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Actg 6100 Legal Issues
Week One
Introduction to Law
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Law
Chapter 4: Common LawPgs 66-68
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We depend upon the law to give us a stable nation and economy, a fair society, a safe
place to live and work.
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Sources of Law
• U.S. Constitution
• Legislative Branch - Statutes
• Judicial Branch - Common Law
• Administrative Agencies – Regulations
• Executive Branch – Executive Orders
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Sources of Law
• U.S. Constitution– Establishes the national (federal) government
and its 3 branches of government– Creates a system of checks and balances– Guarantees basic rights– Supreme Law of the Land
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Sources of Law
• Legislative Branch – Statutes– Congress must have constitutional authority
to pass the statute, for example the commerce clause
– And, it must fashion that statute so that it does not infringe upon the fundamental rights protected by the constitution
– Legislative bodies initiate the law making process
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Sources of Law
• Judicial Branch – Common Law– “Common law” describes both the system and
one of the products of that system– Stare Decisis – let the decision stand– Made on a case by case basis– Judicial branch is not “self – animating” – it
acts only when the proper parties make the proper request.
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Sources of Law
• Administrative Agencies– Enabling Statute– The scope of the agency’s authority is defined
by that statute– Make– Investigate– Enforce– 4th branch of government?
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Classifications of Law
• Criminal v Civil• Federal v State• Law v Morality/Ethics
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Week One Assignment
• Take the “View on the American Legal System” survey
• Answer EITHER question 4 OR 5 on page 74 and upload to the D2L Dropbox.
• Submitting the survey is a condition to the dropbox.