What is law? - a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having
binding legal force
What is litigation? - Resolution of disputes through the court system
What are the types of litigation? - Civil and criminal
What is civil Litigation? - resolution of disputes ...
POLI 4023 Abad Midterm
What is law? - ✔✔a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having
binding legal force
What is litigation? - ✔✔Resolution of disputes through the court system
What are the types of litigation? - ✔✔Civil and criminal
What is civil Litigation? - ✔✔resolution of disputes between private and/or public parties that is
conducted through court systems
What is criminal Litigation? - ✔✔government prosecutes an action against individuals who have
committed crimes against society
What are the sources of Law? - ✔✔Constitutions, Statutes, Rules/Regulations, Executive Orders,
Jurisprudence
What are constitutions? - ✔✔highest form of law (US Constitution=Supreme Law of the Land)
What are statutes? - ✔✔created by legislative body and written broadly, govern substantive
principles and procedures
What are rules or regulations? - ✔✔supplement statutes, narrowly written
What are executive orders? - ✔✔laws made by chief executives (state: governor) (Federal: president)
What is jurisprudence? - ✔✔case law, courts' interpretation of law; collection of all decisions made in
court; provides clarity on past decisions
What are the categories of law? - ✔✔Public vs Private law; Felonies vs Misdemeanors
, What is public law? - ✔✔government acting as government rather than person (ex. property owner)
What is private law? - ✔✔law that involves suits between private individuals or groups
What are felonies? - ✔✔A serious criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence of more than one
year
What are misdemeanors? - ✔✔less serious crimes usually punishable by a sentence in a local jail
What is the court's purpose? - ✔✔Dispute resolution, behavior modification, allocation of
gains/losses, and policymaking
What is dispute resolution? - ✔✔divorce, custody arrangements, answer/resolve
What is behavior modification? - ✔✔altar behavior, reward/punish certain behavior (sentencing)
What are allocation of gains/losses - ✔✔winner and loser (suing)
What is policymaking? - ✔✔create policy
Where do the first three purposes of court take place? - ✔✔trial court
What court does policymaking go through? - ✔✔Supreme court
What is the order of the court system? - ✔✔Trial court, appeals court, supreme court
Who is the plaintiff? - ✔✔person filing a lawsuit (LA: partitioner)
Who is the defendant? - ✔✔person being sued (LA: respondent)
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