ADMS 2610 Final: ADMS 2610 Business Law Textbook Notes.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2610
• Professor: Robert Levine

Document Summary

Everybody abides by it; is written in a book. Ch 1- the law and the legal system. The sources and components of modern canadian law. Def"n- law found in the recorded judgments of the courts. Statute law- law passed by a legislative body. Adaptability of the common law has enabled it to absorb many legal principles, customs and laws from other legal systems and sources. Customs that developed over time have even found their way into the common law. Courts have recognized long standing practices in determining the rights of parties at law. A judge must apply the previous decision of a case similar to the one before the court if the facts of the two cases are the sme. The church originally had jurisdiction over religion, family, marriage, morals and matters relating to the personal property of deceased persons. Def"n- law developed by the church courts to deal with matters falling in their jurisdiction.