LS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fundamental Justice, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Declaratory Judgment
23 Feb 2017
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Substantive law: rights, duties and prohibitions administered by courts - which behaviours are allowed and which are prohibited (prohibitions against murder/sale of narcotics) Procedural laws: rules concerning just how substantive laws are to be administered, enforced, changed and used by players in the legal system (filing charges, selecting a jury, drawing up a will) Public law: concerned with the structure of government, the duties and powers of officials, and the relationship in between the individual and the state. Private law: concerned with both substantive and procedural rules governing relationships between individuals (divorce, adoption, inheritance) Civil law: consists of a body of rules and procedures intended to govern the conduct of individuals in their relationships with others, greatly influenced by roman law. Civil law systems are codified systems, the basic law is found in codes. Torts: violations of civil statues, private wrongs for which the injured individual may seek redress in the courts for the harm he/she has experienced.
