BSLW1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Trial De Novo, Uniform Commercial Code
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Uniform laws: model law that a state might or might not adopted: states can choose which parts to adopt or not, uniform commercial code (ucc): every state adopted except for louisiana. They can give business an idea of what the major trend is. Common law: unwritten law that came to us from england that we continued to use, time honored tradition of community (negligence: some parts of common law might be reflected in statutes. Difference between common and statutory law: statutory: written down in code, common: need to go back and read cases and see what the courts says about the cases. Difference between procedural and substantive law: procedural: want to get fair processes and fair system from the government, equal protection/due process, work to uphold rights in constitution. Fifth/fourteenth amendment: due process, fair, if the gov. is going to take away life, liberty, and property then you are due fair process.
