48 sources and types of laws
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Good Laws
-Characteristics of Good Laws
Fairness
Reasonable
Understandable
Enforceable
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Source of Our Laws
-Ancient Law Systems
-Hammurabi’s Code
-Ten Commandments
-Roman Codes
-English Law
-Magna Carta
-English Bill of Rights
-Common Law System
-American System
-Declaration of Independence
-Constitution
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Source of Our Laws
-Ancient Law Systems
-Hammurabi’s Code
-Ten Commandments
-Roman Codes
-English Law
-Magna Carta
-English Bill of Rights
-Common Law System
-American System
-Declaration of Independence
-Constitution
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Source of Our Laws
-Ancient Law Systems
-Hammurabi’s Code
-Ten Commandments
-Roman Codes
-English Law
-Magna Carta
-English Bill of Rights
-Common Law System
-American System
-Declaration of Independence
-Constitution
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Criminal Law
-Criminal Law– Laws that deal withspecific statutory rules laid downby the government regardingpeople’s behavior
-misdemeanor
-felony
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Civil Law
-Civil Law
-Lawsuits
-Contracts
-Family law
-Small Claims Courts
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Constitutional Law
-Constitutional Law
-law that deals specifically withrights and issues revolving aroundour rights as defined in state ornational Constitutions
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Administrative Law
-Administrative Law
-these are laws that areformulated in response to lawspassed by Congress
-determined by the executivebranch
-has the same effect as law passedby legislature
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International Law
-International Law
-military agreements
-diplomatic treaties
-trade
-human rights