Positive law is law that is recorded by a legislature, court, or other human institution and is bound only to the authority of its authors, where ____________ is the concept that there is certain pre-existing, and immutable laws that form the basis of morality and human conduct.
The _________________ law, is law developed by courts and prior case precedent and is not created by law-making entities.
In the federal court system, the lowest tier court where evidence is generally introduced during the fact-finding stage of a lawsuit is called the ___________________ court.
In the Federal system, if a case is appealed, it is first appealed to the corresponding court of _________ in the respective judicial circuit.
There are (#) __ regional judicial circuits in total in the United States federal appellate system.
The state court systems generally follow a similar format of the federal courts in that there will be a trial court, appellate court, and state supreme court. If a party wishes to appeal a state supreme court decision it may petition the United States Supreme Court by filing a
In order for a Court to exercise authority over someone, the Court must first have:
Powers not specifically enumerated to the federal government in the Constitution are generally understood to be reserved to the States:
When federal laws are passed that are typically so sweeping in their impact of a particular field or area of law or requires such uniformity of regulation, but fails to expressly state that it is occupying the specific field or area of law, this type of preemption is called
What are the three branches of government in the order they appear in the