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VOCABULARY: ORIGINS OF LAW 1.01 Administrative law - Rules and procedures established by regulatory agencies Allegiance - Loyalty to one’s country Civil disobedience An open peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice Commercial law Concerned with business transactions and the operation of business establishments Common law - Unwritten law that evolves from the customs and traditions of society Constitution A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society Expatriation -The act of abandoning one’s country and giving up citizenship International law - Concerned with the conduct of nations in their relations with each other Judicial review The right established by Marbury vs. Madison for the court system to examine the decision of a lower court, the executive branch, or the legislative branch Law - Rules of conduct established y the government of a society to maintain stability and justice in that society Law of precedent - When a judge is required to follow an earlier court decision when deciding a case with similar circumstances, also called stare decisis Municipal - Relating to a city or town Ordinances - Laws enacted by local municipal governmental bodies Stare decisis - “Let the decision stand”, another name for law of precedent or case law UNIT A Page 3 VOCABULARY: ORIGINS OF LAW Administrative law - Rules and procedures established by regulatory agencies Allegiance - Loyalty to one’s country Civil disobedience An open peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice Commercial law Concerned with business transactions and the operation of business establishments Common law - Unwritten law that evolves from the customs and traditions of society Constitution A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society Expatriation -The act of abandoning one’s country and giving up citizenship International law - Concerned with the conduct of nations in their relations with each other Judicial review The right established by Marbury vs. Madison for the court system to examine the decision of a lower court, the executive branch, or the legislative branch

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VOCABULARY: ORIGINS OF LAW 1.01

Administrative law - Rules and procedures established by regulatory agencies

Allegiance - Loyalty to one’s country

Civil disobedience – An open peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice

Commercial law – Concerned with business transactions and the operation of business

establishments

Common law - Unwritten law that evolves from the customs and traditions of society

Constitution – A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs

and the fundamental laws that govern a society

Expatriation -The act of abandoning one’s country and giving up citizenship

International law - Concerned with the conduct of nations in their relations with each

other

Judicial review – The right established by Marbury vs. Madison for the court system to

examine the decision of a lower court, the executive branch, or the legislative branch

Law - Rules of conduct established y the government of a society to maintain stability

and justice in that society

Law of precedent - When a judge is required to follow an earlier court decision when

deciding a case with similar circumstances, also called stare decisis

Municipal - Relating to a city or town

Ordinances - Laws enacted by local municipal governmental bodies

Stare decisis - “Let the decision stand”, another name for law of precedent or case law

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VOCABULARY: ORIGINS OF LAW

Administrative law - Rules and procedures established by regulatory agencies

Allegiance - Loyalty to one’s country

Civil disobedience – An open peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice

Commercial law – Concerned with business transactions and the operation of business

establishments

Common law - Unwritten law that evolves from the customs and traditions of society

Constitution – A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs

and the fundamental laws that govern a society

Expatriation -The act of abandoning one’s country and giving up citizenship

International law - Concerned with the conduct of nations in their relations with each

other

Judicial review – The right established by Marbury vs. Madison for the court system to

examine the decision of a lower court, the executive branch, or the legislative branch

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VOCABULARY: ORIGINS OF LAW 1.01

Administrative law - Rules and procedures established by regulatory agencies

Allegiance - Loyalty to one’s country

Civil disobedience – An open peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice

Commercial law – Concerned with business transactions and the operation of business

establishments

Common law - Unwritten law that evolves from the customs and traditions of society

Constitution – A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs

and the fundamental laws that govern a society

Expatriation -The act of abandoning one’s country and giving up citizenship

International law - Concerned with the conduct of nations in their relations with each

other

Judicial review – The right established by Marbury vs. Madison for the court system to

examine the decision of a lower court, the executive branch, or the legislative branch

Law - Rules of conduct established y the government of a society to maintain stability

and justice in that society

Law of precedent - When a judge is required to follow an earlier court decision when

deciding a case with similar circumstances, also called stare decisis

Municipal - Relating to a city or town

Ordinances - Laws enacted by local municipal governmental bodies

Stare decisis - “Let the decision stand”, another name for law of precedent or case law

UNIT A Page 3

Law - Rules of conduct established y the government of a society to maintain stability

and justice in that society

Law of precedent - When a judge is required to follow an earlier court decision when

deciding a case with similar circumstances, also called stare decisis

Municipal - Relating to a city or town

Ordinances - Laws enacted by local municipal governmental bodies

Stare decisis - “Let the decision stand”, another name for law of precedent or case law

Statutes - Laws enacted by legislative bodies

Supremacy - The highest authority; US Constitution has supremacy over state laws, state

laws have supremacy over local laws

Treason - Betrayal or disloyalty to one’s country

Unconstitutional – A law that is not agreeable with the constitution and is no longer

valid