LAW 18B Chapter Notes - Chapter CH. 1 Law & Legal Reasoning: Regulatory Agency, Uniform Act, Statutory Law
7 Feb 2019
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Secondary sources of law: books and articles that summarize and clarify the primary sources. Constitutional law: the law as expressed in these constitutions. Constitution is the basis of all law in the us. Statutory law: laws enacted by legislative bodies at any level of government such as statutes passed by congress or state legislatures. Ordinances: regulations passed by municipal or county governing units to deal with matters not covered by federal or state law. Commonly have to do with city or county land use, building & safety codes, and other local matters. Uniform laws: nccusl drafted model statutes for the states to consider adopting. Only if a state legislature adopts a uniform law does that law become part of the statutory law of the state. May adopt all or part of the uniform law. Ucc (1952) facilitates commerce among the states by providing a uniform, yet flexible, set of rules governing commercial transactions.
