Many Different Laws May Affect a Single Business Transaction.
Ethics and Business Decision
Making.
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Constitutional
Statutory
Law.
Law.
Ordinances.
Uniform
Laws (NCCUSL).
Uniform Commercial Code.
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Administrative
Law.
Federal
Agencies.
State and Local Agencies.
Case
Law and Common Law
Doctrines.
Case
law governs all areas of law not covered by statutory or administrative law.
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Early
English Courts.
American
law is based largely on English Common Law which was based largely on traditions, social customs, rules, and cases dating back to 1066 A.D.
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At
common law, there were two separate court systems:
COURTS
OF LAW (awarding money damages), and
COURTS OF EQUITY (nonmonetary relief) based on
“notions of justice and fair dealing.”
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Courts
of Law and Remedies
at Law.
Were
also called “king’s courts,” and judges were appointed by the king.
Remedies were limited to those provided at law, i.e., land, chattels, money.
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Courts
of Equity and Remedies in Equity.
Courts
of equity were administered by chancellors appointed by the king.
Equitable remedies include: specific performance, injunctions, rescissions.
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Courts
of Equity and Remedies in Equity.
Equitable
Maxims.
Doctrine of Laches.
Respondent (defendant).
Petitioner (plaintiff).
Statutes of Limitations.
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