Law of Buisness
Zachary Buche
Torts
A tort is a private wrong against people or organizations. Five real life torts would be: neglecting children, assaulting a person, stealing personal property, false imprisonment, and copyright infringement.
Ethics and Morals
Ethics and Morals are a necessity in Buisness Law in that laws are meant to prevent people from doing bad things. Examples of using morals and ethics are: The Rainmakers moral justice to stand up for the cancer patient, the multiple case studies, and the Social Nerwork movie.
The American Court System
What is is
The court system is used to assess and convict crimes that are punishable.
How it works
It begins with someone asking another person in court. Then the lawyers try and either defend or accuse the defendant. After consideration, the jury declares them either innocent or guilty.
Why we have it
We have it so we can make the right decision when it comes to a crime. It makes it so not one person can control people's lives.
Court Cases
Class Case Studies
Three case studies we have studied are: the Mapp vs. Ohio search and seizure case, which ended with Mapp being free of all charges. Another would be the school soda case study, which studied if selling unhealthy drinks to kids for profit is morally right, which resulted be the students opinion. And finally, the Law and Gambling case study, which allowed students to study if some types of gambling should be illegal or regulated, which was also chosen by the student.
Contracts
A contract is a legal binding obligation to do something. They are usually written on paper or spoken orally. We use contracts because they are very descriptive and hold people accountable for their duty. Contracts could be written, spoken orally, or by conduct.
Copyrights
A copyright gives you the legal right to an idea. We have them to prevent idea theft. A copyright allows no other person to steal another's idea for themselves. A large copyright case is the Facebook idea theft.
Patents
A patent protects a tangible invention from being reproduced form someone other than the patent holder. Patents are necessary for people to have their hard work protected from imitators. With a patent, no other person may invent a similar invention. An example would be the Bowman v. Monsato case.
Miranda Rights
All criminals have the right to remain silent, a fair trial, and a lawyer. We have these laws as a way for criminals to be treated with fairness and to prevent suits.
Mapp v. Ohio
Local police had entered a home without a warrant and arrested the accused. Mapp was later released because the evidence was obtained illegally.
Florida v. Jimeno
A police officer was given permission to search a suspected drug trafficking vehicle. The accused said the search was not extended to the bag, and the court agreed.