Slides

1. POL 375 / SOC 400
Fall 2018

5.  Promote Security
 Provide Order and Predictability
 Method of Dispute Resolution
 Provide for General Welfare of Society
 Reflect/Enforce Conformity in Society
 Protect Individual Liberties

7.  Influence of common law tradition
 Use of Discretion; SentencingGuidelines
 Adversarial Environment
 Trial by Jury
 Appeals Process

9. SUBSTANTIVE LAW
 Actions we can and cannot
legally perform under law
PROCEDURAL LAW
 Establishes procedures
used to conduct the law

10. CRIMINAL LAW
 Crimes against State that
harm/endanger citizens.
 Divided into felonies and
misdemeanors
CIVIL LAW
 Regulate interactions
between individuals
 Examples:
 Defacing property
 Causing physical harm
 Breaking contract

11.  Statutory Law
 Laws made by federal or state legislatures
 Administrative Law
 Laws established by bureaucracy
 Constitutional Law
 Rulings and laws on U.S. Constitution