Law for Business and Personal Use 17th Edition: Chapter 1 – Flashcards
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Laws
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Enforceable rules of conduct in a society
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Code
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Laws grouped into an organized form
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Common law
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Law based on the current standards or customs of the people
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Positive law
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Law dictated from above
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Jurisdiction
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The power to decide a case
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Equity
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Fairness
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Constitution
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A document that sets forth the framework of a government and its relationship to the people that it governs
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Statutes
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Legislation created by state
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Case law
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Created by the judicial branch, usually is made after a trial has ended and one of the parties has appealed the result to a higher court
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Ordinances
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Legislation created by a town or city
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Stare decisis
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Latin for "let the decision stand"
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Administrative agencies
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Governmental bodies form to carry out particular laws
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Civil law
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When the private legal rights of an individual are violated
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Criminal law
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A citizens right to live in peace is violated
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Procedural law
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Laws that deal with methods of enforcing legal rights and duties
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Substantive law
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Laws that define offenses such as murder, theft, breach of contract, and negligence
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Ethics
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A practice of deciding what is right or wrong in a reasoned, impartial manner
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Civil disobedience
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And open, peaceful, violation of law to protest is alleged, or supposed, injustice
