Chapter 4 Law, The Courts and Contracts Flashcards
Legislative Branch
Congress
Executive Branch
President
Executive order
A rule or regulation issued by the president of the United States that becomes law without the prior approval of Congress
checks and balances
the system established by the US constitution that keeps any one branch of government from assuming too much power over the other branches
Thing the government can only do
- print money
- declare war
- make treaties
- provide army and navy
Things done at the state level
- issue license
- regulate intrastate within the state
- conduct elections
- take measures for public health and safety
constitutional law
law that derives from federal and state constitutions
Case law
law established through common law and legal precedent
common law
the body of unwritten law developed in England, primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and tradition
legal precedents
decisions made by judges in various courts that become rule of law and apply to future cases, even though they were not enacted by legislation
statutory law
law passed by the US congress or state legislature
administrative law
enabling statutes enacted to define powers and procedures when an agency is created
substantive law
the statutory or written law that defines and regulate legal rights and obligations
procedural law
law that defines the rules used to enforce substantive law.
criminal law
law that involves crimes against the state