MMS Civics: Types and Sources of Law

law established based on the outcome of former court cases

• Case
• civil
• statutory
• regulations

law that deals with relationships between people (rather than relationships between people and the government)

• civil
• juvenile
• common
• military

law that focuses on interpreting the U.S. Constitution

• Constitutional
• juvenile
• common
• precedent

law that deals with crimes and the punishments for those crimes

• criminal
• civil
• military
• constitutional

law that deals with people who are under the age of 18

• juvenile
• military
• common
• regulation

laws that apply only to people in the military

• military
• statutory
• civil
• common

laws passed by Congress or a state legislature

• statutory
• common
• case
• regulation

law based on customs and prior legal decisions; used in civil cases

• common
• civil
• juvenile
• statutory

an earlier decision to a similar case

• precedent
• juvenile
• statutory
• common

A rule that a government agency makes to enforce a law

• regulations
• precendent
• case
• civil