Blaw ch 1.txt

Enforcable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society

law as expressed in the constitution

laws enacted by legislative bodies at any level of government, such as the statutes passed by congress or by state legislatures

model laws by National conference of commissioners on uniform state laws

rules orders and decisions of administrative agencies

doctrines and principles announced in cases goerning all areas not covered by statutory law or administrative law

rights and duties that exist between persons and between persons and their governments

a body of general rules that applied throughout the entire english realm

an amount given to a party whose legal interests have been injured

the legal means to enforce a right or redress a wrong, land ,items of value, or money

equitable remedied, specific performance, injunction, and rescission

the party being sued

the party bringing a lawsuit

the suing party

the party being sued

bring lawsuits while evidence is fresh, constitutes reasonable time

a decision that furnished a n example or authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar legal principles or facts

helps the courts to be more efficient because if other courts have carefully analyzed a similar case, their legal reasoning and opinions can serve as guides, also makes laws more stable and predictable

reasoning process used by judges in deciding what law applies to a given dispute and then applying that law to the specific facts or circumstances of the case

summarize the common law rules followed by most states

emphasizes the evolutionary process of law by concentrating on the orgin and history of the legal system

philosophical approaches to law

believing that there can be no higher law than a nation's positive law

higher or universal law exsts taht applies to all human beings and that written laws should imitate these inherent principles

applies only to the citizens of that nation or society and follows legal positivism

law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs

all laws that delineate the methods of enforcing the rights established by substantive law

law is a tool for promoting justice in society

laws that define, describe, regulate, and create legal rights and obligations

wrongs committed against the public as a whole

the party appealing a case