Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter 2: Chapter 2
13 Feb 2012
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Chapter 2 introduction to the legal system. Natural law theorists in moral terms, where only good rules are considered law. Legal positivists looking at law s source, only the rules enacted by those with authority to do so qualify as law. Legal realists practical terms, only those rules that the courts are willing to enforce qualify as law. Parliamentary supremacy we must look to enactments of the federal parliament or provincial legislatures as the primary source of law. In the usa, judges are allowed to factor in current social and economic realities when they make their decisions. Law is the body of rules made by government that can be enforced by the courts or by other government agencies. Many rules we follow do not qualify as law. Universities and colleges often establish rules of conduct for their students and faculty, but courts do not enforce these rules. Rules than can be enforced by the courts are laws by definition.
