CJ 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Local Ordinance, Ex Post Facto Law, Strict Liability
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Statutory law: the written or co-defied law; the law on the books as enacted by a government body or agency having the power to make laws. Also, the science and study of the law. Substantive criminal law: the part of the law that defines crimes and specifies punishments. Procedural law: the part of the law that specifies the methods to be used in enforcing substantive law: tort: a wrongful act, damage, or injury not involving a breach of contract. Also, a private or civil wrong or injury. Precedent: a legal principle that ensures that previous judicial decisions are authoritatively considered and incorporated into future cases. Stare decisis: a legal principle that requires that in subsequent cases on similar issues of law and in fact, courts are bound by their own earlier decisions and by those of higher courts having jurisdiction over them.
