law Definition, Systems, Institutions, & Fields
Roman law in the days of the Roman Republic and Empire was heavily procedural, and lacked a professional legal class. Decisions were not published in any systematic way, so any case law that developed was disguised and almost unrecognised. Each case was to be decided afresh from the laws of the State, which mirrors the unimportance of judges’ decisions for future cases in civil law systems today.
- Law provides a source of scholarly inquiry into legal history, philosophy, economic analysis and sociology.
- Private law deals with legal disputes between individuals and/or organisations in areas such as contracts, property, torts/delicts and commercial law.
- Advancing access to justice, the rule of law, the economy and society through policy, law and services.
- Individual employment law refers to workplace rights, such as job security, health and safety or a minimum wage.
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