The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Case Summary: There are various sources of American law at present which have been divided into primary sources and secondary sources.
To Explain: Which one takes priority when there is a conflict between the following:
(a) A federal statute and the US Constitution,
(b) A federal statute and state constitutional provision,
(c) A state statute and common law of that state and
(d) State constitutional amendment and the US Constitution.
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