General Law Review Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Before the Constitution was established, the American government operated under the | Articles of Confederation. |
Definition of Law: | Law is a system of enforceable rules adopted by a controlling body to govern the conduct. |
The characteristic of American law which distinguishes it from the law of other nations is the | structure of its controlling body – a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. |
King’s court of common pleas | law court (very technical) |
Court of Chancery | equity (fairness versus technical) |
Blackstone’s Commentaries | brought from England was first “law library” in colonies |
4 Philosophies of American Law | Natural Law, Legal Positivism, Sociological Jurisprudence, Legal Realism |
Natural Law | emphasizes the individual’s right to make personal choices as long as those choices do not interfere with another’s right to make personal choices. It is a birthright (of being born in this country), cannot be conferred by anyone, and cannot be taken awa |
Legal Positivism | emphasizes the institutional rule of law (if process used to adopt a rule is fair and no other rule exists to carve out an exception, then rule is adhered to regardless of the result). “Hard cases make bad law.” |
Sociological Jurisprudence | promote society’s values as the measuring stick for right and wrong; elevates a legal rule by looking at its social effect. Law is seen as a tool for social engineering, but it usually moves too slowly to respond to needed social change. |
Roscoe Pound was a strong advocate of | sociological jurisprudence. |
Civil rights is an example of | sociological jurisprudence. |
Legal Realism | determines what reasonable people would do in a given situation and then sanctions that conduct. |
California recently decided to give drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. | Example of legal realism. |
4 classifications of law | public, private, substantive or procedural |
All substantive law is either | criminal or civil. |
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