Ch 15/16 Citizens & Law

a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes

• criminal law

• civil law

• constitutional law

• case law

laws that deal with disputes between people or groups of people

• criminal law
• civil law
• constitutional law
• case law

a law established by judicial decisions instead of by legislative action

• statutory law
• constitutional law
• case law
• juvenile law

laws passed by lawmaking bodies

• civil law
• case law
• statutory law
• military law

branch of law dealing with the formation, construction, and interpretation of constitutions

• civil law
• constitutional law
• statutory law
• military law

an area of the law that deals with the actions and well-being of persons who are not yet adults

• juvenile law
• case law
• criminal law
• statutory law

laws that apply to the military

• statutory law
• constitutional law
• juvenile law
• military law

the person who is being sued or accused of a crime

• judge
• plaintiff
• defendant
• juvenile

the person who files a lawsuit

• jury
• juvenile delinquent
• defendant
• plaintiff

an act that breaks a law and causes harm to people or to society in general

• penal code
• crime
• misdemeanor
• juvenile