Public law: includes those laws enacted by some authorized

governmental body, state and federal constitutions and

statues are examples.
Private law: is developed between two individuals.
Criminal law: is a wrong against society. (Run a red light |
fine or imprisonment.)
Civil law: is a wrong against another person, or persons.
(Drive intoxicated |fine, jail or license suspension)
Substantive law: are those that give rights and
responsibilities.
Procedural law: provides the means for enforcing
substantive rights.
Common law: stare decisis let the decision stand
Statutory law: is passed by some governmental body and
written in some form.
Injunctions: prohibiting certain conduct or ordering certain
acts.
Purposes of law: keeping order, influencing conduct,
honoring expectations, promoting equity, law as the great
compromiser.
Characteristics of law: flexibility, consistency, pervasiveness.
Jurisprudence: wisdom of the law.
Sources of law: constitutional law, statutory law at the
federal level, statutory law at the state level, local laws of
cities, counties and townships, private law, courts decisions.
Bilateral treaties: treaties between two nations.
Multinational treaties: among several nations.
Universal treaties: treaties recognized by most of the
nations.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR): offers parties
alternative means of resolving their differences outside
actual courtroom litigation and the costly preparation for it.
Types of alternative dispute resolutions:
Arbitration: is the oldest ADR | hearing with relaxed rules of
evidence.
Mediation: both parties meet with a neutral mediator who
listens to each side explains its position. |third party acts as
go-between.
MedArb: mediation arbitration. |combination of mediation
and arbitration.
Actus rea: Physical action that makes a man guilty of a crime.
|Latin term for the criminal act or conduct required for proof
of a crime.
Mens rea: a crime implies some voluntary action. |mental
intent or state of mind necessary for the commission of a
crime.
20 points question: International Chamber of commerce.
Mediation: false
Commerce clause: provision of the U.S. constitution
controlling the regulation of intrastate, interstate, and
foreign commerce and delineating authority fir such
regulation.
Sovereign immunity: doctrine that provides that courts in
one country are that countrys law and cannot be reversed
by decisions so courts in other countries; for example, a US.
Court cannot reverse a finding of not guilty by a court in
Germany.
Grease payments: payments to any foreign official for
facilitation; often referred to as grease payments are not
prohibited.
Can be for obtaining: Official documents, processing
governmental papers, providing police protection, providing
phone service, power and water supply.