Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• List the characteristics of effective law
• Define the difference between procedural and substantive justice
• Describe the elements of fairness
• Explain the major forum for dispute resolution within the legal system
• Identify the difference between civil and criminal law
• List some of the parts that civil law can be divided into
• Explain the three ways in which the law is changed or made
• Describe why law changes as society changed
• List factors that cause changes in the law
• Identify the consequences of judges making law
• Outline the types, principles, and requirements of precedence
• Explain the differences and similarities between parliaments and courts