GNG 4170 Lecture : Lecture 01 .pdf
2 Jun 2014
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Legislation, common law, criminal law, civil law, contract law, tort law, defamation, negligence. Legislation specific rules written by our government (at the municipal level, these are known as by-laws) The common law (judge-made law) some legal principles are applied that aren"t found in legislation; they are found in past decisions in the court: the two parts of common law: Past decisions of the court are relevant to cases before the court. : with similar cases in court, with similar evidence, judges are likely to make the same decision as last time (for consistency). Federation all power is concentrated in one governing body (confederation is against this; con meaning against) Two of the continents (subjects) in the world of law are criminal law and civil law. Criminal law legal process is not initiated by the victim (it is initiated by the state)
