Exam 1 Flashcards
(42 cards)
Formalism
Golden Rule.
Duty Based
Consequentialism
Outcome based
Focuses on weighing pros and cons
Most good
Compensatory Damage
Actual damage
Punitive Damage
Punish them
Substantive
Create and define legal rights and responsibilities
Procedural
Establishes methods required to enforce substantive laws
Jurisprudence
Learning about different schools of legal thought and how it affects decision making
Secondary sources
Treatises
Law review articles
Supreme Law of the Land
Article 6
Federal Rights
States rights
10th amendment
All powers not granted to federal gov are reserved by the state
Statutory Law
Law generally made by elected officials
Case law
Judge made law
Interprets statutory law
Administrative law
Rules and regulations by federal and state and local agencies
37A O.S. SS 6-101 (a) (1)
Statutory
Title 37a section 6-101 subsection subsection
509 P.2d 668
Volume 509 2nd edition page 668
Three stages of litigation
Pre trial
Trial
Post trial
Three requirements before lawsuit can be heard
Jurisdiction
Venue
Standing
Domicile
Defendant resides and and where he plans to stay
Consent
If incorporated in state or qualified to do business in state by registering as forgein corp
Long arm statute
Sufficient minimum contacts in state
Venue
Land - where the land is
1 where the defendant resides
2 where the claim arose
PreTrial
Petition
Summons
Answer
Reply
Petition
Facts of the case
Legal conclusions
Prayer for relief
Summons
Comes with petition
Provides formal notice of lawsuit