Purpose of Law
This is one of the primary purposes of law, helping society avoid chaos and unpredictability
What is maintaining order?
This principle means no one is above the law.
What is the rule of law?
This type of law governs crimes and their punishments.
What is criminal law?
Civil cases seek to determine this, rather than guilt or innocence.
What is liability?
Civil law governs relationships between these three types of entities.
What are individuals, businesses, and organizations?
Laws help protect these, ensuring people can live freely and safely.
What are individual rights and freedoms?
These written laws are created by legislative bodies and govern civil and criminal behavior.
What are statutes?
This type of law deals with disputes between individuals or organizations, often involving contracts or custody.
What is civil law?
Unlike criminal cases, civil cases do not impose imprisonment but instead require this.
Most civil law violations are considered this, rather than crimes.
What is a breach of contract?
Laws do this to behaviors that are considered unacceptable in society.
What is define illegal behaviors?
This type of law is based on judicial decisions and serves as precedent.
What is case law?
This type of law is created by legislative bodies and includes written statutes and codes.
What is statutory law?
This former NFL player was found not guilty in criminal court but liable in civil court for the same offense.
Who is O.J. Simpson?
This type of legal action must be initiated by the aggrieved party in a civil case.
What is a civil lawsuit?
This purpose of law ensures that victims of crime are not ignored.
What is seeking justice for victims?
These codes specifically describe criminal behavior and its punishments.
What are penal codes?
This type of law is based on judicial decisions and serves as precedent for future cases.
What is case law?
This is the key difference in outcome between a criminal trial and a civil trial.
What is criminal sanctions vs. monetary damages.
Name two examples of issues typically handled under civil law.
What are divorce and child custody? (Other acceptable answers: business contracts, property transfers, wills, child support)
By outlining acceptable and unacceptable conduct, laws help do this between members of society.
What is regulate interactions?
When laws from different levels of government conflict, this level usually takes precedence.
What is the higher jurisdiction?
This type of law governs the operations of government agencies and includes rules about taxes, health codes, and immigration.
What is administrative law?
Jordan and Maya are roommates at a Maryland college. After a disagreement, Jordan posts a false statement on social media claiming Maya cheated on an exam. The post spreads around campus, causing Maya to lose her on‑campus tutoring job and suffer embarrassment.
Maya files a civil lawsuit against Jordan for defamation, seeking compensation for lost income and reputational harm.
This is civil law because (3) reasons:
What is
This legal document is created to distribute a person's assets after death and is governed by civil law.
What is a will?