Executive Branch

Do Now

We are a nation of laws, do we need

them? Why or why not?

Information• Chapter 7-1 and 7-2 work due

• Project presentations final day

- must present

Current Events • Arizona officer uses car to stop

suspect• - suspect had stolen gun

- excessive force?

• Medical Marijuana in Georgia

- nearly half the states have

medicinal use (21 states + DC)

- different laws by state

Do Now

We are a nation of laws, do we need

them? Why or why not?

Types of Law• Criminal• Civil• Statutory• Common• Labor• Administrative• Constitutional

Criminal Law• Crime

- determined by society

- enacted through

government• Determines crimes

- punishment for crimes• Designed to protect

society

Criminal Code Changes• Crimes Code

- designed to be a

deterrent • Do laws actually deter

crime?

Civil Law

• Laws that govern

behaviors of people

- disputes between

people• Types of disputes

- family law

- divorce

- business issues

- multiple courts

Sources of Law• Statutory Law

- laws passed by

legislatures

- criminal/civil laws• Common Law

- based on custom, cases,

and traditions

- decisions based on

precedent

Creating Precedence

Other Law Types• Administrative

- agencies create law

- FCC, NHTSB• Constitutional

- questions about the

Constitution

- heard by Supreme Court• Labor

- disputes between

employer and employees

Exit

If the legislature is responsible for making laws, why are some

agencies able to make “law” and hold people accountable? Should

they have this ability.