types and sources of laws

Laws can come from many different places. Laws that come from a law-making body like a congress or a city commisision are called

• constitutional law

• statutory law

• common law

• administrative law

If a law comes froma judges' decision that rely on common sense and previous cases it is known as

• constitutional law

• statutory law

• common law

• administrative law

Sometimes laws come from government agencies, For example, the Consumer Product Safety commission uses _________ when it rules that a toy is unsafe and must ve taken off the market.

• Constitutional law

• statutory law

• common law

• administratiave law

If a law comes from the Constitution or Supreme Court decision interpreting the Constitution it is known as ___

• Constitutional Law

• statutory law

• common law

• administrative law

What type of law is in Box A

• military law

• civil law

• criminal law

• constitutional law

What type of law is in Box B

• military law

• civil law

• criminal law

• constitutional law

What type of law is in Box C

• military law

• civil law

• criminal law

• constitutional law

What type of law is in Box D

• Military law

• civil law

• criminal law

• constitutional law

The four headlines below deal with incidents involving alws. Which correctly identifies the type of law involved in each headline?

• 1. civil law, 2 state law, 3 military law, 4 federal law

• 1. civil law, 2 federal law, 3 state law, 4 military law

• 1 state law, 2 civil law, 3 criminal law, 4 federal law

• 1 federal law, 2 state law, 3 military law, 4 civil law

The appellate jurisdiction of the US courts of appeals, as shown in the chart, means that appeals courts have the authority to...

• call witnesses to testify in defense of the accuses

• hear cases appealed from lower courts

• hear cases for the first time

• try persons accused of breaking federal laws