COMM 393 Lecture Notes - Estoppel, Personal Property, Implied Warranty
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Government (all levels: government will always be a party to the lawsuit, examples. Comm 393: criminal law, tax law, constitutional law. Immigration: contract law, employment law, tort law (negligence, agency, company, partnership, land law, wills / estates, private / civil law, the law that governs the relationship between persons , examples: Purpose: punishment of the offender (remove offender from society), rehabilitation, protecting society, restitution to victim. Represented by the letter r" (which stands for rex or regina) R v. ellen we known now that this is a criminal case. Purpose: compensate the victim of the civil wrong (usually through 30737) Burden of proof is lower because the consequences are not as severe. Might be a jury (depending on the case) Each side, the defendant and the plaintiff chooses 6 members of the jury. The defendant decides whether or not to have a jury. The jury decides the case if there is a jury unanimous decision.