Sources and Types of Law

law that deals with relationships between people (rather than relationships between people and the government)

• constitutional law

• civil law

• military law

• juvenile

a written code of rules that guided the ancient society of Babylon; dates back to 1772 B.C.

• Code of Hammurabi

• common law

• criminal law

• civil law

law based on customs and prior legal decisions; used in civil cases

• juvenile law

• case law

• common law

• military law

law that focuses on interpreting the U.S. Constitution

• civil law

• constitutional law

• common law

• military law

law that deals with crimes and the punishments for those crimes

• criminal law

• constitutional

• civil law

• military

law that deals with people who are under the age of 18

• military law

• regulation

• juvenile law

• case law

a government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility; written by the English nobles in 1215

• statutory law

• Magna Carta

• common law

• juvenile law

laws that apply only to people in the military

• constitutional

• juvenile law

• military law

• civil law

a rule that a government agency makes to enforce a law

• regulation

• criminal law

• Code of Hammurabi

• statutory law

a main reference or point of origin

• juvenile law

• source

• regulation

• military law