Sources and Types of Law

What is the highest law of the land?

• State law

• Constitutional

• Military Law

• Local Law

Which type of law makes certain actions a crime?

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

Laws passed by Congress and state legislatures are called

• Regulations

• Statutes

Laws based on court decisions are called

• case laws.

• statutory laws.

• regulations.

• ordinances.

What are rules passed by executive agencies called?

• ordinances

• regulation

Local laws are called

• regulations.

• ordinances.

Laws to settle disagreements between people and/or businesses are called

• criminal laws.

• civil laws

What are laws for military personnel called?

• criminal laws

• civil laws

• military laws

• juvenile laws

Laws for persons under the age of 18 are called

• civil laws

• criminal laws

• juvenile laws

• constitutional laws

Which of the following is one of the oldest sets of laws where "an eye for an eye" was common?

• Magn Carta

• Code of Hammurabi