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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 ||
 * **Important Terms for this Lesson:**

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