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Learn about laws and law making processes. Plus answers to questions about laws, why laws are in place, who makes laws, and how laws are written and passed, will be answered. Also explain the purpose of laws, with special attention given to how a bill proceeds through Congress to become a law.

Readers will be introduced to the three branches of the United States government and learn how they work together. Accessible text explains the power?and the limits on that power?held by the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government.