Fill up each gap with an appropriate word given below:legislatures lacking supreme force power major approved despite interest covered precedents similarly left handling judgesThe law itself comes from several sources: constitutional law, treaties, statutes, executive orders, administrative regulations, and common law. The U.S. Constitution is the 1_________ law of the land that takes precedence over any of the other categories. Each state also has a constitution that 2__________takes precedence over any state law (within its own state, of course). The federal government can enter into treaties with other countries that also have the 3___________ of law. The president negotiates these treaties, which must then be 4____________by two-thirds of the Senate. Statutes, law passed by 5__________, are the types of law most of us are likely to think of when we are asked about sources of law but sometimes the executive (president or governor) is permitted to issue regulations that have the force of law.Often, administrative agencies are given the power to make regulations that have the force of law. For example, the Federal Communications Commission has the 6___________to license broadcasters, but Congress left it to the commission to issue regulations to determine which stations best serve the public 7_________. Such decisions can mean the gain or loss of millions of dollars. As government has grown, Congress and state legislature, 8_________ the time and resources to go into every detail, have more and more 9__________ the power to make these regulations, known as administrative law, in the hands of regulatory agencies. This has been a 10__________ change in our legal system since the Constitution was first adopted.11__________ all these sources of law, situations can still arise that are not 12_________by any of them. When this occurs, it is up to 13_________ to determine the law. In doing so they turn to a body of past cases setting out rules for 14_________such problems. These rules, based on 15__________ dating back to precolonial England, are known as the common law. This means that judges not only interpret the other types of law but can also make law.
Fill up each gap with an appropriate word given below:legislatures lacking supreme force power major approved despite interest covered precedents similarly left handling judgesThe law itself comes from several sources: constitutional law, treaties, statutes, executive orders, administrative regulations, and common law. The U.S. Constitution is the 1_________ law of the land that takes precedence over any of the other categories. Each state also has a constitution that 2__________takes precedence over any state law (within its own state, of course). The federal government can enter into treaties with other countries that also have the 3___________ of law. The president negotiates these treaties, which must then be 4____________by two-thirds of the Senate. Statutes, law passed by 5__________, are the types of law most of us are likely to think of when we are asked about sources of law but sometimes the executive (president or governor) is permitted to issue regulations that have the force of law.Often, administrative agencies are given the power to make regulations that have the force of law. For example, the Federal Communications Commission has the 6___________to license broadcasters, but Congress left it to the commission to issue regulations to determine which stations best serve the public 7_________. Such decisions can mean the gain or loss of millions of dollars. As government has grown, Congress and state legislature, 8_________ the time and resources to go into every detail, have more and more 9__________ the power to make these regulations, known as administrative law, in the hands of regulatory agencies. This has been a 10__________ change in our legal system since the Constitution was first adopted.11__________ all these sources of law, situations can still arise that are not 12_________by any of them. When this occurs, it is up to 13_________ to determine the law. In doing so they turn to a body of past cases setting out rules for 14_________such problems. These rules, based on 15__________ dating back to precolonial England, are known as the common law. This means that judges not only interpret the other types of law but can also make law.
