Introduction to Common Law

1. Farmers' Rights are fundamental to ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of
resources for food and agriculture.
2. Public law establishes the principles and rules governing the form of the State and the
constitutional rights.
3. The Article 40 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States establishes the
federal system as the form of political organization of our country.
4. There are three branches of government, the legislature, the executive and the
judiciary.
5. Legislation is the formal and main source of law.
6. On June 28, 1999, the right to the environment was established in article 4 of the
Political Constitution of the United Mexican States.
7. The Supreme Court is the most important court in the U.S. judicial system.
8. The Public Security Act aims to establish the bases for the provision of public security
service, as well as to regulate private security services in the country.
9. The 4 most used types of contracts in Latin America are: Employment contract, Civil
contract, Commercial contract and Public or administrative contract.
10. A crime is an infraction or conduct that goes against the legal system of society and
that is punishable by the corresponding penalty or sanction.
11. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a document adopted by the General
Assembly of the United Nations.
12. The United States has 50 federal states.
13. The Judicial Branch of the Federation in Mexico is comprised of the Supreme Court of
Justice, the Electoral Tribunal, the Circuit Courts, the District Courts and the Federal
Judiciary Council.
14. In Mexico, the Legislative Power is vested in a General Congress, which will be divided
into two Chambers, one of deputies and the other of senators.
15. The sovereign power is the one that has the right to dispose of the lives of the
governed.
16. Civil liberties are rights that exist when the government does not interfere arbitrarily.
17. Article one of the political constitution of the united mexican states guarantees human
rights.
18. The Congress of the Union is composed of two chambers, one of deputies and the
other of senators.
19. The Public Health Law regulates the right of every person to health protection.