ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Procedural Law, House Law, Public Law
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Law and legal reasoning chapter iii: basic concepts of law. > mutual relations between citizens, government plays no role. Property law and contract law (sale, ownership, mortgage) Tort law (compensation for damage in absence of contract) Family law (marriage, adoption, right to a name) Private international law determines which laws are applicable if a case falls under more jurisdictions (marriage between nationals, which family law?) Gov. plays a central law: criminal law (tracing, prosecution, punishment, constitutional law organizes the state and government (division of gov. powers, democracy, creation of legislation, relationship btw. Division btw private and public law = no clear cut. Treaties btw member states that regulate main institutions of eu result of constitutional law of individual member states (public law) Eu institutions make laws themselves deals with organization of eu (constitutional law), but also with the relationship btw. Citizens and companies within the eu (private law) > rules that give people rights and determine what they should do.
