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?
This rule prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in court.
What is the exclusionary rule?
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?
The exclusionary rule was first established at the federal level in this 1914 case.
What is Weeks v. United States?
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 1961 case applied the exclusionary rule to state courts.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
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?
Before the exclusionary rule, this type of evidence was admissible in court.
What is illegally obtained evidence?
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?
The exclusionary rule became necessary because these did not clearly prohibit the use of compromised evidence.
What are statutes or codes?
This legal document is created to distribute a person's assets after death and is governed by civil law.
What is a will?