Law 2101 Lecture 1: What is Law

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

Document Summary

What is law: the publicly prescribed rules that we must follow, failing which we may suffer some adverse consequence, a reflection of common values of society, the process by which disputes are resolved. Law relates to how you enforce you rights: procedure is very important, all people have the right to be heard and state their case. Sources of law/ where does law come from. Judges: not elected - appointed, make law in the course of resolving specific disputes, do not (usually) just make up law, guided by precedent, principle, statue and constitution. Statues and regulations: published in hard copy and also available online, case law, sometimes published in hard copy and/or available online. Private: public: law relating to relationship between the individual and society and the powers of various levels of government, ex. Constitutional law, criminal law: private: law relating to relationship between private individuals, corporations and other entities, ex.