MGT 401 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Uniform Act, Secondary Source, Appellate Jurisdiction

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Management and Policy
• Course: MGT 401
• Professor: Bax Alfonso

Document Summary

Business decision makers need to consider whether a decision is both legal and ethical. It describes and empowers the various branches of government, and prescribe limitations on that power: the u. s. constitution is the supreme law of the land and the basis of all law in the united states. If challenged, any law that violates the constitution will be declared unconstitutional and will not be enforced, regardless of its source (2) statutory law: passed by congress and state legislature. Federal statute applies to all 50 u. s. states. State statute only applies to that state: also includes local ordinances, passed by municipal or county governing units to govern maters not covered by federal or state law. E. g. zoning ordinances, building/safety codes, etc: a given state statute may be based on a uniform law. Each state is free to depart from the uniform law as it sees fit. Can be re-written accordingly; not really uniform.