How Do We Make Our Laws?

- How do we make our laws?

• Laws is made by the interacts of our behavior; we can vote to create our laws; not only vote, but also made by our court intemperate our laws

- Law system has two parts. The criminal laws and civil laws. The function of criminal law is to regulate our behaviors. Civil laws help to protect the right we have.

- Different type of court system.

• England has church courts and state courts.

• These courts overlapped. Federal courts will have the similar cases of state courts.

Exp. Federal courts deal with bankruptcy, privacy (copyright), vasa issue…

- The same court handles both criminal and civil cases; same judge will also do both criminal and civil cases.

- We have multiple court systems

- In united state, you are a curious of criminal

- Criminal laws

• First: guilty beyond the doubt or not

• Second: function of court is to get an answer (punish or not).

- Arbitration is alternative to the court system.

• Get an answer and it is the final, also give up lots things.

- The burden of persuasion. Who must prove their version of rights, the government is charging you. Government should prove you are innocent.

- The burden of proves. The standard of the burden of persuasion must be meet. Criminal cases in this ways are higher.

- Beyond the reasonable doubt. Someone maybe 80%-95%

Property law

- The right to real estate.

- Two kinds of property law

• Real property: types of contract