BU231- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 84 pages long!)
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Nb chapter 24&25 will not be covered in lecture but will be examinable. Assessing potential legal risk that businesses face. Determining methods to reduce that risk: prevention. Devising strategies to cope with legal issues when they rise: resolution options. Common law vs. civil law: civil law is codified, common law (ontario) is judge made law, most laws are not written down. Constitution act, 1982: charter of rights and freedoms, lays out rights of canadian citizens, only applies to go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i. e. they (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t e(cid:374)a(cid:272)t legislatio(cid:374) that goes against the charter of rights and freedoms. Judge made law stare decisis: series of precedence, stare decisis, old decisions. Judge still (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t e(cid:374)a(cid:272)t la(cid:449)s that (cid:448)iolate (cid:272)harter, (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) et(cid:272). The object of tort la(cid:449) is to pla(cid:272)e the i(cid:374)jured party (cid:271)a(cid:272)k i(cid:374) the positio(cid:374) she/he (cid:449)ould"(cid:448)e been, had the tortious act not occurred. A tort is a wrongful act* done to the person or property of another.
