MGM102H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Intentional Tort, Statutory Law, Product Liability
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Criminal law defines crimes, establishes, punishments, and regulates the investigation and prosecution of people accused of committing. Civil law legal proceedings that do not involve criminal acts. Canadian government is based on english model. Business law rules, statues, codes, and regulations that are established to provide a legal framework within which business may be conducted and that are enforceable by court. Most business people prefer to set their own standards. Statutory law federal and provincial legislative enactments, treaties, of the federal government and bylaws in short, written law. Common law the body of law that comes from decisions handed down by judges, also referred to as unwritten law. Precedents decisions judges have made in earlier cases that guide the handling of new cases. Tort a wrongful act that causes injury to another persons body, property, or reputation. This area of law comes from provincial government. Intentional tort willful act that results in injury.
