MANAGMNT 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Federal-Question Jurisdiction, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Precedent
13 Jan 2017
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Copyright does not protect the idea but the particular expression of general ideas. Law is what the sovereign says it is but it has its limits. Curfew nobody could go out after 8pm or face imprisonment. Positivist: belie(cid:448)e that the la(cid:449) is the la(cid:449) e(cid:448)e(cid:374) if (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t like it (cid:455)ou (cid:373)ust (cid:449)o(cid:396)k (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the system to change it. Natural law: theorist would argue that law has to abide by certain ethical standards. Immoral/ unethical laws are not really the law. If a la(cid:449) is (cid:374)ot follo(cid:449)ed (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause so (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) people do(cid:374)"t like it the(cid:374) it loses its (cid:448)alue as a law. Federal system: legislature passes statues or codes: congress (house of representatives and the. State system: state constitution (have to conform to the federal constitution-states can grant greater constitutional rights but not fewer constitutional rights) John adams was instrumental in creating massachusetts: legislature: The great and general court (house and a senate: local governments (county, municipality)
