LAW101 Final: Final Exam Notes & Study Guides
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The law is a statement of expectations or rules from an authorised source. This source does not have to be the state as precedent from previous cases creates common law. The law may exist between two citizens through a contract but the law would only be relevant if the contract needed to be enforced. Law can be physical (legal instruments, procedures) or metaphysical (knowledge, branch of ethics) and can apply to everyone in society; although private law practically only applies to those subject to the specific law. It has also been defi(cid:374)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:894)ulpia(cid:374)us(cid:895) as a philosoph(cid:455) of di(cid:448)idi(cid:374)g (cid:396)ight f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:449)(cid:396)o(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d desi(cid:396)i(cid:374)g to (cid:373)ake (cid:858)good(cid:859) a(cid:374)d justice occur. See tb p115 or notes on sources of law. Administrative bodies held accountable: criminal offences and consequences, private individual v individual, only parties are involved (substantive, tort remedies for people who had civil wrongs other than contract upon them.
