PUBLIC AND PRIVATE: Know your Terminology

TERM DEFINITION
(! Private law This set of laws deals with the set of
rules by which a country is governed.
("! Public law A set of laws concerning legal
agreements between two or more
people.
(#! Constitutional law This deals with how individuals deal
with other individuals.
($! Administrative law Concerned with the rights and
obligations of employers and
employees.
(%! Family law Regulations about selling, leasing and
hiring property.
(&! Criminal law This is needed to keep the community
safe and orderly.
('! Contract law The decisions and powers of
government departments.
((! ndustrial law !eals with when one person infringes
the rights of another.
()! Property law Regulating people"s behavior within
society as a whole
(*! Tort law This law regulates family relationships.