Private Law
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Introduction to Private Law
Private law involves the various relationships that people have with one another and the rules that determine their legal rights and duties among themselves. The area is concerned with rules and principles pertaining to private ownership and use of property, contracts between individuals, family relationships, and redress by way of compensation for harm inflicted on one person by another. Historically, government involvement was usually minimal. Private law has also operated to provide general guidelines and security in private arrangements and interactions in ways that are complementary to morality and custom but that are not necessarily enforceable in a court of law, such as noncontractual promises and agreements within an association of private individuals.
The relative significance of purely private law has decreased in modern times. Public law dominates in government-controlled societies; democratic societies increasingly have a mix of public and private law. The private sphere includes individuals and a vast array of groups, associations, organizations, and special legal entities such as corporations. They compete with one another and with government for control of resources, wealth, power, and the communication of ideas and values. Special fields of law, such as labor law, facilitate and control this competition. Much of such law is in the commercial and corporate areas. The formerly purely private law of property and contracts, for example, is now overlaid with legislation, regulations, and judicial decisions reflecting the competition. The public law of taxation has significant impact on the whole private sphere. Courts have increasingly regarded resolution of seemingly private disputes as vehicles for response to changing social conditions and values-especially in the U.S. Thus, manufacturers have experienced an expansion of liability for physical injuries caused by defects in their products. The mechanism of insurance allows manufacturers to spread such costs across the general consuming public.” (1)
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Notes and References
- Information about Private Law in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia
Guide to Private Law
The Legal History of Private Law in European Union
This section provides an overview of Private Law in European Union
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See Also
- Legal Biography
- Legal Traditions
- Historical Laws
- History of Law
Further Reading
- Private Law in European Union in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- Private Law in European Union in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
- A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly
The Legal History of Private Law in Islamic Law
This section provides an overview of Private Law in Islamic Law
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See Also
- Legal Biography
- Legal Traditions
- Historical Laws
- History of Law
Further Reading
- Private Law in Islamic Law in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- Private Law in Islamic Law in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
- A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly
The Legal History of Concept of Private Law
This section provides an overview of Concept of Private Law
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See Also
- Legal Biography
- Legal Traditions
- Historical Laws
- History of Law
Further Reading
- Concept of Private Law in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- Concept of Private Law in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
- A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly
Spanish Translation of private law
This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to private law and / or a definition of this topic: Derecho Privado (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry).
Hierarchical Display of Private law
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Private law
Concept of Private law
See the dictionary definition of Private law.
Characteristics of Private law
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Translation of Private law
- Spanish: Derecho privado
- French: Droit privé
- German: Privatrecht
- Italian: Diritto privato
- Portuguese: Direito privado
- Polish: Prawo prywatne
Thesaurus of Private law
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Trade > Trade policy > Commercial law > Private law
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Law > International law > Private international law > Private law
Law > Civil law > Civil law > Legal status > Legal capacity > Private law
See also
- Family law
- Maintenance obligation
- Descendant
- Adoption of a child
- Marriage
- Matrimonial law
- Judicial separation
- Civil union
- Guardianship
- Parental authority
- Custody
- Rights of access
- Parental responsibility
- Emancipation
- Divorce
- Adoption law
- Surname
- Commercial law
- Civil law
- Private international law
- Legal capacity
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