CCJ 2020 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Inchoate Offense, Mandatory Sentencing, Sixth Amendment To The United States Constitution
24 May 2017
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What is a law the system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties. why do we need laws. We need laws to uphold fairness, and to prevent victimization statutory law. Written law, cotified law ; enacted by legislature, policy makers and elected officials common law. Unwritten historical precedents that are created from everyday customs rules and regulations ; typically not enforced anymore case law. Rules and regulations that define certain behaviors as criminal and defines the punishment ex: taking someone life on purpose is criminal law, but taking someone life because your life feels threatened is not procedural. Regulations on police officers in the court system administrative. Governs relationships between industries, tax violations, immigration cases, large scale organizations civil. Governs the relationships between people, and between people and businesses, divorces, child custody. felonies. Among the most serious offense, person to person,
