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16 Cards in this Set
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Employment Law
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Ex. Excual Harassment
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tithingman
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if one man can do something wrong, all are held to pay
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Precedent
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the obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings
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Statue
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A Law passed by a legislative body
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substantive rules of law
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state the rights of the parties
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Stare Decisis
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let the decision stand
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Equitable Power
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Telling someone they must stop doing something
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Administrative Law
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Ex) FCC, FTC
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Criminal Law
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Prohibits certain behaviors
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Civil Law
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regulates the rights and duties between parties
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substantive law
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defines the rights of people
Ex) A landlord who signed a lease must deliver to the tenant |
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Procudural law
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establishes the process for settling disputes
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Private law
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Ex) landlord/Tenant... Duties between individuals
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Jurisprudence
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The Philosophy of law
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Natural Law
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An Unjust law is no law at all
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Legal Realism
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Who enforces the law counts more than who is writing it
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