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| What are the Sources of American Law? |
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Constitutional Law
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Statutory Law
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Administrative Law
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Case Law and Common Law Doctrine |
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| What is Constitutional Law? |
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| The law as expressed in the US Constitution and the various state constitutions. |
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| Laws or ordinances created by federal, and local legislatures and governing bodies. |
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| What is the supreme law of the land in America? |
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| Where are State Constitutions supreme? |
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| What when adopted by a state legislature becomes statutory law? |
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| What is Administrative Law? |
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| The rules,orders, and decisions of federal or state government administrative agencies. |
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| What are Case Law and Common Law Doctrines? |
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| Judge-Made Law, including interpretations of constitutional provisions, of statutes enacted by legislatures, and of regulations created by administrative agencies. |
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| What do Case Law and Common Law Doctrines govern? |
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| All areas not covered by statutory law or administrative law. |
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