Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Classifications of Law
- Public Law
- Constitutional
Law
- Derived from constitution. Guides
the duties and powers of
government, and duties and rights of
citizens
- Adimistrative Law
- provides rules about how govt
depts/agencies operate in
administering the law
- Revenue Law
- Taxation, regulates
individuals' payment to the
state
- Criminal Law
- enforcement of
laws by the state
- Private Law
- Commercial Law
- Contractual issues,
formation, management of
coporations
- Fair trading Act 1986,
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993
- Property Law
- Buying, renovating
and selling of
residential properties
- Property Law Act 2007,
Residential Tenancies Act 1986
- Tort Law
- Action brought by one
individual against another
- Negligence, nussiance
and defamation
- Family Law
- Divorce, child custody,
adoption, Wills, Estates
- Marriage Act 1955, Property
(Relationships) Act 1976
- Environmental Law
- To ensure environment is used
in a productive and sustainable
way
- Prevention of
disasters
- Equity (Trusts and Succession)
- Alternative to common law, more
about fairness, achieve justice
between parties
- Family Protection Act 1955