Areas of law

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AREAS OF LAW
prepared by Daria Danshina

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1. National law
• National law - a set of branches of law that regulate
relations within a given state, are distinguished by the
originality of national, historical, cultural characteristics.

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National law includes:
• national laws;
• state laws;
• state laws;
• local laws.

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2. International law.
• International law is a special legal system that regulates relations
between states and other entities, aimed at developing
cooperation between them.

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International law is divided into:
• Private law
• Public law

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3. Civil (private) law
• Civil law is the branch of law that deals with
disputes that arise within a country.

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— the purpose of civil law;
• attempt to right a wrong;
• hon-our an agreement;
• or settlea dispute.

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— Categories of civil law:
law of con-tract;
law of tort;
law of trust;
probate law;
company law;
employment law;
land law;
familv law;
intellectual prop-erty law;
and others.

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Example:
• 1. Copyright protection.
Sergey Yakovlev went to
court because he saw that
famous bloggers used his
song on YouTube without his
permission, so he filed a
lawsuit.

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Example:
• 2. Inheritance. The mother
made a will in advance for three
children. After her death, it
turned out that the land was not
taken into account The children
could not divide the plot
according to the law. What is
the result. Although according
to the will, the shares of the
heirs differed, the court
decided that the plot should be
divided in equal shares - each
one third

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4. Public law (the purpose of public law):
• public law con-cerns disputes between sub-jects of
law and the state.

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— criminal
law
Criminal law dealswithwrongs
which harmthe well-being of
society,

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— constitutional law
• Constitutional law states the
citizen's rights and duties. It
also regulates the
relationships between
different branches of the
state, such as the executive,
the legislative and the
judiciary.

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—
administrative
law
Administrative law regulates
internationaltrade, taxation,
environmentprotection,
manufacturing.

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5.Criminal and civil procedures.
• criminal cases are almost always initiated by the state, and civil cases by
private individuals
• The party bringing a criminalaction is called the prosecution.
• The party bringing a civilaction is called the claimant.

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