Week One, Question One:
What are the differences between substantive law, procedural law, criminal law, civil law, common law, and statutory law? Provide examples of each. What U.S. Constitution amendments were implemented to protect the rights of businesses and organizations?

Substantive Law: The body of substantive law includes things like defining crimes and prescribing appropriate punishments or providing sentencing guidelines which can be used when determining how someone should be sentenced, along with discussions about legal relationships between people as well as entities.

Procedural Law: a term used to describe a set of rules governing how all aspects of a court case are conducted, including the events that occur before, during, and after the trial. The primary purpose behind procedural law is to make certain that every case brought to court is justly and consistently treated. Settlements from court Proceedings would be an example of procedural law.

Criminal Law: Criminal law is a branch of law which concerns crimes which are committed against the public authority. Criminal laws are laws broken that effect the public as a whole, unlike civil law which effects individuals. Murder is covered under criminal law.

Civil Law: is a term that can be used to describe two different legal concepts. On the one hand, it is used to describe a body of law that is centered around finding peaceful resolutions to non-criminal disputes. On the other hand, the term civil law denotes a legal system that is practiced in many countries around the world. Filing suit against someone for damages to personal property is an example of civil law.

Common Law: is a form of law used to determine an outcome when no other form of law applies. The outcome of these decisions is primarily based on judgements made in the past with similar circumstances. These laws are created