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17 Cards in this Set
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Jurisprudence
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term used to describe philosophy or science of law, refers to understanding of the histories
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Primary Source
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influences our ideas and values about law over many years, sometimes centuries
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Customs
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Primary Source - commonly accepted practices, influence creation of formal laws
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Conventions
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Primary Source - unwritten accepted way of doing things
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Religion
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Primary Source - many laws are based upon religious principles
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Social and Political
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Primary Source - laws change depending on place in the world, and the social and political values
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Secondary Source
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laws written down to reflect the values in primary sources of law
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Constitution
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highest law of land, sets up structure for government, states who has authority to pass laws, and sets up procedures to change laws. It is a political and legal blueprint for society.
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Jurisdiction
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who has the authority to pass laws
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Ultra vires
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outside the authority of
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Intra vires
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within the authority of
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Theocracy
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where the law of the land is the law of the dominant religion
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Bill
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proposed law
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Statutes
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broad policy statements with some specifics
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Common Law
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body of law created by previous court decisions
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Ratio decidendi
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Reason for deciding
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Stare decisis
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the rule of precendent
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