[LAW 122] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 159 pages long Study Guide!

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Is the process of identifying, evaluating and responding to the possibility of harmful events: three types of risks, risk avoidance: where you avoid the risk altogether as they are too serious or risky, ex. Like a contract made by a business man saying that all deaths associated with his product or not his liability: risk acceptance: where it is just appropriate to accept the risk ex. Civil law: system traces their history to ancient rome, the only civil law jurisdiction in canada is quebec. Public law: public law includes, constitutional law : provides the basic rules of our political and legal systems. Established fundamental rights and freedoms canadians enjoy: administrative law: concerned with the creation and operation of those bodies. Private law: concerned with the rules that apply in private matters, divided in three main parts, torts : a private wrong, an offence against a particular person. Are involved in: the sale of goods, the use of negotiable instruments ex.