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| A principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement |
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Laws are sets of rules established and enforced by the government
Laws are manditory
Laws have a detailed system of consequences |
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| Outlines a person's rights and obligations in a society |
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| Outlines the steps in protecting our rights |
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| The body of public law that declares acts to be crime and persrcibres the punishments for those crimes |
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| Outlines the structure and powers of the federal government |
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| Outlines the relationship between citizens and government boards and agencies |
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| Controls the relationship between individuals and the government: main types include criminal, constitutional, and administrative law |
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| Deals with the law inside the family such as spouse, children, parents, grandparents |
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| Deals with holding a person or organization responsible fot damages casued by them against someone else |
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| The relationship between an individual and property |
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| Outlines the requirements for legally binding agreements |
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| Relationship between employers and unions. employers and employees |
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| The person suing in a civil action |
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| The person being sued or charged with an offence |
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| arranging a system of laws into a code |
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| One of the earliest, known sets of written laws, recorded by King Hummurabi |
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| Ancient law of the hebrews ascribed to moses |
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| the byzantine emperor Justinian codified 1000 years of roman laws creating the Justininan code. Collecting past roman laws, opininos from legal experts, and new laws. Emphasized equality under the law |
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| Stated that all people-rulers and commoners had to follow the same law |
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| a set of civil laws all french people had to follow. Becuase Napooleon conqured many parts of Europe many european coutries followed it aswell |
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| Recorded written decisions of judges; also known as common law |
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| a system of law based on past legal decisions; also known as case law |
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| a referance to a legal case listing all the relevant information such as the platiff and defendant |
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| a legal decision that eves as an example and authority in subsequent similar cases; basis for the rule of precedent the legal principle in which similar facts result in similar decisions |
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| A document that requires a person to be brought to court to determine if he or she is being legally detained; from the latin term meaning "you must have the body", that is, there must be grounds for detention (evidance) |
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| a law or act passed by a government body, such as parliment |
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| The rights of citizens (social freedom and equality) which limit the power a government has over citizens |
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| differance between laws and rules |
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| laws have consiquences rules dont |
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1. establish rules of conduct
2. provide a system of enforcement
3.protect rights and freedoms
4. protect society
5. resolve disputes |
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Tort
family
contract
property
labour and employment |
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Criminal Law
Constitutional Law
Administrative Law |
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