Jan 25 In Class Notes

Created Wednesday 25 January 2017

Adversarial Proceedings:

Plaintiff v. Defendant - burden of proof?
( person, "incorporated entity", or "state")

Appellant v. Appellee

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Legislative / Statutory (rules)
v
Common Law / Judicial (text of cases)
stare decisis

DIFFERENCES TO CONSIDER:
- how is each made?
- to what is each bound?
- volume?

Civil v. Criminal
- plaintiff?
- burden and level of proof?
- subject matter?
- remedies/punishments?

Subtypes of Civil:
Tort - Med Mal, personal injury, negligence

duty, breach, cause, harm

v.
Contract "meeting of the minds?" not quite
UCC

Constitutional Law

Substantive v. Procedural Law.