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Chap 1 Flashcards

1
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Types of law (4)

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Public
Private
Criminal
Civil

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2
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Sources of law (5)

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Constitution
Executive order
Statutes /ordinances 
Rules and regulations (administration)
Court decisions
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Statutes

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State and federal

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Ordinances

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Local

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Criminal law

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Punishments are fines and jail

Felony (more serious crime, never expunged) vs. misdemeanor (less time in prison)

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Civil

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Prohibits conduct, penalties are fines/ and or jail

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Public

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Government is involved

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Private

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Gov does not have a stake in the game, ex marriage, personal injury

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Summary disorderly conduct

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Ex: traffic ticket

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Contract law

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Civil and private

But the government really doesn’t care, they care about the peaceful discourse

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Trial court

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Where cases initially go
Jury
Single judge
(Judge is law, jury is fact)

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Appellate court

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Talking about the law
Testimony about why you should get a new trial
System of judges

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Trial: death penalty case

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Pa, sentence set by jury in a capital case, (life or death)

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14
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Not court examples (4)

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Tribunals
Immigration
Arbitration
Mediation

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15
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Tribunals

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Part of the executive branch (social security administration)

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Immigration courts

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Under the department of justice

17
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Arbitration

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Not a court, court like, union issues, it’s private

18
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Mediation

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When someone comes in to settle a dispute

19
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Federal Court system ladder

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  1. US Supreme Court
  2. Circuit Courts of Appeal
  3. Trial: US District courts
    - Subset: US Magistrate courts
20
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Is there a set State Court System

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No, it varies from state to state

21
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Roles of the Courts (4)

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  • dispute resolution
  • behavior modification
  • allocation of gains and losses
  • policy making
22
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Dispute resolution

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Purpose is to keep the peace

-most civil cases will settle

23
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Behavior modification

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reward for certain behaviors, penalties for others ( in civil and criminal courts)

24
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Allocation of gains and losses

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  • money: fines, control of corporations, marriage

- Obvs, the value of a person varies from person to person

25
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Mandatory Vs Persuasive authority

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Mandatory: follow the law from the higher courts
Persuasive: use a decision in a similar case to help your case

26
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Impact: Trial VS Apellate

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Trial: impact on the people in the case
Apellate: broad impact

27
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Explain the Immigration Executive order

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GET A GAME PLAN

28
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How does legislature overturn a judicial decision?

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Just make a new law

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