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 * Lesson 1 - Laws and the Legal System**

• Laws - enforceable rules of conduct in a society • Code - laws grouped into an organized form • Common law - usually is formed from the rules used by judges to settle people’s disputes • Positive law - law dictated by a sovereign or other central authority to prevent disputes and wrongs from occurring in the first place • Jurisdiction - the power to decide a case • Equity - fairness • Injunction - a remedy of the English Courts of Equity • Legal recourse - legal alternatives available to a citizen || Read THIS ARTICLE to discover (in plain English) the differences between common law and civil law
 * **Important Terms for this Lesson:**
 * (not an exhaustive list)**
 * Common Law v Civil Law**

Click on the link below and read the summary of the Act. What do you see as potential problems with the bill? What rights does the bill put in jeopardy, if any? The Family and Privacy Security Act of 2002
 * Research About Law (page 11)**

Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corporation - See Page 17 in the student text.
 * Case Study**