Private or Public?
Criminal and constitutional are both this kind of law
What is public?
A false article about J.K. Rowling was published in a UK newspaper. She decided to sue the company for this specific type of tort.
What are the 4 areas of public law?
Criminal, constitutional, administrative and industrial
What are the four types of tort?
1. Negligence
2. Defamation (libel or slander)
3. Nuisance (private or public)
4. Trespass (property or body)
Mr Preston disagrees with the decision made by his local government planning department and wants it changed
Administrative (public)
Tort and property
What is private law
A person is in your yard without being invited. If you were to sue, it would be this type of tort
What is property trespass?
What is industrial law?
Law concerned with the rights and obligations of employers and employees
Resolves industrial disputes
Concerned with occupational health and safety as well as workplace discrimination
What is tort?
Tort deals with situations where one person imposes the rights of another causing stress or injury?
The Concerned Action Group wants the federal government to take control of the state national park in their area
Constitutional (public)
deals with how individuals interact with other individuals; the rights and duties people have towards each other
What is private law?
If a landlord knew a balcony was faulty but didn't do anything to fix it and a tenant then was on the balcony when it collapsed, the landlord would be sued for this type of tort.
What is negligence?
What is constitutional law?
Law that deals with the set of rules by which a country is governed.
Concerned with the powers of parliaments and the power between state and federal government
Concerned with rights of each citizen
What is family law?
Law that regulates family relationships and sets rules about family disputes and agreements
E.g. divorce, marriage, custody
Eva reverses her car and accidentally scrapes the door of the parked car next to her
Negligence (private)
Family law
What is private?
A man is standing in the middle of Pennant Hills Road and is blocking two lanes of traffic. If the people involved wanted to sue him for causing the traffic and stress, they would sue this type of tort.
What is public nuisance?
What is administrative law?
Deals with the decisions and powers of gov. departments
Allows courts to review and change government decision if necessary
Law that provides regulations about selling, leasing or purchasing of property (real or personal)
Sophie purchases a diary from a newsagent
Contract (private)
is concerned with regulating people's behaviour within society as a whole and protects the freedom of individuals. It also deals with the conduct society expects from its government.
What is public law?
A neighbor on the street continually plays loud music and the same next door neighbour keeps asking them to stop but they don't. If they were to sue, it would be this type of tort
What is private nuisance?
What is criminal law concerned with?
- Keeping community safe
- providing way of dealing with crime
- providing order for society
What is contract law?
Legal agreements between one or more people and if a contract is breached, party can be sued
Shania and Timothy have 3 kids and they decide that they no longer want to be married
Family (private)