MANAGMNT 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Precedent, Massachusetts District Court, Boston Municipal Court
19 Sep 2016
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Sources of law: united states constitution, all other laws must conform to the us constitution, state constitutions, within any particular state, the laws must conform to both the. Us constitution and the state constitution: in massachusetts, out constitution is called the declaration of. Rights: john adams was instrumental in the drafting of our state constitution. Federalism: federal government, state governments, local governments (county, municipality, federal authority, state authority, concurrent authority. Massachusetts statute: law passed by legislatures are given special deference because the legislature is democratically elected, they re our representatives who are supposed to put out will into effects. Judiciary state courts in massachusetts: supreme judicial court (sjc, massachusetts court of appeals/massachusetts appeals court, superior court or district court (these are the trial courts, massachusetts court system, trial courts boston municipal court department, district court. Department, land court department, probate & family court.
