LAW 122 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1,2, 7-9,21: Battery (Tort), Intentional Tort, Liability Insurance
1 Oct 2016
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Office hours: monday 11:30 -1:30pm no app necessary. Week 1 september 10 th , 2015. A set of principles and rules that courts will enforce. A way of thinking about these principles and rules. Bound up in the reasoning; its imp to ask why and how not just who won . Different from morality law (formally sanctioned); morality (informally sanctioned: immoral and illegal, immoral but not illegal, moral but illegal. Focus on why something is ethically right or wrong. Civil law jurisdictions: eg france and most of europe, louisana and quebec. Common law jurisdictions judge made laws (dispute-based: originated in england. Eg england, australia, new zealand, most of canada. Public governs our relationship w govt and with society as a whole: eg constitutional law, tax, criminal law. Private governs matters of private concern and the relationships we have w other private individuals: eg tort, contract law, property law. 2 levels of govt; federal and provincial.
