theories, such as natural law, positivist theory, sociological theory, and neo-marxist theory. Students of law and legal history will find this information valuable for understanding the foundations of modern legal systems.

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2012/2013

Uploaded on 02/19/2013

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Download Key Supreme Court Cases & Legal Theories: Powell v Alabama, Johnson v Zerbst, and More and more Quizzes Political Science in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Powell v Alabama DEFINITION 1 court riled due process was violated, did not give counsel, own race was disqualified simply because of race TERM 2 Johnson v Zerbst DEFINITION 2 court ruled that he was entitled to counsel in his federal case TERM 3 Betts v Brandy DEFINITION 3 not all cases need counsel in order to be fair TERM 4 Uveges v Pennsylvania DEFINITION 4 each non capital case should be decided upon seperately as to rather or not the defendant has a right to a lawyer. These factors include age, education, behavior of arresting officials, and the complicated nature of the offense. TERM 5 3 questions DEFINITION 5 1 what stage do you get lawyer2 how will this affect those put in jail who requested a lawyer and were denied3 how well the American legal system could handle giving everyone a lawyer.