Constitutional Law
Which branch of the government is Constitutional Laws under?
(Executive, Legislative, or Judicial)
Judicial
Which branch of the government is Statutory Laws under?
(Executive, Legislative, or Judicial)
Legislative
Which branch of the government are Common Laws under?
(Executive, Legislative, or Judicial)
Judicial
Which branch of the government is Regulatory Laws under?
(Executive, Legislative, or Judicial)
Is International Law under a specific branch of government?
No
What are the first three words in the Constitution?
What is "We the People"
Can Statutory Laws be changed and/or drafted.
Yes
This legal system, rooted in judicial decisions rather than legislative statutes, originated in England.
What is Common Law
These are rules and regulations created by administrative agencies like the EPA or FDA.
What is Regulatory Laws
A legally binding agreement between two or more nations or organizations.
What is a treaty?
The principle that divides the government into separate powers.
What is separation of powers?
This is the name for a law passed by a legislative body, such as Congress or a state legislature.
What is statute.
One example of a common law legal concept is this, where an individual may acquire ownership of land by occupying it openly for a specified period.
What is Adverse Possession.
This type of law is considered a subset of statutory law because an agency's power to make regulations comes from a statute.
What is Administrative Law.
Was Constitutional Law made by the Constitution?
No
The power of a court to determine if a law or action by the government is constitutional.
What is judicial review?
This process, which allows a president or governor to reject a bill, is one way a bill might not become a statute.
What is A Veto
This legal principle, meaning "to stand by things decided," refers to the practice of courts adhering to precedent.
What is Stare Decisis
This federal act establishes the procedures for federal agencies to follow when creating, amending, or repealing regulations.
What is the Administrative Procedure Act.
Can powerful states ignore International Law?
Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Assembly, & The right to Petition.
What are the five freedoms of the First Amendment?
When a state law and a federal law conflict, this clause of the Constitution states that the federal law is supreme.
What is The Supreme Clause
A ruling in a previous court case that is used as the basis for a decision in a new case is known as this.
What is Precedent.
Proposed new rules from a federal agency are published in this daily publication to allow for public comment.
What is The Federal Register.
This 1945 organization was created to promote international peace and security and is headquartered in New York.
What is the United Nations?