Rule of Law & Sources of Law

What principle of government states "nobody is above the law"

• Enlightenment Ideas

• Independence

• Rule of Law

• Social Contract

What does the blindfold on Lady Justice represent?

This was one of the first known codes of law from Babylon, famous for its "eye for an eye" rule

• The 10 Commandmets

• Tablets of the Pharaoh

• Roman Tables

• Code of Hammurabi

This legal influence from Ancient Rome came a thousand years after the code of Hammurabi.

• Rome's 12 tables

• Code of Hammurabi

• 10 Commandments

• The Pharaohs's Tablets

Laws made by Legislatures such as Congress & Parliament are known as

• Commandments

• Statue of Liberty

• Rules

• Statutes

When court decisions are based on previous decisions, it is know as

• Civil Law

• Common Law

• Constitutional Law

• Statutory Law

These laws deal with citizens suing other citizens for personal injuries and damages

• Civil Law

• Common Law

• Statutory Law

• Constitutional Law

These rights deal with rights, such as Bill of Rights issues

• Statutory Law

• Civil Law

• Common Law

• Constitutional Law

An army private being charged for abandoning his post would be an example of

• Military Law

• Constitutional Law

• Civil Law

• Statutory Law

Which is not a level of government that creates laws

• Federal

• State

• Local

• Regional