BLAW 3201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Precedent, United States Code, Vincent Van Gogh
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Definition of law: a set of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and relationships between individuals and their society. Establishes rights, duties and privileges that are consistent with the values and beliefs of their society or its ruling group. Breach to violate a law, by an act or omission, or to break a legal obligation that one owes to another person or to society. Ethics the study of what constitutes right or wrong behavior. Primary sources of law sources that establish the law. Secondary sources of law books and articles that summarize and clarify the primary sources of law. The federal government and the states have separate written constitutions that set forth the general organization, powers and limits of their respective governments. The u. s. constitution is the supreme law of the land. A law in violation of the constitution will be declared unconstitutional and will not be enforced no matter what its source.
