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Laws
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Enforceable rules of conduct in a socitey reflect the culture and circumstances that create them.
2
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Code
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Laws that are organized in certain groups
3
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First Stage in the growth of law
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- Indiviuals take revenge for wrongs done to them
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Second stage in growth of law
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A powerful leader or other form of central authority subsidies an award of money or goods for revenge.
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Third stage in the growth of law
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The leader or authority gives power to a system of courts.
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Fourth stage of law
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The leader or central authority acts to prevent and punish wrongs.
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Common Law
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Law based on current standing or customs of the people
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Positive law
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Law dictated from above by a central authority figure
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