Clu 3m1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Main purpose of society in law -A law is a legal rule made by the government -Must be obeyed by everyone who chooses to live in society -The law protects people and their rights and freedoms -Necessary to keep peace, order and fairness -tell people what they can and cannot do, and settle disagreements The Code of Hammurabi Most important and earliest record of written laws. Codification the process of preparing a code Retribution The belief that with every crime c...

Rule of law - Answer-Principle of justice that sates that the law is equal for everyone, no one is above the law, and the law is needed to regulate society Retribution - Answer-Justice based on punishment Restitution - Answer-Payment made by the offender to the victim of the crime Adversarial system - Answer-Judicial process where evidence is presented by two opposing parties to a judge or jury Case law - Answer-Method of deciding cases based on recorded decisions of other cases Common l...

Define bill - Correct Answer-a proposed law Define case law - Correct Answer-a court decision used to decide a similar case Define citation - Correct Answer-Lists basic facts in a legal case and makes it easy to locate the case in a law library or on an Internet case-reporting website Define civil law - Correct Answer-Another name for private law What is the code of Hammurabi? - Correct Answer-One of the earliest forms of written law What is common law? - Correct Answer-A system of law fr...