Chapter 1 - Edmonson County Schools
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CHAPTER
Laws and
Their Ethical Foundation
1-1 Laws and Legal Systems
1-2 Types of Laws
1-3 Ethical Bases for Laws
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1-1 Laws and Legal Systems
GOALS
Explain the stages in the growth of law
Describe the differences between
common law and positive law
Identify the origin of the U.S. legal
system
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Make a list of rules the school enforces.
Make a second list of rules you must live by
in your families.
How do these rules affect your life?
Which rules would you like to change? Why?
How would the changes affect you, your
family, or school?
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WHAT IS LAW?
Stages in the growth of law
Common law versus positive law
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How does common law differ from
positive law?
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WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE
U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM?
English common law
King’s Bench
Jury
An example
Advantages of English common law
Equity: An alternative to common law
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On which early legal system is the
U.S. legal system based?
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1-2 Types of Laws
GOALS
Identify the four sources of law
Discuss how to resolve conflicts
between different sources of laws
Compare and contrast criminal and civil
law, and substantive and procedural
law
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What is law?
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WHAT ARE THE SOURCES
OF LAW?
Constitutions
Statutes
Case law
Administrative regulations
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What are the four sources of law?
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LAWS
CONFLICT?
Constitutions and validity
Statutes and validity
Administrative regulations and validity
Case law and validity
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Which source of law in the United
States is the highest authority?
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WHAT ARE THE MAIN
TYPES OF LAWS?
Civil and criminal laws
Procedural and substantive laws
Business law
Uniform business laws
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Compare and contrast criminal
and civil law and substantive and
procedural law.
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TYPES OF LAW
Constitutional law
Based on constitutions
Statutes
Enacted by legislative bodies
Administrative law
Rulings by administrative agencies
Civil law
Addresses wrongs done to individuals
Criminal law
Addresses wrongs done to society
Procedural law
Deals with methods of enforcing legal rights
and duties
Substantive law
Defines legal rights and duties
Business law
Rules that apply to business transactions
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1-3 Ethical Bases for Laws
GOALS
Define ethics
Compare and contrast ethics based on
consequences with ethics based on
systems of rules
Discuss ways in which ethics are
reflected in laws
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What does ethics mean?
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ETHICS AND THE LAW
Basic forms of ethical reasoning
Consequences-based ethical reasoning
Rule-based ethical reasoning
Ethics reflected in laws
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In the U.S. system of democracy,
how are ethics reflected in laws?
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