Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tortious Interference, Tax Treaty, Oppression Remedy

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Frederick King

Document Summary

Risk acceptance: take on the risk because the benefits outweigh the costs. A set of rules, established by the government, and enforced by the government. Problems with the law cannot understand the most complicated parts of law. In order to have a good law, it should be understandable. The law is very complicated, a problem of accessibility. Eg the tax act is not understandable by many. Other barriers: language, people with disabilities, social economic. Accessing the legal system can be very expensive hundreds of barriers, religious barriers, financial barriers thousands of dollars for a lawsuit. Civil law is based on a comprehensive code (e. g. quebec, parts of. Common law is based on previously decided cases (e. g. canada, uk, Civil law vs criminal law, civil law not criminal law - different than that civil law that was mentioned above. Civil law is anything that isn"t criminal law. Public vs private law: public law involves the government, private law does not.