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37 Cards in this Set
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Laws
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Enforce rules of conduct in a society
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Code
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Laws grouped into an organized form
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Common Law
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Law based on current standards or customs of the people
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Positive Law
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Law based on the dictates of a central political autority
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Jurisdiction
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Power of a court to decide a case
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Equity
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Basic Fairness
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Sovereign
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A powerful leader of autority
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Injunction
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To prevent something from being done.
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Consitution
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Document that sets forth the framework of the government and its relationship to the people it governs.
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Statutes
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Law enacted by state or federal legislatures
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Ordinaces
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Legislation encated by a town, city, or county board or comission
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Case law
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Made when an apellate court endorses a rule to be used in deciding court cases
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Stare decisis
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Doctrine that requires lower courts to follow existing case law in deciding similar case laws
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Administrative agencies
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Governmental body formed to carry out particular laws
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Civil Law
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Group of laws used to provide remedy for wrongs against individuals
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Criminal Law
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Group of laws that defines and sets punishments for offenses against society
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Procedural Law
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Group of laws that define the methods for enforcing legal rights and duties
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Substantive Law
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Group of laws that define rights and duties
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Ethics
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A collection of standards of conduct and moral judment forming the basis for a reasoned, impartial decision as to what is right or wrong
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Civil Disobedience
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Open, peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice.
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Declaration of independence
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Document drafted by respresentation of the 13 original colonies that asserts the rights desired by the colonists
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Articles of Confederation
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Loose form of charater for charter for common government adopted by the thirtheen colonies prior to adoption of the consitution
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Us. Constitution
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Document that consists of seven articles that provide a workable framework for our federal government
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Bill of Rights
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Firste ten amendments to the u.s consitution
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Civil Rights
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Personal, human rights recognized and guarenteed by the u.s consitution
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Due Process of Law
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Consitutional requirement for fundamental fairness in our legal and court system
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System of checks and balances
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Division and allocation of the powers of government between its various branches
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Impeachment cases
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Trying a government official for misconduct in office
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Political party
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Private organization of citizens who select and promote candidates for public office
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Amendment
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Change or alteration
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Democracy
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Governmental system in which citizens vote directly to decide issues
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Republic
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Governmental system in which citizens elect representatives to decide issues
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Sovereignty
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Freedom from external control
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Interstate commerce
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Trade and other commercial intercourse between or among bussiness in different states
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Instrastate commerce
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Commerce conducted whoily within one state.
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Cyber law
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Law that is intended to govern the use of computers in e-commerce and the internet
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Broswer
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Internet scanning program
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