Five Sources of Law and Their Significance and Types of Crime: Inchoate Crimes, Crimes against Persons, Crimes against Property

Five Sources of Law and Their Significance and Types of Crime: Inchoate Crimes, Crimes against Persons, Crimes against Property
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Five Sources of Law and Their Significance and Types of Crime: Inchoate Crimes, Crimes against Persons, Crimes against Property
Law is the system of rules and regulations that a specific country recognizes in regulating the actions of its citizens (World Bank Group, 2017). Violation of laws can lead to government actions such as fines and imprisonment. Moreover, violation of laws can result in private actions such as legal judgment against the offender in case of causing physical or mental harm to the defendant by an action which is prohibited by the law (Bora Laskin Law Library, 2016). They are various sources of law that include constitutions. Constitutions in each country define the organization of governments and their responsibilities. Constitution acts as the blueprint of every government, and everything that the government does must be consistent with it (World Bank Group, 2017). If the government undertakes any action which is against the constitution, the act is termed as unconstitutional.
Secondly, statutes are other sources of law. Statutes are always created by elected officials, such as local legislatures (Bora Laskin Law Library, 2016). Courts are still required to apply the statues. However, if the statutes are unavailable, they must defer to common laws or case laws. Statutes are written laws that are enacted in various ways. Statues can be written and voted into law by the legislative branch of government (World Bank Group, 2017).
On the other hand, citizens of a particular state can vote for the written statues into law. Thirdly, laws are created from administrative law. Administrative law refers to the regulations or rules that are generated by regulatory agencies. The legislature creates the governmental agencies through enabling statutes. An example of an administrative agency is The Food and Drug Administration (Bora Laskin Law Library, 2016). The agency is responsible for regulating the food and drug products manufactured and sold in the United States markets. Moreover, administrative agencies are one of the significant parts of the executive branch, and their primary function is the administration of the government functions (World Bank Group, 2017). This source of law is essential in every nation since it deals with health, safety, and welfare issues. Violations of these issues lead to severe punishment and significant penalties.
Fourthly, court rules are another source of law (World Bank Group, 2017). Highest Courts are involved in the establishment of land and legislative laws. Moreover, they create rules for both civil and criminal procedures, which are used in the court management processes. The established rules by the judges of the highest courts become case law. Case laws create a uniform system of code that is used to judge all the cases issued to the court. Fifthly, some rules are generated from international treaties (Bora Laskin Law Library, 2016).
International treaties are legally binding agreements signed between two nations or states. These laws are made by regional ...