LAW 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ultra Vires, Property Law, Variety Store
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To know your rights and know what laws that are there to protect us from discrimination, unsafe work etc. Help us be more informed and make careful decisions. Legal factors affect profits and losses (liabilities/ opportunities) A set of principles and rules that courts will enforce. A way of thinking (or reasoning) about these principles and rules. It is not just the results of a case ( who won?) that matters. The reasons for the results are where law happens. So, it is important to ask why and. Middle: if you are a life guard, it"s your job to save that person. (legally: yes and ethically: yes) if not he will be charged. Focus on why something is ethically right or wrong, not just whether it is right or wrong. When value collide, we can use different modes of analysis to make good judgments in hard cases. Consequences: the greatest good for the greatest number.