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Name three influences on Law.
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Social, Cultural, Moral.
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What is the purpose of public law?
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To govern the relationship between each citizen and government.
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What is the purpose of private law?
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To govern the relationship between citizen and citizen.
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Rules
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A set of guidelines constructed to keep order (and safety).
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Right
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Something to which a person is entitled.
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Justice
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Relates to the ideas of equality and fairness.
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Equality
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Everyone is treated equally in the eyes of the law.
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Anarchy
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A state of lawlessness.
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Law
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A set of rules that are binding on the whole community, are enforceable and are officially recognised.
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Custom
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A type of behaviour that has emerged over time and is followed by a group by mutual consent.
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Culture
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The shared knowledge, thinking and behaviour that gives a group its distinctive way of life - beliefs, customs, values, arts, technology and history.
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Values
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Principles or attitudes that we hold as important.
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Duty
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Something that a person is required to do or stop doing.
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Fairness
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Laws relate equally to everyone.
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Ethics
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A group of moral beliefs governing behaviour - concerned with what we ought to do, what is right, etc.
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