MGM102H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: The Need, Consumerism, Commercial Paper
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Criminal law; defines crimes, establishes punishments, and regulates the investigation and prosecution of people accused of committing crimes. Civil law; legal proceedings that do not involve criminal acts: marriage, payment for personal injury. Business law; rules, statutes, codes, and regulations that are established to provide a legal framework within which business may be conducted and that are enforceable by court action. Statutory law; federal and provincial legislative enactments, treaties of the federal government, and bylaws/ordinances (written law: made by parliament of canada. Common law; body of law that comes from decisions handed down by judges; also referred to as unwritten law: precedent; decisions judges have made in earlier cases that guide the handling of new cases. Administrative agencies; federal/state institutions and other government organizations created by. Parliament or provincial legislatures with delegated power to pass rules and regulations within their mandated area of authority.
