Types and Sources of law

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Highest court in the state or country.

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Supreme Court

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Designed to prevent people from deliberately hurting each other or each other's property.

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criminal

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Codes established during Babylonian times whose principles were punishments that equaled the crimes. Example: eye for an eye

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Hammurabi's Code

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What is it called when "no one is above the law"?

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rule of law

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Which kind of law allows a person to sue (for compensation) when disputes between individuals occur?

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civil law

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what are the three levels of government?

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federal, state and local

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One of the earliest known legal systems and known for its famous "eye for an eye"?

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Code of Hammurabi

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legislation means

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law

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If found guilty of a crime, a judge imposes a _________________

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sentence

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We the people expect that laws are fair and equal.

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True