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Understanding the Foundations of Law and Types of Laws for Civics & Economics Exam, Slides of Management Fundamentals

An overview of the foundational legal codes and types of laws essential for students preparing for the civics & economics end-of-course (eoc) exam. Topics include the code of hammurabi, ten commandments, justinian codes, common law, criminal law, civil law, constitutional law, administrative law, statutory law, and international law. Additionally, it covers the creation of laws, lobbying procedures, and consequences of breaking the law.

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What every student should know to pass the Civics & Economics EOC Goal 6

Goal

The learner will explain why laws are needed and how they are enacted, implemented, and enforced at the national, state, and local levels.

Types of Laws

Common

law

a body of law based on judges’ decisions

Criminal

law

the group of laws that tell which acts are crimes, how accused persons should be tried in court, and how crimes should be punished

Civil

law

the group of laws that help settle disagreements between people

Types

of

Laws

Constitutional law

    a body of statutory and case law based on, concerns, or interprets a constitution - Administrative law - - the body of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions created by administrative agencies of government - Statutory law - - the body of laws created by legislative statutes - International law - - the body of rules that nations generally recognize as binding in their conduct toward one another.

Lobbying

Procedures

Interest groups work to convince senators and representatives to support bills that help their members and to oppose bill that hurt them. This is done by hiring lobbyists, people who represent interest groups.

Mass Media

Newspapers, motion pictures, radio, television, and magazines, all of which have the technical capacity to deliver information to millions of people.