| A | B |
|---|
| Rules created and enforced by governments | Laws |
| Beliefs about what is fair and what is right or wrong | Morals |
| Breaking the law in a nonviolent way because it goes against personal morals | Civil Disobedience |
| Laws written by a legislatrue | Statues |
| Body of law based on Judge's decisions | Common Law |
| Organized, written collection of laws | Legal Code |
| Guidlines for how similar cases should be decided in the future | Precedents |
| Local laws | Ordinances |
| Behavior that is illegal because the government considers it harmful to society | Crime |
| Group of laws that determine which acts are crimes, how to be tried in court, and how crimes should be punished | Criminal Law |
| Crime where the penalty can be imprisonment for up to a year | Felony |
| a crime where the penalty is often a fine or less than a year imprisonment | Misdemeanor |
| Group of laws that settle a disagreement between people | Civil Law |
