COMLAW 101 Chapter 1-5: Week 1
4 Mar 2018
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Depends - fair trading act 1986, ethical acts are forced. A business could be acting within law but not ethically - sweat shops, no regulation saying you can"t. Law is different from ethics but there can be overlaps. Yes - example, an accountant may breach the nz institute of chartered accountants code of ethics and be struck off as a member. Also plagiarism - copyright can lead to being kicked out of uni or losing job, not necessarily a breach of law. Parliament is the supreme law making body - but is not that only one, courts can also make law, but courts can always be overruled by parliament. Judge made rule being overruled - law of negligence (donoghue v stevenson - snail in the bottle case) Act 1972/2001. judge made law of negligence overruled. There are two types of legislation 1. made by parliament 2. But parliament must give the power to another for delegated legislation, must be authorised.
