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Civil liability in the U.S. comes from three main origins: statutes enacted by legislatures (statutory law), rules and regulations issued by administrative agencies (administrative law), and court decisions that develop and apply legal principles (common law). Statutes set the duties and penalties you must follow; agencies enforce these duties through regulations that can impose civil liability for noncompliance; and courts interpret and apply these rules, creating liability through case law in areas like tort and contract. The other options mix fields that aren’t recognized as the three primary sources of civil liability—criminal law governs crimes; international law isn’t a domestic source of civil liability by itself; constitutional law provides framework and limitations but isn’t itself a direct source of civil liability.