1.2: Sources of Law: Legislative, Regulatory, Common, and Civil
Read this section, which focuses on several critical questions: What are the differences between social norms, customs, and law? What law is public and what law is private? How can you distinguish between substantive law and procedural law? Be sure to do the exercises at the end of the section.
Watch this video to get a sense of the legislative process and how a bill makes it through Congress to become law. Note the important role played by the executive in making law in the United States.