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CHAPTER 1

Our Laws
Lessons
1-1 Our Laws and Legal System
1-2 Types of Laws

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Lesson 1-1

Our Laws and

Legal System
GOALS
 Explain the stages in the evolution of law
 Describe the differences between common law
and positive law
 Describe the difference between law courts and
equity courts

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WHAT IS LAW?
 Stages in the growth of law
 Individuals take revenge
 Awards of money or goods substituted for
revenge
 Court systems are formed
 A central authority figure intervenes to
prevent and punish wrongs
 Common law v. positive law
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WHAT IS THE ORIGIN

OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM?
 English common law
 The King's courts
 Jury
 Advantages
 Equity: An alternative to common law

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Lesson 1-2

Types of Laws
GOALS
 Explain how constitutional, statutory, case, and
administrative laws are created
 Explain how to resolve conflicts between constitutional,
statutory, case, and administrative laws
 Describe the differences between criminal and civil,
substantive and procedural, and business and other
forms of law

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WHAT ARE THE

SOURCES OF OUR LAWS?
 Constitutions
 Allocation of power
 between people and government
 between federal and state governments
 among branches of government
 Statutes
 Administrative regulations
 Cases

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WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN LAWS CONFLICT?
 Constitutions and validity
 Statutes and validity
 Administrative regulations and validity
 Case law and validity

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WHAT ARE THE

MAIN TYPES OF LAWS?
 Criminal v. civil laws
 Procedural v. substantive laws
 Business law

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