Dr Fatma Galal
Teacher at civil law department
Dr.fatmagalal.law@gmail.com
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Why business students should
study law ??
Commercial law study is important to all business
careers, whether in accounting, finance, management,
HR, marketing, intellectual property.
it is useful to study :
- the law governing financial markets and investments.
- laws governing intellectual property and
innovation, and international trade.
- law governing property of things including financial
instruments.
That is why business careers
students should study
- finance and property law.
- corporate law.
- employment law.
- marketing law.
- international trade law.
- intellectual property law.
- investment law.
- and taxation law.
But before that they should …..
Study the basics of law : those basics are distributed
between three theories:
1-
Theory
of law
2-
Theory
of right
3-
Theory
contract
1- theory of law
It deals with everything related to the rules of law
from enactment to annulment …. definition enactment
,characteristics, kinds, ways of its annulment
2- theory of rights
It deals with everything related to what is called right:
- its Definition
- it classifications to public and private rights.
- who are the holders of rights ( natural and juristic
persons).
- and finally what is the object of the right. (definition
and classifications)
3- theory of contract:
It deals with every thing related o the contract:
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Definition of contract.
-
Formation of contract ( agreement, object, cause).
-
Effect of contract.
-
Finally remedies for the breach of ocntract.
Book 1: introduction to law
This book includes both the theory of law and the
theory of rights….how to use what is called
the law
to
regulate who should have
the right
???
Part 1: the law.
Chapter one: Nature of law
Definition of law:
law is a body of
general and abstract
rules which regulates
the
social
conduct of people and enforced by a
sanction
.
Characteristics of legal rule
1- social rules:
- It regulates
the social
conduct of
individuals in
the society
- Related only
to external
conduct (acts)
not internal
thoughts
2- general : applied on
all persons.
Ex in crimes
punishment is applied
on any person commit
it.
General even if related
to one person: ex: the
rule defining age of
president … also
general because it is
applied on all
candidates
3-enforced by a
sanction:
Imposed by the state
if not respected
voluntarily.
It may be criminal
such as violating the
rules of traffic.
Administrative: ex: if
public employee did
not perform his
duties
Or civil in case of
breach of contract
Chapter two: law, morality and
religion
-
definition:
*
religious rules:
are those ordered by
God and found in sacred books
*
moral rules:
are those presenting the
general opinion of what is good and what is evil in the
society.
-
punishment :
*
religious rules:
sanctioned by god in this life or
the other life.
*
moral rules:
only sanctioned by social
disrespect.
*
law:
sanctioned by the public authority in the stat.
-
control:
Law only govern the external acts while religion and
morals govern external acts and internal thoughts
finally
Some rules are
the same
in religion, morals and law
such as forbidding killing or stealing.
while some others
are different
: for ex: forbidding
planting rice in upper Egypt is only made by law while
mercy and charity are only ordered by morals and
religion not by law
