Legal Rights and Responsibilities

Notebooks

TP- Legal Rights and Responsibilities (Ch. 15)

CM- 344-358Geo- Map of the U.S.--Rank the

states--1 being the safestGraphic Organizer- 1 page paper

discussing

Notebooks

Ill. Dictionary- Felony, torts, Jurisprudence, statute, Stare Decisis, Writ of Habeas Corpus, Ex Post Facto,

Section Reviews 347 2-5 351 2-5 358 2-5

Functions of Law Set of rules that

allow people to live peacefully in a society.

Binding for everyone--Nobody is above the law

Everyone know what to expect…if I steal your car, I go to jail.

Function of Law

To prevent violent actsSet punishments for breaking the lawResolve civil disputes

Money Property Contracts Non-Criminal Acts

Function of Law

To be effective laws must; Fair Equal Understandable Enforceable

Early Laws

Early laws were created for the same reasons we have laws today.

Early laws were passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.

Even the earliest societies had a set of standards or laws that they lived by.

First Written LawsCode of Hammurabi

Set of 282 laws Very harsh penalties for breaking them

The Ten Commandments Rules for how people were to live and

treat one another. Don’t;

LieCheatSteal Kill

Roman Laws

Jurisprudence- The Study of Law

Romans were the first to look at and examine the laws governing its citizens.

English Laws

Common Law- Laws based on the courts decision rather than a set of written laws.

Precedents- Reviewing similar cases in order to develop a ruling on a case.

Public Law

Rights guaranteed under the Constitution

Administrative Law Ensures government agency act

appropriatelyStatutory law (statute)

Speed limits Child labor Getting a drivers license

International Law

Treaties, Customs, and Agreements among Nations

The World Court Both sides must be willing to accept

courts rulingMilitary IssuesTrade Regulations

Criminal LawLaws that seek to prevent people from

deliberately or recklessly harming each other or each other’s property.

Lawyers for both sides present their clients case to a judge or jury.

Judges or Juries are impartial and make the best decision based on the evidence that has been presented to them.

Criminal Law In criminal cases the government is the

plaintiff. Plaintiff- The party that brings the charges

against the alleged criminal Defendant- Person that is charged with a

criminal act. Felonies

Serious crimes…murder, rape, etc. Misdemeanors

Less serious crimes…traffic violations, vandalism, etc.

Civil Law

Disputes between people or groups of people in which no criminal laws have been broken.

LawsuitsBroken Contracts, DivorceTorts…civil wrongs

A person is injured and claims it was caused by another persons negligence.

Example???