The Constitution
The three branches of government?
What is Congress, the President of the United States of America, and the Supreme Court?
The president, with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate, may enter into these with foreign countries.
What are Treaties?
A rule of law established in a court decision. Lower courts must follow the precedent established by higher courts.
What is Stare Decisis?
A set of moral principles or values that governs the conduct of an individual or a group.
What is ethics?
The party who files a complaint.
What is the plaintiff?
Has the power to make (enact) the law.
What is the legislative branch or Congress?
These are enacted by Congress and state legislatures.
What are codified laws and statutes?
A method of thinking that consists of investigating, analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting information to solve a legal issue or case.
What is Critical Legal Thinking?
A theory stating that corporations and businesses should act with awareness of the consequences and impact that their decisions will have on others.
What is Corporate Social Responsibility?
The process of bringing, maintaining, and defending a lawsuit.
What is litigation?
The supreme law of the United States.
What is the Constitution of the United States of America?
These orders are issued by the president and governors of states.
What are Executive Orders?
A process that consists of a series of questions and answers, and a give-and-take inquiry and debate between a professor and students.
What is the Socratic Method?
This decision-making process suggests one should consider if a decision or situation could be damaging to someone or to some group? Does the decision involve a choice between a good and bad alternative, or perhaps between two “goods” or between two “bads”?
What is Ethical Decision Making?
The document a plaintiff files with the court and serves a defendant to initiate a lawsuit.
What is a complaint?
Has the power to interpret and determine the validity of the law.
What is the judicial branch (courts)?
These courses of conduct are enacted by municipalities and local government bodies.
What are ordinances?
A method used to examine a law case.
What is the IRAC method?
Ethical fundamentalism; Utilitarianism; Kantian ethics; Rawls social justice theory; and, Ethical relativism as examples.
What are theories?
The defendant's written response to a plaintiff's complaint that is filed with the court and served on the plaintiff.
What is an answer?
Has the power to enforce the law?
What is the President or executive branch?
They may adopt rules and regulations that regulate the conduct of covered parties as well as issue orders.
What are Administrative Agencies?
Latin for "to stand by the decision."
What is Stare Decisis?
This act requires public companies to adopt Codes of Ethics.
What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
A lawsuit where a group of plaintiffs with common claims collectively bring a lawsuit against a defendant.
What is a class action?