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Argylls 1 Laws Kmm
Argylls 1 Laws
Question | Answer |
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Enforced rules of conduct in a society | laws |
Laws grouped into an organized form | Code |
Laws based on the current standards or customs of the people | common law |
Law based on the dictates of a central political authority | positive law |
the power to decide a case over the most important cases | jurisdiction |
fairness | equity |
document that sets forth the framework of a government and its relationship to the people it governs | constitution |
law enacted by state or federal legislatures | statutes |
pieces of legislation created by a town or city council by a county board or commission | ordinances |
made when an appellate court endorses a rule to be used in deciding court cases | case law |
doctrine that requires lower courts to follow existing case law in deciding similar cases | stare decisis |
governmental bodies formed to carry out particular laws | administrative agencies |
group of laws used to provide remedy for wrongs against individuals | civil laws |
group of laws that defines and sets punishments for offenses against society | criminal laws |
sets forth how rights and responsibilities can be legally excised and reforced through the legal system | procedural law |
defines rights and duties | substantive law |
covers rules that apply to business situations and transactions | Business law |
defines the process for enforcing the law when someone is charged with a crime | criminal procedure |
used to achieve the same end when a civil law has been violated | civil procedure |
UCC | uniform commercial code |
based on consitiution | constitutional law |
enacted by legislative bodies | statutory law |
rules and regulations made by administrative agencies | administrative law |
collection of standards of conduct and moral judgment | ethics |
consequences based on reasoning | utilitarianism |
ethical principles used in making business decisions | Business ethics |
ethical system developed by German philosopher | Kantian ethics |
test to help determine what actions are fundamentally wrong | universalizing |
insurance policy that pays the employer money in the case of theft by the employees | fidelity bond |
an open, peaceful, violation of a law to protest its alleged, or supposed injustice | civil disobedience |
idea that the same ethicak standards apply to everyone | impartiality |
composed of an organized and consistent compilation of such standards usually set down by an established authority | ethical system |