Blaw 341 Cahoy Exam 1 Questions and
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Common Law - ✔✔role of judges in determining the meaning of the law
Civil Law - ✔✔legislation in determining the meaning for law
Public Law - ✔✔- Constitutional Law
- Administrative Law
- Criminal Law
government represents the people
Constitutional Law - ✔✔interpretation and application of either federal or
state constitutions
Administrative Law - ✔✔covers the legal principles that apply to
government agencies, bureaus, boards, or commissions
Criminal Law - ✔✔various offenses against the proper order of the state
Private Law - ✔✔Covers the legal problems and issues that concern your
private resource relations with other people
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,-Property Law
-Contract Law
-Tort Law
Property Law - ✔✔Recognition of exclusive right in both tangible and non-
tangible resources
Special areas of property law concern land, goods, copyrights, trademarks,
patents, and trade secrets
Contract Law - ✔✔covers the RULES of how OWNERS TRANSFER
RESOURCES by exchanging them
Tort Law - ✔✔establishes rules for compensation when an OWNERS
LEGAL BOUNDARIES are WRONGFULLY CROSSED by another
(often but not always requires actual injury to the owners resources)
Civil Cases - ✔✔may include suits for BREACH OF CONTRACT or TORT
CASES
Criminal Cases - ✔✔when the STATE attempts to prove the wrong
committed against society
Substantive Law - ✔✔defines the LEGAL RELATIONSHIP of:
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, PEOPLE <--> PEOPLE
or between
PEOPLE <--> STATE
Procedural Law - ✔✔deals with the method and means by which
Substantive law is made and administered
ex: time allowed for one party to sue another & the rules of law governing
the process of the lawsuit
Federal Law - ✔✔-includes the CONSTITUTION which is the supreme law
of the land
(any law, federal or state, that conflicts with the constitution is said to BE
VOID AND HAS NO LEGAL AFFECT)
-next hierarchy is LEGISLATION (collection called codes), trumps all other
law if constitutional
State Law - ✔✔all Federal Laws > State Law > County > City
law in counties and cities are called ORDINANCES
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Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
Common Law - ✔✔role of judges in determining the meaning of the law
Civil Law - ✔✔legislation in determining the meaning for law
Public Law - ✔✔- Constitutional Law
- Administrative Law
- Criminal Law
government represents the people
Constitutional Law - ✔✔interpretation and application of either federal or
state constitutions
Administrative Law - ✔✔covers the legal principles that apply to
government agencies, bureaus, boards, or commissions
Criminal Law - ✔✔various offenses against the proper order of the state
Private Law - ✔✔Covers the legal problems and issues that concern your
private resource relations with other people
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,-Property Law
-Contract Law
-Tort Law
Property Law - ✔✔Recognition of exclusive right in both tangible and non-
tangible resources
Special areas of property law concern land, goods, copyrights, trademarks,
patents, and trade secrets
Contract Law - ✔✔covers the RULES of how OWNERS TRANSFER
RESOURCES by exchanging them
Tort Law - ✔✔establishes rules for compensation when an OWNERS
LEGAL BOUNDARIES are WRONGFULLY CROSSED by another
(often but not always requires actual injury to the owners resources)
Civil Cases - ✔✔may include suits for BREACH OF CONTRACT or TORT
CASES
Criminal Cases - ✔✔when the STATE attempts to prove the wrong
committed against society
Substantive Law - ✔✔defines the LEGAL RELATIONSHIP of:
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, PEOPLE <--> PEOPLE
or between
PEOPLE <--> STATE
Procedural Law - ✔✔deals with the method and means by which
Substantive law is made and administered
ex: time allowed for one party to sue another & the rules of law governing
the process of the lawsuit
Federal Law - ✔✔-includes the CONSTITUTION which is the supreme law
of the land
(any law, federal or state, that conflicts with the constitution is said to BE
VOID AND HAS NO LEGAL AFFECT)
-next hierarchy is LEGISLATION (collection called codes), trumps all other
law if constitutional
State Law - ✔✔all Federal Laws > State Law > County > City
law in counties and cities are called ORDINANCES
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