Nature of Law
A legal capacity to require another person to perform or refrain from performing an act
What is a right?
When a court decides a new question or problem.
What is a Judgement?
The law that defines rights and liabilities.
What is the Substantive Law?
A tribual presided over by a judge or judge.
What is court?
A lawsuit begins with the filing of this.
What is a complaint?
This is guaranteed by the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
What is the right of privacy?
Division of law governing the activities of executive branch agencies of government.
What is Administrative law?
The law that deals with non criminal cases.
What is the Civil Law?
This is the Power of a court to adjudicate cases and issue orders.
What is jurisdiction?
The person that is being sued.
What is the defendant?
This document gives individuals certain rights.
What is The Constitution?
Rights carved out in the federal and state constitutions.
What is Constitutional law?
Rules of the State defining acts which are considered to be wrongdoing against the State.
What is the Criminal Law?
This system reviews decisions of law and fact made by the trial courts.
What is the Appellate Court?
The person who files the complaint.
What is a plaintiff
This creates new situations that may require the application of new rules of law.
What is Precedent?
Law established by an act of the legislature that is signed by the executive.
What is the Statutory Law?
The law that establish the rules of the court system and makes sure due process is maintained.
What is the Procedural Law?
The highest court system to go to.
What is the Supreme Court?
A way U.S. citizens to participate in the judicial system.
What is the jury selection?
An obligation of law imposed on a person to perform or refrain from performing a certain act.
What is a duty?
Rules and regulations parties agree to as part of their contractual relationship.
What is the Private Law?
Deals with the rules for how countries interact with each other.
What is the International Law?
These two are important court system.
What is federal and state law?
The body of law that establishes the rules of court and the methods used enforce legal rights .
Court Procedural