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BUSINESS LAW - LECTURE 1: INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL SYSTEMS

1.0 1.0 LEGAL SYSTEMS

1.1 Legal System

There are various definitions of the term "legal system": A legal system, as that term is here used, is an operating set of legal institutions, procedures, and rules. The term "legal system" refers to the nature and content of the law generally, and the structures and methods whereby it is legislated upon, adjudicated upon and administered, within a given jurisdiction.

1.2 Legal traditions or families

A legal tradition, as the term implies, is not a set of rules of law about contracts, corporations, and...

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