LGS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Legal Aspects Of Computing, Uniform Commercial Code, Regulatory Agency
21 Mar 2017
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Ethics- the principles governing what constitutes right or wrong behavior. Books and articles that summarize and clarify the primary sources. Ex. treatises, articles in law reviews, legal encyclopedias. Refer for guidance in interpreting primary sources of law. Constitutional law- supreme law of land, each state has constitutional. Ordinances - statutes passed by municipal or county governing units to govern matters not covered by federal or state law. Uniform laws- each state has option of adopting or rejecting a uniform law. Uniform commercial code (ucc) - provides a uniform but flexible set of rules governing commercial transactions. Federal, state or local government agency established to perform specific function. Executive agencies - federal agency, cabinet of departments of executive branch. Common law - a body of general rules that applied throughout the entire english realm. Remedies - the legal means to enforce a right or redress a wrong.
