Intro to Law - Laws and Their Ethical Foundations

enforceable rules of conduct in a society

• laws
• civil disobedience
• scofflaws
• fidelity bond

laws grouped into an organized form

• code
• laws
• civil disobedience
• scofflaws

laws based on the current standards or customs of the people

• common law
• code
• laws
• civil disobedience

law based on a central authority or dictated from above

• positive law
• common law
• code
• laws

basic fairness

• equity
• positive law
• common law
• code

an order not to do something

• injunction
• equity
• positive law
• common law

a document that sets forth the framework of a government and its relationship to the people it governs

• constitution
• injunction
• equity
• positive law

when constitutions are adopted or amended, or when courts interpret constitutions

• constitutional law
• constitution
• injunction
• equity

state and federal legislatures enacted laws

• statutes
• constitutional law
• constitution
• injunction

laws set by the town or city council that are effective only within the boundary of the local government

• ordinances
• statutes
• constitutional law
• constitution