Curriculum
Course: LAW 201 Business Law
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Chapter 1: What is Law?

• Consists of rules that regulate conduct of individuals, businesses, and other organizations in society

• Intended to protect people and their property from unwanted interference from others

• Forbids individuals from engaging in certain undesirable activities

Courts and Jurisdictions

• Major court systems in the United States

– Federal court system

– State court systems

• State courts resolve more than 95 percent of the lawsuits brought in this country

• Courts of record are courts that hear cases of a general nature that are not within the jurisdiction of limited-jurisdiction trial courts.

Pretrial Litigation Process

• Litigation: Process of bringing, maintaining, and defending a lawsuit

– Pleadings

– Discovery

– Pretrial motions

– Settlement conference