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1. Critically and analytically explain the, “Law as an instrument of social change.”
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3. Criticism and evaluation of law in the light of colonization.
4. The Introduction of common law system and institutions in India and its impact on further development of law and legal institutions in India.
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BBA 3210, Business Law 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit I
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
4. Demonstrate research skills using all modalities available for legal issues.
4.1 Identify the various forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
Reading Assignment
Chapter 1:
An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Dynamic Business Law
Chapter 3:
The U.S. Legal System and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Unit Lesson
Introduction to Business Law
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actions of buyers and sellers in market exchanges” (Kubasek, Browne, Herron, Dhooge, & Barkacs, 2016,
p. 3). Business law intersects with the six functional areas of business. These include corporate management,
production and transportation, marketing, research and development, accounting and finance, and human
resource management. These are the core activities in business, and the law plays a significant role in all
(Kubasek et al., 2016).
Law is dynamic, and in some senses, it is a living thing. This core concept requires understanding of the
origins of law. Law embodies fundamental rules of behavior and the institutions of defining, changing,
clarifying, refining, redefining, and applying these rules. It is the natural consequence of humans living and
working together. For an ordered society to exist, there has to be a way to resolve the inevitable disputes that
come up. Law can be seen as the activity of subjecting human conduct to the governance of rules. Business
law encompasses the rules of conduct for commercial relationships.
What are the roots of law? At some point in your upbringing, you learned the difference between right and
wrong. Your home life and the experiences you had in school, church, and/or in the larger community all
impacted your viewpoint on right and wrong.
One way to classify law is private versus public law. Private law is for resolution of disputes between private
individuals or groups, whereas public law addresses disputes between private individuals or groups and their
government. Both private and public law are significant for business law.
Another classification is civil versus criminal law. Civil law governs the rights and responsibilities either
between persons or between persons and their government. Criminal law is the body of laws that involves the
rights and responsibilities an individual has with respect to the public as a whole. A clear example of the
dichotomy was displayed in the O.J. Simpson trial—O.J. was found not guilty in his criminal case for the
murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, but he was found to be legally responsible for their
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The Presentation depicts a case analysis of the Oghad's case. Article 20(3) of the Constitution of India talks about Right against self-incrimination and the Oghad's case is a landmark judgment enhancing the realm of Article 20(3).
After the judgment of 9-Judges bench in M.P. Sharma v. Satish Chandra, AIR 1954 SC 1077, the Oghad's case is a 11-Judge judgment further enhancing the scope of word 'witness' under Article 20(3).
The Oghad's case is important as it redefines the scope of evidence protected.
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1. Critically and analytically explain the, “Law as an instrument of social change.”
2. Law as the product of traditions and culture.
3. Criticism and evaluation of law in the light of colonization.
4. The Introduction of common law system and institutions in India and its impact on further development of law and legal institutions in India.
Hussainara khatoon v. state of bihar, 1979Harsh Kumar
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Constitutional law.
In English law, natural justice is technical terminology for the rule against bias (nemo iudex in causa sua) and the right to a fair hearing (audi alteram partem). While the term natural justice is often retained as a general concept, it has largely been replaced and extended by the general "duty to act fairly".
BBA 3210, Business Law 1 Course Learning Outcomes for.docxaryan532920
BBA 3210, Business Law 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit I
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
4. Demonstrate research skills using all modalities available for legal issues.
4.1 Identify the various forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
Reading Assignment
Chapter 1:
An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Dynamic Business Law
Chapter 3:
The U.S. Legal System and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Unit Lesson
Introduction to Business Law
Law—a brief definition: Business law is defined law as “the enforceable rules of conduct that govern the
actions of buyers and sellers in market exchanges” (Kubasek, Browne, Herron, Dhooge, & Barkacs, 2016,
p. 3). Business law intersects with the six functional areas of business. These include corporate management,
production and transportation, marketing, research and development, accounting and finance, and human
resource management. These are the core activities in business, and the law plays a significant role in all
(Kubasek et al., 2016).
Law is dynamic, and in some senses, it is a living thing. This core concept requires understanding of the
origins of law. Law embodies fundamental rules of behavior and the institutions of defining, changing,
clarifying, refining, redefining, and applying these rules. It is the natural consequence of humans living and
working together. For an ordered society to exist, there has to be a way to resolve the inevitable disputes that
come up. Law can be seen as the activity of subjecting human conduct to the governance of rules. Business
law encompasses the rules of conduct for commercial relationships.
What are the roots of law? At some point in your upbringing, you learned the difference between right and
wrong. Your home life and the experiences you had in school, church, and/or in the larger community all
impacted your viewpoint on right and wrong.
One way to classify law is private versus public law. Private law is for resolution of disputes between private
individuals or groups, whereas public law addresses disputes between private individuals or groups and their
government. Both private and public law are significant for business law.
Another classification is civil versus criminal law. Civil law governs the rights and responsibilities either
between persons or between persons and their government. Criminal law is the body of laws that involves the
rights and responsibilities an individual has with respect to the public as a whole. A clear example of the
dichotomy was displayed in the O.J. Simpson trial—O.J. was found not guilty in his criminal case for the
murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, but he was found to be legally responsible for their
deaths in his civil case.
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3. Adjudication
‘It is the legal process by which an arbiter or judge reviews
evidence and argumentation, including legal reasoning set forth
by opposing parties or litigants to come to a decision which
determines rights and obligations between the parties involved.’
4. Birth
•March 14, 1908
•Berlin, Prussia
Death
•May 30, 1991 (aged 83)
•Davis, California
Nationality •German American
Education
•J.U.D. from the University of Heidelberg in 1933
•LL.B. from the University of Washington in 1937
Occupations
•Lawyer
•Author
•Professor of law
Selected works
•Jurisprudence, McGraw-Hill 1940
•Treatise on Justice, Philosophical Library 1967.
