SW and Law Basics
Rules that are recognized by the people as regulating their actions, as well as the actions of government, and those that are created and enforced by a governmental authority
Law
The federal constitution establishes the relationship between federal and state law, and it states that federal law takes precedence
True or False
True
Elected chief executives may also create laws called
This Ivy League University publishes law and lets students research law at the Legal Information Institute.
Cornell Law School
The governmental systems that make, administer, and enforce the laws and the body of law that these institutions make, administer, and enforce.
Legal System
Written laws passed by a legislative body
Statutes
Laws that are made by administrative agencies
Regulations
The branch of government that applies laws made by the other branches to resolve disputes and, in this process, may also make law.
Judicial
This branch of government is generally known as the branch that makes the laws
Legislative
This document is divided into titles that represent groupings of statutes on certain subjects and that are organized alphabetically and then numbered to reflect that order.
United States Code
Issues rules that govern the processes of the courts
Court Made Law
Truancy Laws, Student Discipline, and the Treatment of Individuals with Disabilities can be found in this document.
California Educational Code
Drafted by special conventions and must be adopted by a vote of the people who are to be governed by them
Publishes proposed and final regulations
Federal Register
2 Different types of Law
Civil and Criminal
A fundamental principle of fairness in all legal matters, both civil and criminal, especially in the courts
Due Process