Monday, February 10, 2014

2/10/14 Closing Question

In your own words, explain the difference between common law and positive law.

20 comments:

  1. Common laws are like norms, and positive law are man made laws

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  2. Common law is changed by the people positive law is changed by the courts

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  3. Common Law are rules. Positive Law is the opposite.

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  4. Common laws are regular laws already set in place while positive laws are laws made by something happening in society to make it

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  5. Common Law: Law is dictated by society. Law is ruled based on what happened in court cases with un-established laws.
    Positive Law: Law is put in place to stop problems from happening in the first place.

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  6. common laws are norms that are generally accepted. positive laws are the man or court made laws.

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  7. Common laws are the ones that are by society and the Positive laws are the ones where the law stops having problems. Before they even start.

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  8. Common law is a law that is just widely accepted and is seen as common knowledge. Positive law is a law that was created due to an incident and to prevent it from happening again

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  9. Positive laws are laws that are pressured into place by society itself, such as protests. Common laws are laws that are based on the decisions made in previous cases.

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  10. Common law is society's own code of conduct and general beliefs, while positive law is laws that are specifically created by a governing body to control society and prevent problems.

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  11. Positive laws are laws that are put into place itself, common law is laws that are based on decisions made in previous cases.

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  12. Common law is changed by the society and positive law is changed by the courts.

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  13. Common laws is like normal rules and regulations obvious thing and positive laws are laws that are made to make peoples everyday life better

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  14. Common law is just normal laws that every body knows while Positive laws are laws that are made for the well being of the people.

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  15. common laws is everyday use. positive law are laws to keep our community safe as a whole.

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  16. common laws is everyday use. positive law are laws to keep our community safe as a whole.

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  17. Common laws are regular laws already set in place while positive laws are laws made by something happening in society to make it is what i think the difference is

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  18. The difference between Common Law and Positive Law is that Common Law usually is made from the rules used by judges to settle people’s disputes.The Common law judges help stop problems that people have. Positive Law sets down laws before a problems start.

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  19. The difference between Common Law and Positive Law is that Common Law usually is made from the rules used by judges to settle people’s disputes.The Common law judges help stop problems that people have. Positive Law sets down laws before a problems start.

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  20. Common law is used in everyday lives. Positive law is to help society as a whole in prevention of further problems.

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