Unit 8 Vocabulary

law established based on the outcome of former court cases

• Case Law

• Military Law

• Constitutional Law

• Juvenile Law

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

• Case Law

• Common Law

• Constitutional Law

• Military Law

law that focuses on interpreting the U.S. Constitution

• Common Law

• Civil Law

• Constitutional Law

• Criminal Law

laws passed by Congress or a state legislature

• Constitutional Law

• Common Law

• Criminal Law

• Statutory Law

law that deals with relationships between people

• Common Law

• Statutory Law

• Criminal Law

• Civil Law

law that deals with crimes and their punishments

• Military Law

• Criminal Law

• Statutory Law

• Case Law

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

• Civil Law

• Common Law

• Juvenile Law

• Military Law

laws that apply only to people in the military

• Case Law

• Common Law

• Statutory Law

• Military Law

the idea that everyone must follow laws; no one is above the law

• Case Law

• Military Law

• Rule of Law

• Common Law

a written code of rules that guided the ancient society of Babylon

• Juvenile Law

• Code of Hammurabi

• Prosecute

• Rule of Law