On the state level, the court that first hears a case is known as the court of

I believe the answer is the court of law

after the roman empire, the catholic church began to unify by taking on many duties of a government.

no options provided, here,but the answer to this question is often: a historian cites a japanese newspaper article published a year after the end of world war ii in order to draw conclusions about the effect of the war on the japanese economy.

clearly from the answer, the historian alludes to historical sources,and records to aid in analyzing and drawing conclusion on the effect of the war on the economy of japan.