CJ 1 Chapter 4 Key Terms 1

The body of law created by administrative agencies (in the form of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions) in order to carry out their duties and responsibilities.

• statutory law

• administrative law

• case law

• procedural criminal law

A procedure in which the citizens of a state, by collecting enough signatures, can force a public vote on a proposed change to state law.

• rule of law

• substantive due process

• ballot initiative

• procedural due process

The rules of law announced in court decisions.

• statutory law

• administrative law

• common law

• case law

The body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in English and U.S. courts and not attributable to a legislature.

• common law

• case law

• administrative law

• substantive criminal law

Law based on the U.S. Constitution and the constitutions of the various states.

• common law

• case law

• statutory law

• constitutional law

A court decision that furnishes an example or authority for deciding subsequent cases involving similar facts.

• actus reus

• negligence

• precedent

• stare decisis

The principle that the rules of a legal system apply equally to all persons, institutions, and entities- public and private- that make up a society.

• procedural due process

• rule of law

• substantive criminal law

• ballot initiative

A legal doctrine under which judges are obligated to follow the precedents established under prior decisions.

• corpus delicti

• M'Naghten rule

• stare decisis

• due process clause

The body of law enacted by legislative bodies.

• statutory law

• administrative law

• common law

• case law

A clause in the U.S. Constitution establishing that federal law is the “supreme law of the land” and shall prevail when in conflict with state constitutions or statutes.

• administrative law

• due process law

• mens rea

• supremacy clause