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four requirements of a good legal system - ✔✔• certainty
• flexibility
• 'knowability'
• reasonableness
classifications of law - ✔✔• subject matter
• case law
• statutory law
• civil law
• criminal law
• public law
• private law
private law - ✔✔any law that deals with issues pertaining to private citizens
public law - ✔✔any law dealing with issues that affect the entire society
51 - ✔✔There are at least ____________ bodies of law in the United
States.
, True - ✔✔True or False: State law exercises more control over us than
federal law.
False - ✔✔True or False: Any federal court within a district is not required
to follow that district's specific laws.
the type of law the case falls under (state or federal) - ✔✔What determines
which type of court a case is assigned to?
trial; Supreme - ✔✔Each state has its own ___________ and
____________ courts.
Federal - ✔✔____________ courts tend to have more resources and
smarter judges than state ones
True - ✔✔True or False: Federal judges can rule on state issues, but state
judges cannot rule on federal issues.
justice - ✔✔'fair' + 'reasonable'
How does our current legal system promote justice? - ✔✔through juries,
esp. with all felony cases
The law cannot be regarded as the minimum ____________
____________ for what is right (law ≠ morals/ethics). - ✔✔ethical standard