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15 Cards in this Set
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Right
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the ability of an individual, with the aid of the law, to require another person to do or not do something.
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Substantive Law
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creates, defines, and regulates legal rights and duties.
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Procedural Law
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sets forth rules for enforcing those rights given through substantive law.
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Public Law
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branch of substantive law dealing with gov't. rights and powers and relationships to individuals or groups
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Private Law
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part of substantive law governing individuals and legal entities in their relationships with one another
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Civil Law
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defines duties, wrong against injured party when violated
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Criminal Law
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establishes duties, wrong against whole community when violated
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Supreme Law
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U.S. Constitution, federal above state
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Constitutional Law
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fundamental law of a particular level of government
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Stare Decisis
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"to stand by the decisions" courts use previous decisions to decide similar cases
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Ethical Fundamentalism or Absolutism
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individuals look to a central authority or set of rules to guide them in ethical decision making
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Ethical Relativism
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a doctrine asserting that actions must be judged by what individuals feel is right or wrong for themselves
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Situational Ethics
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holds that developing precise guidelines for effectively navigating ethical dilemmas is difficult because real-life decision making is so complex
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Utilitarianism
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assesses good and evil in terms of the consequences of actions
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Deontology
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hold that certain underlying principles are right or wrong regardless of any pleasure or pain calculations
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