Business Law

Sources of American Law (order of importance)
- 1.) Constitution: 51 total constitution one for every state & 1 for the Federal
- 2.) Case Law- Case Precedence
- 3.) Legislative Law (Congress: Senate & House)
- 4.) Adminstrative Law: adminstrative agency to help government (FDA)
Nothing can Contradict the U.S. Constitution if so called unconstitutional True or False

True
True or False: The state and federal legal structure is the same

False
State System
- Supreme Court
- I
- Court of Appeals
- I
- California/State Supreme Court (lowest)
Federal System
- U.S. Supreme Court
- I
- Circut Court
- I
- U.S. District Court
Could the Federal courts interpret the State courts law and vis versa? What is that called____

No, Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction

The power of a court to hear a case
2 Types of Jurisdiction

Original Jurisdiction and Appeiate Jurisdiction
Original Jurisdiction

Where case was originally held: State: Cali/State Superior Court, Federal: U.S. District Court

They have a power to hear original case
Appeiate Jurisdiction
All courts abouve original jursidictions
- State: Court of Appeals and Supreme Court
- Federal System: Circut Court and U.S. Supreme Court

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Business Law

Description

Chapters 1-3

Updated

2012-01-26T00:26:22Z