Local governments pass laws known as _________, or regulations.

This is a nickname for part of Article VI of the Constitution, which says "the Constitution and the Laws of the United States...shall be the supreme law of the land."

Legislatures and other lawmaking bodies introduce legislation in the form of _______.

When a judge wants to determine what the legislature intended when it created a law, he/she searches for ______________ ___________.

When drafting a bill, it is helpful to ask all of the following questions EXCEPT:

Referred to as "hidden lawmakers", these administrative bodies develop rules and regulations that influence many parts of our daily lives and have the force of law:

Although agency "rules and regs" become law without being voted on, agencies usually hold _________ ___________ before issuing proposed regulations.

Think about courtroom scenes you have watched on television. These courts were conducted using _________.

A person who loses at trial can sometimes appeal their case to a higher court. The higher tribunals are called __________ courts.

When an appeals court decides a case, it issues a written opinion that sets a ____________ for similar cases in the future.

A ___________ is an agreement or contract between countries.

The process by which one country asks another to surrender a suspected or convicted criminal is called _______________.

Examples of real federal agencies include all of the following EXCEPT:

The sources of law in Louisiana are legislation and custom. If no rule for the situation can be determined from legislation and custom, the court must proceed according to ___________ (fairness/justice).