1. Welcome C&E Students!!!
Grab your handouts and settle into your new group
Roll Call Question: would you rather have lived in ancient Greece or in ancient Egypt?

2. 4.1 Types of Laws

3. I. Types of Law
A. Constitutional Law – (Judicial Branch) highest form of law. Based on the constitution and Judicial interpretation
B. Statutory Law- (Legislative Branch) Laws created and passed by lawmakers of all levels
1. Statutes – laws that apply to the entire country or state
2. Ordinances – laws that apply to a city or county

4. C. Administrative/Regulatory Law – (Executive Branch) rules and regulations passed by the executive officers at all levels
1. Agencies in the Federal Bureaucracy make laws for the good of the people
a. FDA – regulates food, pharmaceuticals and medical devices
b. FCC – regulates communications by radio, TV, satellite and cable
c. CDC – regulates health and safety
d. EPA – regulates environmental safety

5. D. Common Law – cases bound by precedent (looking at similar cases and following an earlier ruling)

6. E. Criminal Law – laws that try to prevent people from deliberately or recklessly harming one another or another’s property
1. can be found at all levels of government (federal, state, local)

7. Federalism- Quickly draw this chart in your notes… can you fill it in
Federalism- Quickly draw this chart in your notes… can you fill it in? This is a Unit 2 throwback!
Branch
National
State
Local
Legislative
Executive
Judicial

8. Federalism Branch National State Local Legislative Congress
NC General Assembly
City Council
Executive
President
Governor
Mayor
Judicial
Supreme Court
NC Supreme Court
Superior and district Courts

9. 2. Its an adversarial system meaning that there are two opposing sides:
a. Prosecution – always the government, they are the group accusing another party for committing a crime
b. Defendant – the individual or group accused of a crime

10. With the person next to you, take 3 minutes to figure out which crimes are handled by the state and which the federal government.
A. Murder
B. Fraud (Mail, Bank, Wire)
C. Child Pornography
D. Arson
E. Assault
F. DUI
G. Tax Evasion
H. Domestic Abuse
I. Kidnapping
J. Drug Trafficking (across borders)
K. Rape
L. Robbery/theft
M. Organized Crime
N. Terrorism
O. Possession of Controlled substance/Drug Sales
P. Public Corruption
Q. Vandalism

11. How many did you get correct? Do any of these surprise you? Why?
Federal
State
B – Fraud
C – Child Pornography
G – Tax Evasion
I - Kidnapping
J – Drug Trafficking
M – Organized Crime
N - Terrorism
P – Public Corruption
A - Murder
D - Arson
E – Assault
F - DUI
H – Domestic Abuse
K - Rape
L – Robbery Theft
O - Possession of Controlled substance/Drug Sales
Q - Vandalism