Types and Sources of Law
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- Q1law established based on the outcome of former court casescommon lawcase lawstatutory lawprecedent60s
- Q2law that deals with relationships between people (rather than relationships between people and the government)regulationscriminal lawcivil lawcase law30s
- Q3law that focuses on interpreting the U.S. Constitutionprecedentcommon lawconstitutional lawJuvenile law30s
- Q4law that deals with crimes and the punishments for those crimesconstitutional lawcivil lawcriminal lawcommon law30s
- Q5law that deals with people who are under the age of 18juvenile lawadministrative lawcommon lawcivil law30s
- Q6laws that apply only to people in the militaryconstitutional lawcommon lawmilitary lawcivil law30s
- Q7laws passed by Congress or a state legislaturecommon lawcivil lawjuvenile lawstatutory law30s
- Q8law based on customs and prior legal decisions; used in civil casescommon lawcivil lawjuvenile lawconstitutional law30s
- Q9an earlier decision to a similar casePrecedentcivil lawjuvenile lawstatutory law30s
- Q10A rule that a government agency makes to enforce a lawprecedentcase lawRegulationscommon law30s
- Q11Branch of government in charge of interpreting the law.Judicial BranchThe CabinetLegislative BranchExecutive Branch30s
- Q12Section of the Constitution that describes the Judicial BranchArticle IIArticle IIIArticle I30s