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Definitions for various legal terms and concepts, including jurisprudence, natural law, positive law, legal positivism, historical school, legal realism, sociological school, primary source of law, secondary source of law, constitutional law, statutory law, citation, ordinance, uniform law, and administrative law.
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Body of enforceable rules. TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 science of philosophy of law. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 belief that gov. and legal system should be ethical. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Body of conventional, or written, law of a particular society at a particular point in time. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 A school of legal thought centered on the assumption that there is not law higher than the laws created by a national government.
A school of legal thought that emphasizes the evolutionary process of law and looks to the past to discover what the principles of contemporary law should be. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 A school of legal thought of the 1920s and 1930s that generally advocated a less abstract and more realistic approach to the law. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 A school of legal thought that views the law as a tool for promoting justice in society. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 A document that estabilshes the law on a particular issue, such as a constitution, a statute, and administrative rule, or a court decision. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 A publication that summarizes or interprets the law, such as a legal encyclopedia, a legal treatise, or an article in a law review.
The body of law created by administrative agencies (in the form of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions) in order to carry out their duties and responsibilities. TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 A federal or state government agency established to perform a specific function.
