law
-:- a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling
authority and having binding legal force
-creates duties, obligations, and rights that reflect accepted views of a
given society
jurisprudence
-:- the science or philosophy of law
counsel
-:- (attorney)
business o...
✓ -:- source of law that regulates the exercise of authority by government
agencies
(AKA agency law)
stare decisis
✓ -:- the principle that similar cases with similar facts and issues should
have the same judicial outcome
precedent
✓ -:- applying the law made in previous cases to current cases with
similar facts
secondary sources of law
✓ -:- 1. restatements of the law
2. model state statutes drafted legal experts as a model for state legislatures to adopt
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