LGS 200 Midterm: LGS 200 Study Guide - Exam 1

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LGS 200
• Professor: Ruth Ann Hall

Document Summary

Law consists of rules that regulate conduct of individuals, businesses and other organizations within society. It is intended to protect persons and their property from unwanted interference from others. The law forbids persons from engaging in certain undesirable activities. Definition: a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by the controlling authority, and having binding legal force. That which must be obeyed and followed by citizens subject to sanctions or legal consequences. Constitutional usupreme law of the land: dual system with federal and state three (cid:271)ra(cid:374)(cid:272)hes legislati(cid:448)e, e(cid:454)e(cid:272)uti(cid:448)e, judi(cid:272)ial, power not given to federal gov. goes to state, state constitutions modeled after constitution. Statutory/code law legislature (cid:373)akes la(cid:449)s, (cid:862)statute,(cid:863) esta(cid:271)lished (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t to (cid:271)e follo(cid:449)ed: (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)er(cid:272)e (cid:272)lause gi(cid:448)es co(cid:374)gress po(cid:449)er to e(cid:374)a(cid:272)t federal statutes regardi(cid:374)g foreign and interstate commerce, state statutes are placed in code books. Case law/ common law: bound by state court law and supreme court the law as established by previous cases, comes from english common law.