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law chapter 1

chapter 1

TermDefinition
Constitution a document that sets forth the framework of a government and its relationship to the people it governs.
statutes acting for their citizens, these legislatures enacts laws called statutes.
ordinances A pieces of legislation created by a town or city council or by a county board or commission
case law made after a trial has ended and one of the parties has appealed the result to a higher court
stare decisis This doctrine requires that lower courts must follow established case law in deciding similar cases.
administrative agencies A governmental body formed to carry out particular laws.
civil law Refers to the group of laws that allows individuals to seek legal remedies for wrongs done to them.
criminal law Acting in the name of all the people, the government investigates an alleged wrongdoing.
procedural law Sets forth how rights and responsibilities can be legally exercised and enforced through the legal system.
substantive law define legal rights and duties.
ethics practice of deciding what is right or wrong in a reasoned, impartial manner.
civil disobedience Is an open, peaceful, violation, of a law to protest its alleged, or supposed, injustice.
code organization, systematic collection of written laws. rules, or statutes arranged by subject law.
common law A legal system where laws are created and shaped by judicial decisions and court precedents rather than by legislative statutes.
equity fairness
jurisdiction official power or authority of a court or government body to hear a case, make legal judgments, and govern within a specific
laws official rules created and enforced by a government or society to guide human behavior, maintain order, and resolve disputes
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