Legal Systems and Levels

Question 1

Systems - Common law

Answer 1

Based on broad principles and set by precedent instead of statutes

Question 2

Systems - Civil law

Answer 2

Any law that is written or that has come about because of a statute

Question 3

Systems - Religious law

Answer 3

Created because of local beliefs, such as Sharia or Islamic law

Question 4

Levels - National laws

Answer 4

Enacted by and affect a nation

Question 5

Levels - Subnational laws

Answer 5

Enacted by and affect a subsection of a nation, such as an American state or city

Question 6

Levels - Extraterritorial laws

Answer 6

Enacted by a country and apply to that country’s citizen residing in foreign countries (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the ADA)

Question 7

Levels - Supranational laws

Answer 7

Binding agreements between countries. The EU is a good example of this kind agreement

Question 8

Levels - International laws

Answer 8

Dictate how host countries will treat citizens of the other countries when those citizens are physically located in the host country (e.g., World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty)