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Law made or given by God in the scriptures |
Revealed law |
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This law that cannot be broken. God's moral laws bind all people all times. |
Revealed Law |
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Law that is discernible by all men as image bearers of God |
Natural law |
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This law is written on man's heart and he is without excuse |
natural law |
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This law is revealed through man's conscience |
Natural law |
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We can know about God through nature |
higher law |
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we know God through his Bible and Christ |
higher law |
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God has revealed elements of his will to the law |
Higher law |
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This law is unchangeable |
higher law |
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law mad by man for the purpose of ruling man |
positive law |
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command based on relationship between ruler and the ruled |
positive law |
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man-made with only human will as its basis |
positive law |
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to be effective, man's law must be in sync with revealed law |
positive law |
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it is changeable |
positive law |
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law by judges sometimes called "case law" or "bench law" |
common law |
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based on historical custom and tradition--tends to be unwritten |
common law |
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it is law because "that's the way we have always done it" |
common law |
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It is bench-made law by judges rather than a fixed body of rules like modern civil law codes |
Common law |
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Operates off the principle of stare decesis "let the decision stand" |
Common law |
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Law made by legislatures or some authoritative body |
statutory law |
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it is codified and written |
Statutory law |
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Invented when common law did not render an adequate remedy |
equity |
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Created to provide compensation or action not covered by common or statutory law |
equity |
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attempts to make restitution |
equity |
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remediation is usually in the form of a writ |
equity |
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write issued by a court to stop an action |
injunction |
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writ issued by the court to compel someone or a group to act |
court order |
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Law based on a written document |
constitutional law |
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considered our "fundamental law" |
constitutional law |
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Where were United States Constitution derived from? |
Royal Charters from the king and Compacts and covenants |
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Law made by bureaucratic agencies |
administrative law |
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agencies receive the law from the Congress |
administrative law |
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agencies then make rules and regulations we follow |
administrative law |
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They declare laws constitutional or non-constitutional
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judicial review |
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What was the first court declaration of executive action being unconstitutional |
Little v. Barreme or the Flying Fish case |
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What was the 1st type of lower court |
Consitutional Courts |
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Congress has created two kinds of lower Federal Court that handle cases that need not got to the Supreme Court |
Constitutional and Legislative Courts |
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Which court has it's authority rests in article III of constitution |
Constitutional Courts |
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How many courts of appeals are there? |
12 |
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How many district court's are there? |
94 in 50 states |