Find out more about courses and emphasis areas in the Policy and Values program offered at Doane University:
Photo of United States Capitol from Piqsels website, used under CC0
"Bush-Cheney and Gore-Lieberman supporters protest" by Elvert Barnes, used under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Legal Research" by Nick Youngson, used under CC BY-SA 3.0
"Women's march against Donald Trump" by Fibonacci Blue, used under CC BY 2.0
Adapted from Basic Legal Research guide, Marshall University Libraries, 2019
We generally think that "the law" is made by legislative action, but that is only one way we get our laws. It is really a combination of three types of law that, in general, follows the governmental structure of the jurisdiction. In the United States we have these three types of laws:
Adapted from Basic Legal Research guide, Marshall University Libraries, 2019