33:140:320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: English Law, Critical Legal Studies, Bicameralism

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1. 1 every society makes and enforces laws that govern and regulate the conduct of the. Law: body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority, and having binding legal force. That is why they are made (cid:448)ague a(cid:374)d (cid:448)a(cid:396)ia(cid:271)le. E(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: the (cid:862)sepa(cid:396)ate (cid:271)ut e(cid:395)ual(cid:863) doctrine made for african. Americans that was decided in the case of plessy v. ferguson was later considered unconstitutional during in brown v. board of education supreme court case. The law is often described by the function it serves in a society. 1. 2 jurisprudence: the philosophy or science of the law. 1. 3 the english system of law was the foundation from which american judges developed a common law in america. English common law: law developed by judges who issued their opinions when deciding cases and whose principles from those previous cases would be followed by judges deciding on similar future cases (idea of precedent). This has its roots in the northern conquest in 1077.

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