midterm study guide
legislative power gives the ability to create new laws. power is given in article 1 judicial power gives the right to interpret laws and determine their validity. power given in Article 3 executive power is the authority to enforce laws power is given in Article 2 statues - laws on various subjects precedent - when courts decide a case, they tend to apply the legal rules that other courts have used in similar cases the principle that precedent is binding on later cases is called stare decisis, which means let the decision stand only applies to lower courts court orders - judges have the authority to issue court orders that place binding obligations on specific people or companies ethics - how people should behave ethics decision - the sense of right and wrong life principles - the rules by which you live your life Steps to Litigation Civil lawsuits arise out of disputes between people, b...