Legal Rights
Sources of Law
Classifications of Law
Vocabulary
100

No right exists in one person without a corresponding __________ resting on some other person or persons. 

Duty

100

__________ regulations are rules enacted by federal and state administrative agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Administrative

100

Wrongs against society are defined by __________ law.

Criminal
100

The order or pattern of rules that society establishes to govern the conduct of individuals and the relationships among them is called __________.

Law

200

Rights given under the constitution such as freedom of speech and the right to vote are called __________ rights.

Individual

200

__________ law is the branch of law that is based on the constitution for a particular level of government.

Constitutional

200

The rights of one person against another is defined by __________ law.

Civil

200

The body of principles that establishes the structure of a government and the relationship of the government to the people who are governed is a(n) __________.

Constitution

300

The protection of individuals against the intrusion of others is a second aspect of the right of __________.

Privacy

300

Rules and regulations parties agree to as part of their contractual relationship as individuals or businesses is referred to as __________ law.

Private

300

The steps that must be followed in enforcing rights and liabilities is specified by __________ law.

Procedural

300

A decision of a court that stands as the law for a particular problem in the future is called __________.

Precedent
400

Some laws make it a crime and a __________ of privacy to eavesdrop on technological communications and intercept electronic messages.

Breach

400
The Securities Act of 1933, the Sherman Antitrust Act, bankruptcy laws, and consumer credit protection provisions are all examples of congressional level __________ enactments.

Legislative

400

A __________ law creates, defines, and regulates rights and liabilities; and defines when a contract is formed.

Substantive

400

The body of unwritten principles originally based upon the usages and customs of the community that were recognized and enforced by the courts is __________ __________.

Common law

500

If your home or business is searched unlawfully, any items obtained during that unlawful search could be excluded as evidence in a criminal trial because of the Fourth Amendment's __________ rule.

Exclusionary

500

Principles that are expressed for the first time in court decisions is known as __________ __________.

Case law
500

The body of law that provides justice when the law does not offer and adequate remedy, or the application of the law would be terribly unfair, is called __________. 

Equity

500

The phrase meaning, "let the decision stand" is __________ __________.

Stare decisis

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