1. CHAPTER 1 Laws and Their Ethical Foundation
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CHAPTER 1 Laws and Their Ethical Foundation
1-1 Laws and Legal Systems
1-2 Types of Laws
1-3 Ethical Bases for Laws

2. 1-2 Types of Laws GOALS Identify the four sources of law
Discuss how to resolve conflicts between different sources of laws
Compare and contrast criminal and civil law, and substantive and procedural law
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3. WHAT’S YOUR VERDICT
Bolyston was steering her Your 18 wheeler down a steep hill
Verdict? in the outside lane of west- bound I– 44. Gradually her speed built up to over 85 mph. On the right-angled curve at the bottom of the hill, the truck’s speed carried it into the inside lane where it side-swiped JJ’s car and forced it into a guard rail.
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4. WHAT’S YOUR VERDICT
JJ lost control and his car veered across both eastbound lanes and into a concrete barrier. Thanks to a seat belt, an air bag, and quick avoidance by other traffic, JJ’s injuries were minor, but his car was demolished.
Did Bolyston violate civil law or criminal law or both?
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5. FOCUS
What is law?
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6. FOCUS
What is law?
A body of rules of conduct of binding legal force and effect, prescribed, recognized, and enforced by controlling authority.
If a rule is broken, the person will be subjected to criminal punishment or civil liability.
Laws in the United States are made by federal, state, and local legislatures, judges, the president, state governors, and administrative agencies.
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7. WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF LAW?
Constitutions
Statutes
Case law
Administrative regulations
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8. What are the four sources of law?
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9. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LAWS CONFLICT?
Constitutions and validity
Statutes and validity
Administrative regulations and validity
Case law and validity
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10. Which source of law in the United States is the highest authority?
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11. WHAT ARE THE MAIN TYPES OF LAWS?
Civil and criminal laws
Procedural and substantive laws
Business law
Uniform business laws
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12. TYPES OF LAW Constitutional law Based on constitutions Statutes
Enacted by legislative bodies
Administrative law
Rulings by administrative agencies
Civil law
Addresses wrongs done to individuals
Criminal law
Addresses wrongs done to society
Procedural law
Deals with methods of enforcing legal rights and duties
Substantive law
Defines legal rights and duties
Business law
Rules that apply to business transactions
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13. Compare and contrast criminal and civil law and substantive and procedural law.
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14. Online Activity: https://www.aclu.org
Type "civil disobedience" into the Search box on the ACLU web site. Choose one of the articles. Read it and note the context in which the term is used. Prepare a one-minute presentation explaining the article. Break into small groups and present your article. As a group, make a list of the issues which civil disobedience was used to protest.
Then, present your group findings to the class.
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15. 1-3 Ethical Bases for Laws
GOALS
Define ethics
Compare and contrast ethics based on consequences with ethics based on systems of rules
Discuss ways in which ethics are reflected in laws
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16. FOCUS
What does ethics mean?
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17. ETHICS AND THE LAW Basic forms of ethical reasoning
Consequences-based ethical reasoning
Rule-based ethical reasoning
Ethics reflected in laws
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18. In the U.S. system of democracy, how are ethics reflected in laws?
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In the U.S. system of democracy, how are ethics reflected in laws?
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