BMGT 380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Representative Democracy, Precedent, Legal Realism

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Business and Management
• Course: BMGT 380
• Professor: William Mc Clenahan

Document Summary

Chapter one: the nature of law: types and classifications of law, types of law. Constitutions: exist at the state and federal levels. Set up the structure of government for the political unit they control. Creating the branches and subdivisions of the government and stating the powers given and denied to each. Congress and gives it power to make law in certain areas, provides for a chief executive (president) whose function is to execute or enforce the laws and helps to create a federal judiciary to interpret the laws. Federalism: recognizing the states" power to make law in certain areas; structures the relationship between the federal government and states. Prevent the government from taking certain actions or passing. Statutes: laws created by elected representative in congress or a state legislature; authoritative form in statue books or codes. Uniform acts: model statues drafted by private bodies of lawyers and scholars.