What are Community Rules and Laws?

What are Community Rules and Laws? — page 1 — Published in 2018 by Britannica Educational Publishing a trademark of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc in association with The Rosen Publishing Group Inc 29 East 21st Street New York NY 10010 Copyright 2018 The Rosen Publishing Group Inc and Encyclopædia Britannica Inc Encyclopædia Britannica Britannica and the Thistle logo are registered trademarks of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc All rights reserved Distributed exclusively by Rosen Publishing To see additional Britannica Educational Publishing titles go to rosenpublishing com First Edition Britannica Educational Publishing J E Luebering Executive Director Core Editorial Mary Rose McCudden Editor Britannica Student Encyclopedia Rosen Publishing Bernadette Davis Editor Nelson Sá Art Director Matt Cauli Designer Ellina Litmanovich Book Layout Cindy Reiman Photography Manager Karen Huang Photo Researcher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Shea Therese author Title What are community rules and laws Therese M Shea Description First edition New York Britannica Educational Publishing 2018 Series Let’s find out Communities Includes bibliographical references and index Identifiers LCCN 2016056211 ISBN 9781680487244 eBook Subjects LCSH Law Juvenile literature Law United States Juvenile literature Classification LCC K240 S52 2017 DDC 340 dc23 LC record available at https lccn loc gov 2016056211 Photo credits Cover pp 1 17 24 interior pages background bikeriderlondon Shutterstock com p 4 Blend Images Shutterstock com p 5 Monkey Business Images Shutterstock com p 6 klohka iStock Thinkstock p 7 Owen Franken Corbis Documentary Getty Images p 8 Denis Belitsky Shutterstock com p 9 George Doyle Stockbyte Thinkstock p 10 Lisa S Shutterstock com p 11 wavebreakmedia Shutterstock com p 12 Print Collector Hulton Archive Getty Images p 13 Private Collection The Stapleton Collection Bridgeman Images p 14 Photos com Thinkstock pp 15 21 iStockphoto com RichLegg p 16 Mark Wilson Getty Images p 18 National Archives Washington DC p 19 Ognjen1234 Shutterstock com p 20 Mat Hayward Getty Images p 22 Comstock Stockbyte Getty Images p 23 Linda Patterson Getty Images p 25 B Christopher Alamy Stock Photo p 26 Gary Corbett age footstock Superstock pp 27 29 Bloomberg Getty Images p 28 Gino Santa Maria Shutterstock com

What are Community Rules and Laws? — page 2 — Contents Who Needs Rules Communities and Rules Rules and Responsibility Natural and Positive Laws History of Law Systems of Law Federal and State Laws Criminal Law Civil Law Courts Judges and Lawyers Do Laws Change Living with Laws Glossary For More Information Index 4 6 8 10 12 14 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32

What are Community Rules and Laws? — page 3 — Who needs Rules A rule is a guideline for how to behave Rules are everywhere at home at school and wherever else people interact with each other At home parents set rules that teach children how to behave such as no hitting your brother or sister Rules at school can include raising your hand to talk and sitting in your seat until the teacher tells you to get up Though some rules can seem unnecessary at times they are important If everyone talked Rules help manage the work of a household and keep families safe 4

What are Community Rules and Laws? — page 4 — The teachers and the principal set many of the rules of a school or moved around the class whenever they wanted it would be hard for students to pay attention to the teacher and to learn Rules are not just for young people at home and in school Everyone needs rules That is why rules are a part of every kind of community All governments have a set of official rules called laws that everyone must obey Think About It Think of another rule in school and the reasons why that rule is important 5

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