MATCHING:

COLUMN 1
1. U. S. Constitution
2. English Bill of Rights
3. U.S. Bill of Rights
4. Treaties
5. Napoleonic Code
6. Codified Laws
7. Regulations
8. Model Penal Code and Commentaries
9. Executive Orders
10. Judicial Decisions

COLUMN 2
a. Orders given by the president of governors that have the weight of law within the operation of the federal or state executive branch.
b. Laws passed by the U.S. Congress or state legislatures.
c. Code that attempts to unify state penal codes.
d. Precursor to the U.S. Bill of Rights, it guarantees due process and bars cruel and unusual punishments
e. Rules issued by a municipal, county, state or federal agency authorized by a statute.
f. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
g. The French System of Laws developed by Napoleon I.
h. Rulings courts make interpreting codified laws and regulations.
i. Agreements with foreign governments ratified by the U.S. Senate.
j. The document upon which the U.S. government is based.


1. j. The document upon which the U.S. government is based.
2. d. Precursor to the U.S. Bill of Rights, it guarantees due process and bars cruel and unusual punishments
3. f. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
4. i. Agreements with foreign governments ratified by the U.S. Senate.
5. g. The French System of Laws developed by Napoleon I.
6. b. Laws passed by the U.S. Congress or state legislatures.
7. e. Rules issued by a municipal, county, state or federal agency authorized by a statute.
8. c. Code that attempts to unify state penal codes.
9. a. Orders given by the president of governors that have the weight of law within the operation of the federal or state executive branch.
10. h. Rulings courts make interpreting codified laws and regulations.

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