Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter 2: chapter2

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Philip King

Document Summary

Business law chapter 2: creates statute law formal, written laws, house of commons and senate, city councils, etc, concurrent jurisdiction shared between levels of government (i. e. healthcare between provincial and federal) Legislation takes precedence over case law still subordinate to the constitution. Executive branch: formal executive ceremonial features of government, political executive performs day-to-day operations by formulating, executing, and administering all departments of government, cabinet and prime minister / premier have significant law making function. Judiciary composed of judges, independent of executive and legislative. Civil law vs common law: civil law is based on a comprehensive code (e. g. quebec, parts of europe, common law is based on previously decided cases (canada, uk, is, australia) Procedural law refers to the law governing the procedure to enforce rights, duties, and liabilities. Substantive law refers to the law that defines rights, duties and liabilities. Public law all those areas of law that relate to or regulate the relationship between persons and government.