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1. What are the two basic categories of laws?
Criminal law and civil law.
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The group of laws that define what acts are crimes.
2. What is criminal law? The group of laws that define what acts are crimes.
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The group of laws that refer to disputes between people.
3. What is civil law? The group of laws that refer to disputes between people.
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4. How do both laws limit and guarantee freedom?
They do not give people freedom to act in ways that would hurt other people’s freedom.
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5. How are common law and constitutional law similar?
Both depend on courts and judges’ decisions.
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6. How are statutory law and administrative law different?
Statutory laws is passed by lawmaking bodies while administrative law is created by government agencies.
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7. What are five sources of law?
Statutory law, common law, administrative law, military law, constitutional law.
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