1. Intro to Law
The Basics

2. Review questions What is a law? Who decides what is a law?
the system of rules that a community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
A set of rules that tells you how to act and not act
Who decides what is a law?
2 types of law: statutory (written by legislators) and case law (decided by judges)

3. What is the law in the picture?
For the chart:
1. What is the law in the pic?
2. Is it a civil or criminal law? (criminal=jail time, civil=money)
3. What is the purpose of the law? Or Who/what is it protecting or protecting against?
(morality, safety, protect property, fairness, public health, order and stability, protect human rights/minority rights).