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CHAPTER 1Laws and Their Ethical Foundation
1-1 Laws and Legal Systems
1-2 Types of Laws
1-3 Ethical Bases for Laws
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1-11-1 Laws and Legal Systems
GOALS Explain the stages in the growth of law Describe the differences between
common law and positive law Identify the origin of the U.S. legal
system
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FOCUS
Make a list of rules the school enforces. Make a second list of rules you must live by
in your families. How do these rules affect your life? Which rules would you like to change? Why? How would the changes affect you, your
family, or school?
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WHAT IS LAW?
Stages in the growth of law Common law versus positive law
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How does common law differ from positive law?
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WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM?
English common law King’s Bench Jury An example Advantages of English common law
Equity: An alternative to common law
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On which early legal system is the U.S. legal system based?
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1-21-2 Types of Laws
GOALS Identify the four sources of law Discuss how to resolve conflicts
between different sources of laws Compare and contrast criminal and civil
law, and substantive and procedural law
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What is law?
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WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF LAW?
Constitutions Statutes Case law Administrative regulations
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What are the four sources of law?
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LAWS CONFLICT?
Constitutions and validity Statutes and validity Administrative regulations and validity Case law and validity
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Which source of law in the United States is the highest authority?
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WHAT ARE THE MAIN TYPES OF LAWS?
Civil and criminal laws Procedural and substantive laws Business law
Uniform business laws
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Compare and contrast criminal and civil law and substantive and procedural law.
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TYPES OF LAWConstitutional law Based on constitutions
Statutes Enacted by legislative bodies
Administrative law Rulings by administrative agencies
Civil law Addresses wrongs done to individuals
Criminal law Addresses wrongs done to society
Procedural law Deals with methods of enforcing legal rights and duties
Substantive law Defines legal rights and duties
Business law Rules that apply to business transactions
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1-31-3 Ethical Bases for Laws
GOALS Define ethics Compare and contrast ethics based on
consequences with ethics based on systems of rules
Discuss ways in which ethics are reflected in laws
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What does ethics mean?
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ETHICS AND THE LAW
Basic forms of ethical reasoning Consequences-based ethical reasoning Rule-based ethical reasoning
Ethics reflected in laws
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In the U.S. system of democracy, how are ethics reflected in laws?