| A | B |
|---|
| Doctrine requiring lower courts to adhere to existing case law in making decision | stare decisis |
| group of laws defining the methods for enforcing legal rights and duties | procedural law |
| enforceable rules of conduct in a society | laws |
| law based on the customs of a group of people | common law |
| ordinance | legislative enactment by a city |
| group of laws defining and setting punishments for offenses against society | criminal law |
| an open peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice | civil disobedience |
| power of a court to decide a case | jurisdiction |
| law enacted by state legislatures or federal legislatures | statute |
| law made when an appellate court endorses a rule to be used in deciding court cases | case law |
| the practice of deciding what is right or wrong in a reasoned impartial manner | ethics |
| document that sets forth the framework of a government and its relationship to the people it governs | constitution |
| group of laws that make up wrongs against individual persons | civil law |
| laws grouped into an organized form | code |
| fairness | equity |
| law dictated from above | positive law |
| laws that apply to business transactions | business law |
| defines legal rights and duties | substantive law |
