POLS 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: William Marbury, Fraternities And Sororities
31 Jan 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Something that is binding and has sanctions attached to it. Constitution law - state and federal levels, at the local level there are no constitutions, but there are charters for municipalities and local governments: philadelphia has a charter. Statutory law - laws passed by a legislative body like congress (national level), various houses like senators, ex except nebraska (state level) Regulations - force of law, issued by the executive - but they are held under constitutional or statute authority. Treaty law - executive agreements, international common law. Common law - usually only in english-speaking countries, is law made by judges. Court decisions - also have force of law. Private law - if you are in a church group, sorority, school , or customary law where you know what the rules are even if they are not written. In this course we are focusing on constitutional law, made in effect by judges and courts.
