Gibson, Andy

LAW101 law, business and society Andy Gibson, Douglas Fraser - 6th ed. - Melbourne : P.Ed Custom Books, c2016. - xxix, 932 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

LAW101 LAW, BUSINESS AND SOCIETY; Title Page; Copyright; A NOTE ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THIS CUSTOM BOOK; Brief CONTENTS; Detailed CONTENTS; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; EDUCATOR RESOURCES; Solutions Manual; Test Bank; PowerPoint lecture slides; MyBusLawLab: A Guided Tour for Students and Educators; PREFACE; The legal environment of business; Business application; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; Andy Gibson; Douglas Fraser; KEY TO CASE REPORT ABBREVIATIONS; TABLE OF CASES; TABLE OF STATUTES; COMMONWEALTH; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTHERN TERRITORY; QUEENSLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA VICTORIAWESTERN AUSTRALIA; UNITED KINGDOM; PART 1: THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK; CHAPTER 1: Legal Foundations; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; Introduction; Law as a regulatory tool; Business and law interface; What is law?; Are rules always law?; Characteristics of a legal system; Clarity and certainty; Flexibility; Fairness; Accessibility; Sources of the law?; Common law; Statute law; Classification of laws; International and municipal (or domestic) law; Public law and private law; Substantive law and procedural law; The common law and civil law systems; Civil law and criminal law under the common law system Major and minor types of laws in the Australian legal system origins of major sources of English law; The development of equity; Statute law; What other sources of English law are relevant to business?; KEY TERMS; KEY POINTS; TUTORIAL QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 2: Origins of Australian Law; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; Background; Origins of Australian law; Development of native law; From penal colony to Federation (1788#́x80;#x93;1900); From Federation to today; Commonwealth and state powers; The structure of the Australian Constitution; The division of powers under the Constitution The role of the High Court of Australia in federal expansion other ways federalism has expanded; Changing the Constitution; Separation of powers; KEY TERMS; KEY POINTS; TUTORIAL QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 3: Legal Systems; CHAPTER OBJECTIVES; What are the roles of the police and the courts?; The role of the police; The role of the courts; Origins of the courts; Original and appellate jurisdiction; The state and territory court hierarchies; Inferior (Magistrate#́x80;#x99;s or Local) courts; Criminal jurisdiction of the inferior courts; Intermediate (District or County) courts; Superior (Supreme) courts Specialist courtsFederal courts; Federal Circuit Court of Australia; Family Court; Federal Court of Australia; The High Court of Australia; Abolition of appeals to the Privy Council; e-Courts; Features of a court hierarchy; Right of appeal; Alternative methods to courts; Facilitative processes; Advisory processes; Determinative processes; Judicial and quasi-judicial tribunals; Some federal tribunals; Some state tribunals; The ombudsman; Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman; Financial Ombudsman Service; The adversary system; The parties; Civil action; Criminal action; The legal profession.



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