Chapter One Review

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Statutes

  • formal written enacemnt of a legislature that forbits and controls conduct by a legislative body


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Case Law

  • from court opnions

    • common law

    • judical decisons that interpret statues and other enacted law


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Common Law

  • case law made when no enacted law exists (or fill a void left by legislture)


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Precdent

  • prior legal decisons

    • sometimes interpret enacted law (not common law) and they are still precendants because they apply a statute to a set of facts


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Stare Decsis and Purpose

  • Lower court’s must follow decisons of higher courts

    • Purpose is


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Enacted law

  • passed through legislative body with executive approval