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