Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Contact Information
Daniel O’Connell
icbdaniel@hotmail.com
Mobile: 13381376347
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Course learning outcomes
Analyze a dispute between an employer
and an employee and identify the legal
issues it raises
Identify the legal sources of the principles
relevant to the dispute
Describe the principles relevant to the
dispute
Apply the relevant principles to the
dispute
Put forward a reasoned solution to the
dispute
Present the solution to an employer or
employee, as appropriate, in a suitable
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Learning Strategies
Lecture
Cases
Review papers
Exams
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Tentative teaching schedule
According to the module syllabus
Check the website for the module
syllabus
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Course Assessment
Class attendance/participation
10%
Mid-term exam 20%
Coursework
30%
Final exam 40%
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Learning Objectives
What is law?
Categories of law
Sources of Law
Brief Comparison of England and
China
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What is Law?
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Common Law and Civil Law
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Civil Law
CivilLaw is used to describe legal
systems which are based on old
Roman Law (from the Roman Empire
in what is now Italy)
eg: France, Germany
China is usually classified as a civil
law system, although it is not based
on Roman Law
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Common Law v. Civil Law
Common Law Civil Law
Case law and the Consists of a legal
courts are most code of general
important source principles which is
of law the source of law
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Common Law and Statute
Law
Common Law is the law and
procedures created by courts (ie
judges)
Statute Law is legislation created
by the government
– in England, this is Parliament at
Westminster
– eg Sale of Goods Act 1979
– eg Employment Relations Act 1999
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Common Law v. Statute Law
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Private Law and Public Law
Private
Law and Public Law are
concerned with relationships
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Private Law
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Public Law
PublicLaw deals with the
relationships between government
organisations and ordinary citizens
– also between different government
organisations
PublicLaw includes constitutional
law, administrative law, and criminal
law
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Civil Law and Criminal Law
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Civil Law
Civil Law
Private
Law
Common Statute
Law Law
Public Law
Criminal
Law
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Civil Law System
(based on old
Roman Empire
System)
Civil Law
Private
Law
Statute
Law
Public Law
Criminal
Law
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Sources of English Law
European Union
Domestic Legislation
Case Law
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European Union
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Domestic Legislation
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Domestic Legislation (cont.)
Each piece of legislation is an Act of
Parliament
They are recorded in statute books
which anyone can refer to
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Case Law
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China
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Summary (cont.)
Chapter 1
– Page 3 : paragraph entitled “Private
and public law”
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