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PLA 3108 Test 1 Ch 1,4 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 common law heritage - ANSWERSall case law that is made by judges in the absence of statutes civil law - ANSWERSlaw handed down by the Romans and based on one elaborate document or code, rather than a combo of laws Jurisprudence Constan...

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common law heritage - ANSWERSall case law that is made by judges in the absence of statutes



civil law - ANSWERSlaw handed down by the Romans and based on one elaborate document or code,
rather than a combo of laws



Jurisprudence Constante - ANSWERSin civil law, judges are not bound by prior decisions; they look at the
code first to find the rule; in applying the code, judges rely primarily on scholarly articles and books
written by professors



federalism - ANSWERSsystem of government that has political organizations with several levels of
government authority operating together and apart from each other at the same time



Federal power - ANSWERStrade, war



state power - ANSWERSlaws, police, schools



shared power - ANSWERStax



why federalism? - ANSWERSstates concerned about losing power to other states or fed gov; didn't want
a gov so strong there would be tyranny, but strong enough to unite country



preemption - ANSWERSwhen a federal gov rules prevents a state law from occurring



preemption doctrine - ANSWERScongress declared its intention to exclusively govern; federal law
disallows application of state action; actual conflict exists between current federal and state law

, three preemptions of Preemption Doctrine - ANSWERSexpressed, implied, conflict preemption



expressed preemption - ANSWERScongress declared its intention to exclusively govern



implied preemption - ANSWERSfederal law by its substance and purpose disallows the application of
state action



conflict preemption - ANSWERSan actual conflict exists between current federal and state law



charter - ANSWERSbasic starting document to create a city



ordinance - ANSWERSlocal gov's equivalent of a statute



executive branch - ANSWERScarries out the laws and their enforcements



administrative agency - ANSWERShelps with enforcement of laws



judicial branch - ANSWERSinterprets the law and resolves legal disputes



legislative branch - ANSWERScreating the laws



checks and balances process of creating a law - ANSWERScongress votes on bills, both house and senate
vote - majority vote in favor, president agrees and signs, becomes law



object over legislature - ANSWERSif president vetoes, it doesn't become law



votes in house for congress to vote and pass on president's veto - ANSWERS290



votes in senate for congress to vote and pass on president's veto - ANSWERS67

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