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| The rules of the state backed by enforcement. |
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| The general and equal application of laws, even to lawmakers. |
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| A bundle or private, exclusive rights in people to acquire, possess, use, and transfer scarce resources. |
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| The science of law; the practical science of giving a wise interpretation of the law. |
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| The body of law deriving from judicial decisions as opposed to legislatively enacted statutes and administrative regulations. |
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| The area of law governing the rights and duties between private parties as compared with the criminal law. |
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| A classification of legal subject matters that regulates the relationship of individuals and organizations to society. |
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| The legal issues that arise from interpreting the U.S. Constitution or a state constitution. |
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| The legal principles involved in the workings of administrative agencies within the regulatory process. |
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| An area of law dealing wrongs against the state as representative of the community at large, to be distinguished from civil law, which hears cases of wrongs against persons. |
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| A classification of legal subject matters that deals most directly with relationships between legal entities. The law of contracts and the law of property are two examples of this classification. |
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| The law of the legal fence that establishes exclusive right in someone called an owner. |
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| The law of legally enforceable promises. |
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| Establishes rules for compensation when an owner's legal boundaries are wrongfully crossed by another. |
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| A body of rules defining the nature and extent of legal rights. |
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| The body of rules governing the manner in which legal claims are enforced. |
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| Laws passed by an elected body such as Congress, a state legislation, or local council/commission. |
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| Federal and state legislative enactments. |
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| Legislative enactment of a city, council, or other municipal corporation. |
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| Compilations of legislation at all levels of government. |
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| Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) |
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| Most successful attempt to have states adopt a uniform law. This code's purpose is to simplify, clarify, and modernize the laws governing commercial transactions. |
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| The rules courts use in interpreting the meaning of legislation. |
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| The written decision of a judge with the reasons which led to that decision. |
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| A prior judicial decision relied upon as an example of a rule of law. |
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| The reference identifying how to find a case. |
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| The doctrine that traditionally indicates that a court should follow prior decisions in all cases based on substantially similar facts. |
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| The precise legal response in an opinion by an appellate court on an issue of law raised on appeal. |
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| Statements made in a judicial opinion that are not essential to the decision of the case. |
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| Constitutional Relativity |
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| The idea that constitutional interpretation is relative to the time in which the Constitution is being interpreted. |
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| Rules of law that courts use to determine the substantive law applies when there is an inconsistency between laws of different states or countries. |
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| Penalties imposed for violation of a law. |
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| The action or procedure that is followed in order to enforce a right or to obtain damages for injury to a right; the means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented, redressed, or compensated. |
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| A party's failure to perform some contracted-for or agreed-upon act, or failure to comply with a duty imposed by law. |
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| Usually awarded in breach-of-contract cases to pay for a party's losses that are a direct and foreseeable result of the other party's breach. |
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| Equitable remedy that requires defendants in certain circumstances to do what they have contracted to do. |
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| A civil wrong other than a breach of contract. |
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| Noncontractual legal wrong caused by one who desires to cause the wrong or where the wrong is substantially likely to occur from the behavior. |
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| A person's failure to exercise reasonable care that foreseeably causes another injury. |
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