Sources and Types of Law Study

Which type of law is used to help solve disputes between people.

• civil

• constitutional

• criminal

• military

(a) Any member of the armed forces who–  (1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently . . . is guilty of desertion.     

What is the source of this law? 

•  statutory law
• common law
• administrative law 
• military law

Consider this situation: A man enters an electronics store and points a gun at the store clerk. He demands all of the cash in the register and flees the scene with $3600. What type of law has been violated? 

• criminal law
• military law 
• common law 
• civil law

“School group wins the right to protest in front of city hall” (The Right to Peacefully Assemble)

• Criminal Law

• Civil Law

• Constitutional Law

• Military Law

Mary was pulled over by the police at 2:00 am and charged with breaking the CURFEW law...

• Military Law

• Juvenile Law

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

The Code of Hammurabi (1772 BC) includes laws focusing on contracts. What type of U.S. law is based on the Code of Hammurabi?

(A Persons Eye for another Persons Eye.)

• Civil

• Constituational

• Criminal

• Military

Which situation would most likely lead to a civil case?

• A person robs another person at gunpoint.

• A person is caught breaking into a house.

• A person breaks a leg at a friend’s house.

• A person fails to stop at a red light.

Rules or Laws that are created through the outcome of former cases.

• Common Law

• Regulations

• Case Law

• Statutory Law

Law that is assumed based on previous legal decisions.

• Case Law

• Common Law

• Regulations

• Statutory Law

Laws passed by Congress or state legislatures, like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, are ___________________ laws.

• statutory

• common

• civil

• constitutional