Aviation Law Midterm and final exam questions and answer

Constitutional Law - Answer ️️ -Derived from Constitutions, both federal and state Statutory Law - Answer ️️ -Statutes are laws that are made by legislatures (congress or state state legislatures). Supersedes any common law to the contrary. Legislative branch Common Law (decisional law) - Answer ️️ -law based on previously decided cases Equity - Answer ️️ -Developed in England, fairness, mitigates the harshness of the law U.S. government - Answer ️️ -a federal system. Both States and Federal gov can make laws(sovereign) Federal vs. State - Answer ️️ -Some things are governed by Federal law alone, other by state law alone, sometimes by both (federal always supersedes state) Preemption of Laws - Answer ️️ -1). U.S. federal law 2). 50 State law 3). Municipality Law (County, parish, town, ect.) Types of Laws - Answer ️️ -Criminal Civil (tort and contract) Administrative Congress Clause - Answer ️️ -Congress used its authority under this of the U.S. constitution (Artcle1, Section8, Clause 3) to impose regulation on the aviation industry. Aviation involves interstate commerce, so Congress has the power to regulate it. Air Commerce act of 1926 was passed.