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LAW 3800 Midterm Exam Questions answers latest update
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- LAW 3800
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- Western Michigan University
LAW 3800 Midterm Exam Questions answers latest update
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LAW 3800 Midterm ExamPublic Law - involves disputes between private individuals/groups and their
government
Private Law - involves disputes between private individuals or groups
Civil Law - involves the rights and responsibilities involved in relationships
between persons and between persons and their government
Criminal Law - Involves incidents in which someone commits an act against the
public as a whole
Differences between civil and criminal law - - Criminal cases are where the State
accuses someone of a crime.
- Civil cases are taken by individual people or businesses in order to claim or
enforce a right.
Statutes - constitution gives to the LEGISLATURE the power to pass laws on
various subjects. these laws are called statutes
Constitutions -
, Common Law (cases) - Judge-made law; largely based on precedent, meaning the
judicial decisions that have already been made in similar cases
Administrative Law - consists of substantive and procedural rules created by
administrative agencies
Treaties -
Executive Orders -
Precedent - helps to ensure predictability; vital principle in american common law
Stare Decisis - the legal principle of determining points in litigation according to
precedent.
Subject Matter Jurisidiction - the power to hear certain kinds of cases (based upon
the subject)
Personal Jurisidiction - "in personam" ; the power to render a decision affecting
the rights of the specific persons before the court
Levels of Federal Courts - U.S. district courts, Intermediate courts of appeal, the
united states supreme court
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