Good Laws

-Characteristics of Good Laws

Fairness

Reasonable

Understandable

Enforceable

Source of Our Laws

-Ancient Law Systems

-Hammurabi’s Code

-Ten Commandments

-Roman Codes

-English Law

-Magna Carta

-English Bill of Rights

-Common Law System

-American System

-Declaration of Independence

-Constitution

Source of Our Laws

-Ancient Law Systems

-Hammurabi’s Code

-Ten Commandments

-Roman Codes

-English Law

-Magna Carta

-English Bill of Rights

-Common Law System

-American System

-Declaration of Independence

-Constitution

Source of Our Laws

-Ancient Law Systems

-Hammurabi’s Code

-Ten Commandments

-Roman Codes

-English Law

-Magna Carta

-English Bill of Rights

-Common Law System

-American System

-Declaration of Independence

-Constitution

Criminal Law

-Criminal Law– Laws that deal withspecific statutory rules laid downby the government regardingpeople’s behavior

-misdemeanor

-felony

Civil Law

-Civil Law

-Lawsuits

-Contracts

-Family law

-Small Claims Courts

Constitutional Law

-Constitutional Law

-law that deals specifically withrights and issues revolving aroundour rights as defined in state ornational Constitutions

Administrative Law

-Administrative Law

-these are laws that areformulated in response to lawspassed by Congress

-determined by the executivebranch

-has the same effect as law passedby legislature

International Law

-International Law

-military agreements

-diplomatic treaties

-trade

-human rights