A system of rules of conduct established by a countries government to maintain stability and justice.

A country's formal document that spells out the principles by which its government operates.

Constitutional Law is

A set of laws made by court decisions and carried forward that provide a set of consistent rules that later courts must follow.

Laws passed by a government body that has been made for the purpose of creating laws.

A body of rules created by government agencies

The rule established by a previous court case that is used in deciding later cases

A latin term meaning let the decision stand.

These courts have original jurisdiction over most federal civil and criminal cases

The Supreme Court is

A courts power to hear a case and make a judgment.

Apply to a higher court to reserve a decision made by a lower court.

A juvenile is what age?

The law that governs the relationship between two individual parties.

Bringing a civil lawsuit is called ...

The person bringing the case in a civil case.

The person being accused in a civil or criminal case.

An alternative to a lawsuit in which the parties invite an unbiased third party to help the solve the dispute, yet the final decision rests in the hands of the parties.

An alternative to a lawsuit in which the parties give the power to settle the dispute to an unbiased third party.

Cases involving young people under the age of 18 are handled by which type of court?