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Law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ a rule of civil conduct prescribed by
the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right, and prohibiting
what is wrong
Functions of a law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ to maintain stability
in the social, political, and economic system through dispute resolution,
protection of property, and the preservation of the state, while
simultaneously permitting ordered change.
Legal sanctions - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ are means by which the
law enforces the decisions of the courts
Laws
Morals - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ are different but overlapping;
________ provides sanctions, while ________ do not
Justice - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ is the fair, equitable, and
impartial treatment of competing interests with due regard for the
common good.
,Substantive law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ law creating rights and
duties.
Procedural law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ rules for enforcing
substantive law
Public law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ law dealing with the
relationship between government and individuals
Private law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ law governing the
relationships among individuals and legal entities
Civil law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ law dealing with rights and
duties the violation of which constitutes a wrong against an individual or
other legal entity
Criminal law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ law establishing duties
which, if violated, constitute a wrong against the entire community.
Constitutional law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ fundamental law of a
government establishing its powers and limitations.
Common law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ body of law developed by
the courts and Equity based upon principles distinct from common law
and providing remedies not available at law (part of judicial law)
, Equity law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ body of law based upon
principles distinct from common law and providing remedies not
available at law (part of judicial law)
Legislative law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ statutes adopted by
legislative bodies; includes Treaties and Executive Orders
Administrative law - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ rules, regulations,
orders, and decisions made by administrative agencies
Reports - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Decisions of State courts of
appeals are published in consecutively numbered volumes.
Statutes - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ laws that are enacted by
legislature
Any act or omission prohibited by the government and made punishable
in a judicial proceeding brought by the government. - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ in the common law system on the US, a crime is
defined as:
The US constitution - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ What is the supreme
law of the land in the United States?