Chapter 1: Unit 1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What is the Federal System of Law? | Laws come from a National Government (Washington, DC) and from 50 State Governments.
🗑
|
||||
| name three primary sources of contemporary law. | United States Constitution and State Constitutions.
Statues drafted by legislatures.
Common law, body of cases decided by judges.
Administrative Law, rules and decisions made by federal and state administrative agencies.
🗑
|
||||
| Name two other sources of contemporary law. | Treaties.
Executive Orders.
🗑
|
||||
| Criminal Law | Prohibits certain behavior. Concerns behavior so threatening to society that it is outlawed.
🗑
|
||||
| Civil Law | Regulates the rights and duties between parties.
🗑
|
||||
| Substantive Law | Defines the rights of people.
🗑
|
||||
| Procedural Law | Describes the process for settling disputes.
🗑
|
||||
| Jurisprudence | The philosophy of law. Concerned with the basic nature of law.
🗑
|
||||
| Three theories of Jurisprudence. | Legal Positivism
Natural Law
Legal Realism
🗑
|
||||
| Precedent | The obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
🗑
|
||||
| Common Law | Judge-made law. The accumulation of precedent, based on case after case, makes up common law.
🗑
|
||||
| Statute | A law passed by a legislative body.
🗑
|
||||
| Equity | A court's power to fashion a remedy, such as an injunction, which the common law does not provide.
🗑
|
||||
| Sovereign | Recognized political power whom citizens obey.
🗑
|
||||
| Legal Positivism | Law is what the sovereign says.
🗑
|
||||
| Natural Law | An unjust law is no law at all. Law must have a moral basis.
🗑
|
||||
| Legal Realism | Who enforces the law counts more that what is in writing.
🗑
|
||||
| Plaintiff | Person who is suing.
🗑
|
||||
| Defendant | Person being sued.
🗑
|
||||
| Injunction | Court order that stops someone from doing something. Example of a contemporary Equitable power.
🗑
|
||||
| Treaties | An agreement between two or more sovereign nations for the benefit of those nations. The president of the United States has the sole power to make treaties with the advice and consent of the Senate.
🗑
|
||||
| Executive Orders | Order or regulation issued by an executive or administrative agency of the government, having the force of law.
🗑
|
||||
| State Constitution | Establishes the state government and guarantees the rights of state residents.
🗑
|
||||
| Three branches of STATE government. | Legislative
Executive
Judicial
🗑
|
||||
| State Legislative Branch | State Legislatures.
Passes statutes on STATE law. Creates state agencies.
🗑
|
||||
| State Executive Branch | Governor.
Proposes statutes.
Signs or vetoes statutes.
Oversees state agencies.
Issues executive orders.
🗑
|
||||
| State Judicial Branch | State Courts.
Creates STATE common law.
Interprets statues.
Reviews constitutionality of statues and other acts.
🗑
|
||||
| United States Constitution | Establishes a limited FEDERAL government.
Protects states' power.
Guarantees liberty of citizens.
🗑
|
||||
| Federal Legislative Branch | Congress.
Passes Statutes.
Ratifies treaties.
Creates administrative agencies.
🗑
|
||||
| Federal Executive Branch | President.
Proposes statues.
Signs and vetoes statutes.
Oversees administrative agencies.
Issues executive orders.
🗑
|
||||
| Federal Judicial Branch | Federal Courts.
Interpret statutes.
Creates (limited) federal common law.
Reviews the constitutionality of statutes and other legal acts.
🗑
|
||||
| Administrative Agencies | Oversees day-to-day application of law in dozens of commercial and other areas.
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
carolplant
Popular Law sets