QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT
1. What is meant by the term "common law"?
2. Define equity. How did it arise?
3. What is the importance of the statutes as a source of state law?
4. What are some other sources of law?
5. Describe the work of the justice of the peace.
6. What is the jurisdiction of the county courts?
7. What is the chief function of the state supreme court?
8. Name some special state courts.
9. What is the function of the district attorney?
10. What is the relation of state to Federal courts?
11. Discuss the chief powers of state courts.
12. What is the scope of the civil jurisdiction of the state courts?
13. Describe a civil trial.
14. What are the two types of crimes?
15. Outline the steps in a criminal trial.