•Power, Law, And Society; A Study of the Will to
Power and the Will to Law, Crane,Russak1972.
•Philosophy of Responsibility, Fred Rothman
1980.
•Jurisprudence: The Philosophy and Method of
the Law, Harvard University Press 1962.
Edgar Bodenheimer
5. Bodenheimer and The Theories of
Adjudication
Edger Bodenheimer denies that the question is whether judges
are the makers or discoverers of the law and says that it cannot
be propounded in this way at all.
He argues that:
“There are many different types of decisions and it is
impossible to measure all of them with the same
yardstick.”
He distinguishes between five different situations.
6. 1st Situation
Where there is a long-standing common-law rule or a clear
statutory rule applicable to facts of the case before the judge.
There is no creative activity on the part of the judge.
This is not a 'hard case' and the judge is not expected to make or
discover law (In Dworkin's parlance).
This is not a situation where a judge may either discover the law or
create it.
Every case that comes even to the highest court of law may not be
a ‘hard case’ (in Dworkin's words).
7. 2nd Situation
Where there is no precedent, past-case or statutory rule available
for the case in point.
The court, to arrive at a reasonable solution, can find direct
guidance from the mass of reported decisions.
In such a situation, argues Bodenheimer:
“The judge discovers proper law in an analogy which rests on a
common social policy connecting the earlier cases with the rest at
bar. Ubi eadem legis ratio, ibieaden dispositeio (where the reason
for the law is the same, the disposition must be the same).”
By analogy in Islamic law, this is like Ijtihad ()اجتهاد
8. 3rd Situation
The third situation is when a court has to decide a case according to the
policy of the state.
In such a situation, judges may have to take into consideration the social
and economic conditions of the people
They have to decide which law shall prevail while resolving such a case.
Judge in this situation seems to be looking at the collective good of the
community rather than some individual.
In doing so, the judge may have to rule in favor of the public rather than
the individual.
An example in sight could be the famous American case Of Henningsen
v. Bloomfeld Motors, Inc.
By analogy in Islamic law this is the concept of maslaha mursalah ( مصلحة
.)مرسلة
9. 4th Situation
The fourth situation is where judicial choice between two competing
interests, such as, the right of free press and the right of privacy, is to settle.
The court in such situations, must consider the whole fabric of the social
order, its prevailing social structure, and the ideals of justice before giving the
decisions.
This is the borderline area between ‘discovery’ and ‘judicial creativeness’.
The judge has to consider the moral and ethical values of the society.
Is this situation, the judge should allow public interest to prevail over
individual interest.
Some good examples, from the United Kingdom's jurisdiction would be Shah
v. DPP [1962] and R v. Brown [1993].
10. 5th Situation
The fifth situation is where there is a case in which no guidance is
available from past-cases and where the community does not
seem to have formed an opinion about the issue.
The court may then use the law creating technique but such cases
may be very rare.
This could a situation where statutory rule or settled law is not
available.
He confines the law-creating power of the judge to only this
situation.
11. Situations Legal help Judge’s discretion
1st • Common-law rule
• Clear statutory rule
No creative activity
Not a 'hard case’
Neither make or discover law
2nd
• No precedent
• No past-case
• No statutory rule
Discovers proper law from earlier cases by analogy
Ubi eadem legis ratio (where the reason for the law is the same,
the disposition must be the same)
Like ijtihad
3rd
• Decide a case according to the policy of the state.
• Decide which law shall prevail while resolving
• Collective good of the community
Henningsen v. Bloomfeld motors, inc.
Policy of the state
Consideration the social and economic conditions
Rule in favor of the public rather than the individual.
Like maslaha mursalah
4th • Judicial choice between two competing interests
Shah v. DPP [1962] and R v. Brown [1993].
Social order, prevailing social structure, ideals of justice
Consider the moral and ethical values
Borderline between ‘discovery’ and ‘judicial Creativeness’
Public interest to prevail over individual interest
5th
• No guidance from past-cases
• Community does not have an opinion
• No statutory rule
Law-creating power
Judge have to make law
12. Conclusion
• There may well be additions to the situations discussed by Bodenheimer
such as:
• When a clear statutory rule will lead to an absurdity, then judges may
have to decide the case in point according to standards other than rules.
• As Pound argues "All that judges did was to throw off the wrappings, and
expose the statute over to view."
• The correct view is probably taken by Oliver Windel Holmes when he said:
• “I recognize without hesitation that judges do and must legislate, but they
can do so only interstitially.”
• Thus, for Bodenheimer if inventing law is the demand of justice then a
judge is allowed to do it.
• However, if this is the condition for judicial lawmaking then it may also be
that Bentham, Austin, and Salmond did have this condition in their minds:
that when a judge invents law it is not against the demands of justice.
13. Application in modern times
In modern times when every aspect of life, every business and economic
activity or every transaction, be it in the sphere of civil, criminal or the
family, is subjected to countless rules and regulations there Seems to be
nothing or at least very little left for the judges to legislate On.
They, thus, apply law and interpret it but do not change it or create it.
Moreover, judges do not have the power to increase our salaries,
decrease our taxes, improve Our health or insurance facilities or provide
education to the masses: this is why there is little room for making law.
As a general rule, the judge of today applies the law and does not make
it; the exception being free case which is not covered by any existing
statute (not easy to find).Or previous decision.
He does not discover either because we do not See any role for custom
in our times. Every custom seems to be translated into a statutory rule or
has become the settled law of the past. Precedent!