1. B.A BUSINESS STUDIES BUS361 BUSINESS LAW

2. nalkiviadou@gmail.com Ms. Natalie Alkiviadou

3.  Aims and Objectives  Methods of Assessment

4.  All materials will be uploaded on website  Class Participation  Absences  Breaks  Questions/Queries  Suggestions?

5. Title: Keenan and Riches' Business Law Author(s): Sarah Riches and Vida Allen Publisher: Longman Edition: 10th Year: 2011 ISBN: 1408278839 Title: Treitel on the Law of Contract Author(s) Edwin Peel Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Edition: 13th Year: 2011 ISBN: 1847039219 Title: Glanville Williams: Learning the Law Author(s): A.T.H. Smith Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell Edition: 14th Year: 2010 ISBN: 0414041739

6. Oxford Dictionary of Law: ‘ the enforceable body of rules which govern any society’

7. Dicey:  No sanction without breach  One law for everyone  Rights secured by judicial decisions The State must not use its powers arbitrarily

8.  Criminal Law – punitive  Civil Law – provides plaintiff with compensation  Rules of evidence in criminal and civil proceedings  Separate court systems  Criminal and Civil proceedings may arise as a result of a series of events

9.  Stare decisis  Ratio Decidendi  Obiter dicta

10.  Certainty  Detailed practical rules  Free market in legal ideas

11.  Complexity and Volume  Rigidity  Illogical Distinctions  Dependence on chance  Retrospective effect  Undemocractic

12. Legislation/Statues Statutes are made by Parliament Parliament – sovereign Precedence of Statutes Membership to the EU?

13.  The Literal Rule  The Golden Rule  The Mischief Rule

14. Other Sources of English Law  European Law  Equity  Custom

15.  Historical Background  Fairness and natural justice  Equitable Remedies  Supremacy of Equity  Equity today

16.  Tanistry Case (1608)  Stringent Criteria for Custom

17.  European Communities Act 1972  R v Secretary of State for Transport ex parte Factortame (1990)

18.  Commercial Law  EU Law  International Law  Contract Law  Property Law  Trust Law

19. Details of the legal system in your country

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