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Public Law -:- Laws enacted by some form of government. Includes state and federal constitutions and statutes. Private law -:- Law developed between two individuals. Landlords and homeowners associations are an example. Criminal law -:- A wrong against society. Have penalties such as fi...

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LES 305 Exam 1 Questions & 100% Correct
Answers- Latest Test | Graded A+ | Passed
Public Law


✓ -:- Laws enacted by some form of government. Includes state and federal

constitutions and statutes.




Private law


✓ -:- Law developed between two individuals. Landlords and homeowners

associations are an example.




Criminal law


✓ -:- A wrong against society. Have penalties such as fines and imprisonment.




Civil law


✓ -:- A wrong against another person. Require restitution; violator must compensate

the harmed party.




Substantive law




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✓ -:- Laws that give rights and responsibilities. For example, when someone

breaches a contract they are breaching this kind of law.




Procedural law


✓ -:- Laws that provide the means for enforcing substantive rights. These laws

govern how suit is brought up and the trial process.




Common law


✓ -:- These laws have been in existence since 1066. William the conquerer sought

these set of laws for governing a then-divided England.




Stare decisis


✓ -:- "Let the decision stand"




Statutory law


✓ -:- Laws that are passed by some form of governmental body and written in some

form.




Equity




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✓ -:- A body of law that attempts to do justice when the law does not provide a

remedy, when the remedy is inadequate, or when the application of law is terribly

unfair.




Injunctions


✓ -:- A type of equity that prohibits certain conduct or orders certain acts.




Brief


✓ -:- A tool used by lawyers, law students, and judges to summarize a case and focus

on its facts and the key points of the decision of the court.




Jurisprudence


✓ -:- An area of legal study that is based on different theories and values of law. A

latin term meaning, "wisdom of the law."




Positive law school of thought


✓ -:- A theory where people believe that the critical part of law is obedience so that

we can have an orderly society.




Natural law school of thought



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