BLAW 3201 Chapter : BLAW 3201 Chapter 1 Outline
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Law consists of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society. Judges have flexibility in interpreting the laws based on their personal philosophy. The study of business law necessarily involves an ethical decision. Breach to break, or fail to perform: statutory law including law passed by congress, state legislators, or local, the u. s. constitution and constitutions of various states. Primary sources of law or sources that establish the law; Sources of american law: regulations created by administrative agencies, such as the fda, case law and common law doctrines, international treaties governing bodies. It establishes federal power (article 6 of the constitution which is the. Writ of mandamus - issuance by a superior court to compel a lower court or a government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly. Statutory law laws (rules of conduct) enacted by legislative bodies at the state or. Ordinance statutes (laws, rules or orders) passed by local government.