SMG LA 245 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: California Proposition 187, Legal Realism, United States Constitution
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Chapter 1: introduction to law -legal environment- by. Case: rhino & backdraft bikers innocent patron at bar. Contemporary law: precedent the obligation to decide current cases based on previous rulings common law judge-made law . Contemporary law: statutes a law passed by a legislative body . Contemporary law: difference between procedure and substance substan- tive rules: state that the rights of parties and procedural rules: how a court should go about setting disputes. Ancient medical malpractice case some things have changed while others have not; Plaintiff claims that he asked the defendant to heal his eye with herbs and other medicines. says defendant did it so badly, blinded plaintiff in that eye. Contemporary law: equitable equity: a court"s power to fashion a remedy, such as an injunction, which the common law does not provide. Sources of contemporary law : constitutions, united states constitution, state constitutions, statutes:
