[LAW 122] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 49 pages long Study Guide!

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Chapter 1: risk management and sources of law. Risk management is the process of identifying, evaluating, and responding to the possibility of harmful events. Public law is concerned with governments and the ways in which they deal with their citizens, it includes. Constitutional law provides the basic rules of out political and legal systems. Administrative law is concerned with the creating and operation of administrative agencies, boards, commissions, and tribunals. Criminal law deals with offences against the state. Tax law is concerned with the rules that are used to collect money for public spending. Private law is concerned with the rules that apply in private matters. Tort is a private wrong, an offence against a particular person. Law of contracts is concerned with the creation and enforcement. Law of contracts is concerned with the creation and enforcement of agreements. Law of property is concerned with the acquisition, use, and disposition of property.