Introduction Flashcards
(36 cards)
It means any rule of actim or any system of uniformity
Law
It determines not only the activities of men as rational beings but also the movements or motions of all objects of creation, whether animate or inanimate.
Law
It is the law of religion and faith which concerns itself with the concept of sin and salvation
Divine Law
It may then be defined as the divine inspiration in man of the sense of justice, fairness, and righteousness, not by divine revelation or formal promulgation, but by internal dictates of reason alone.
Natural Law
We are speaking of the totality of the norms of good and right conduct growing out of the collective sense of right and wrong of every community.
Moral Law
The ____ or ways pf life were then evolved which were always considered right and correct, and obedience to them was demanded by the group.
Mores
In the operation or course of natre, there re uniformities of actions and orders of sequence which are the physical phenomena that we sense or feel.
Physical Law
The law that is promulgated and enforced by the state
State Law
Sources of Law (5)
- Constitution 2. Legisltion 3. Administrative or executive orders, regulations and rulings 4. Judicial decisions or jurisprudence 5. Custom
The written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited, and defined, and by which these powers are distributed among the several departments for their safe and useful exercisse for the benefit of the people
Constitution
It is often reffered to as the fundamental law or supreme laaw or highest law of the land
Constitution
It consists in the declaration of legal rules by a competent authority
Legislation
It is the preponderant source of law in the philippines.
Legislation
They are those issud by administrative officials under legislative authority
Administrative or executive orders, regulations, and rulings
The decisions of the courts, particularly the Supreme Court, applying or interpreting the laws or the Constitution form part of the legal system.
Judicial Decisions or Jurisprudence
It consists of those habits and practices which through long and uninterrupted usage have become acknowledged and approved by society as binding rules of conduct.
Custom
A sanction is ____ if the object is the indemnification of the person who has suffered damages or ijury from a violation of laaw.
Remedial
A sanction is ____ if the object is the punishment of the violator
Penal
Organizations of Courts
- Regular Courts 2. Special Courts 3. Quasi-judicial Agencies
Regular Courts
- one Court of Appeals 2. Regional Trial Courts 3. Metropolitan Trial Courts 4. Municipal Trial Courts 5. Municipal Circuit Trial Courts 6. Circuit Trial Courts
Courts that are considered of general or superior jurisdiction
The Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Regional Trial Courts
A special anti-graft court
Sandiganbayan
A special tax court createed by law
Court of Tax Appeals
That portion of the body of law creating, defining, and regulative rights and duties which may be either be public or private in character.
Substantive Law
