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12 Cards in this Set
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Legislative System
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Ex: U.S Congress and House of Representatives
WI Senate and assembly Job-Law MAKING branch |
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Executive System
Examples Job |
Ex: President, governor, departments/AGENCIES
Job- ENFORCE the laws |
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Judicial System
Examples Job |
Ex: Courts- Supreme, appellate
Job- INTERPRET the meaning of laws and how they are applied; decide if a law violates the consititution |
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Statutory law
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Written law set down by LEGISLATURE
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Regulatory law
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Written law promulgated by EXECUTIVE branch
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AdJudicial law
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Written law set down by JUDICIAL branch (common law)
developed through decisions of courts |
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Administrative law
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Law the governs the activities of administrative agencies of government
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Criminal law
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Law used to regulate crime
-Applies to actions against the state Action: Fines and jail time |
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Civil law
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Law dealing with relations between individuals or organizations
-Applies to disputes over contracts or torts |
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Misdemeanor
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Less criminal act usually punished with fines
Less severe than felonies but more than administrative infarctions |
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Federal Register
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Daily publication that lists various federal actions including: proposed regulations, final regulations, and various government notices
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CFR (Code of Federal Regulations)
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Annually revised compilation of final regulations divided and indexed by subject matter
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