COMM231 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Strict Liability, Prima Facie, Contingent Fee

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM231
• Professor: Joseph Radocchia

Document Summary

Rule of law established legal principles that treat all persons equally and that government itself obeys. ; regulates the conduct of govt. and the relations b/w govt and private persons. Private law (civil law) law that regulates the relations between private persons and groups of private persons. Legal liability responsibility for the consequences of breaking the law. Criminal liability responsibility arising from commission of an offence against the government or society as a whole. Regulatory/quasi-criminal liability responsibility arising from breaches of less serious rules of public law, often enforced through specialized regulatory tribunals set up by the govt. for specific purposes. Civil liability responsibility arising from a breach of a private law, enforced though a lawsuit initiatied by the victim. Basic law a constitution that is habitually obeyed by the citizens of a country and that they regard as legitimate and binding: courts.