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Executive Branch
Do Now
We are a nation of laws, do we need
them? Why or why not?
Information• Chapter 7-1 and 7-2 work due
• Project presentations final day
- must present
Current Events • Arizona officer uses car to stop
suspect• - suspect had stolen gun
- excessive force?
• Medical Marijuana in Georgia
- nearly half the states have
medicinal use (21 states + DC)
- different laws by state
Do Now
We are a nation of laws, do we need
them? Why or why not?
Types of Law• Criminal• Civil• Statutory• Common• Labor• Administrative• Constitutional
Criminal Law• Crime
- determined by society
- enacted through
government• Determines crimes
- punishment for crimes• Designed to protect
society
Criminal Code Changes• Crimes Code
- designed to be a
deterrent • Do laws actually deter
crime?
Civil Law
• Laws that govern
behaviors of people
- disputes between
people• Types of disputes
- family law
- divorce
- business issues
- multiple courts
Sources of Law• Statutory Law
- laws passed by
legislatures
- criminal/civil laws• Common Law
- based on custom, cases,
and traditions
- decisions based on
precedent
Creating Precedence
Other Law Types• Administrative
- agencies create law
- FCC, NHTSB• Constitutional
- questions about the
Constitution
- heard by Supreme Court• Labor
- disputes between
employer and employees
Exit
If the legislature is responsible for making laws, why are some
agencies able to make “law” and hold people accountable? Should
they have this ability.
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