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Commercial law (or business law), [1] which is also known by other names such as mercantile law or trade law depending on jurisdiction; is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and organizations engaged in commercial and business activities.
Corporate law (also known as company law or enterprise law) is the body of law governing the rights, relations, and conduct of persons, companies, organizations and businesses. The term refers to the legal practice of law relating to corporations, or to the theory of corporations .
Business law consists of many different areas of law, including: contracts, the law of corporations and other business organizations, securities law, intellectual property, antitrust, secured transactions, commercial paper, income tax, pensions and benefits, trusts and estates, immigration law, labor law, employment law, and bankruptcy. It is a ...
King Edward I (1272-1307) created a law saying anyone caught using whiteners in bread would be put in the public pillory for one hour. #30 TIL Linda Chase left her roommate's dead body in the ...
BSc meteorologist Janice Davila tells Bored Panda that one of the most unknown facts from her field of expertise is that weather radars are slightly tilted upward in a half-degree (1/2°) angle.
WW Cook, A treatise on the law of corporations having a capital stock (7th edn Little, Brown and Co 1913) vol I; WO Douglas and CM Shanks, Cases and Materials on the Law of Management of Business Units (Callaghan 1931) Robert C. Clark, Corporate Law (Aspen 1986) A Cox, DC Bok, RA Gorman and MW Finkin, Labor Law Cases and Materials (14th edn 2006)
Learning new things is important if we want to live a long and fulfilling life. Acquiring new skills and performing activities such as puzzles and other brain games strengthens our neurological ...
The practice of corporate law is less adversarial than that of trial law. Lawyers for both sides of a commercial transaction are less opponents than facilitators. One lawyer (quoted by Bernstein) characterizes them as "the handmaidens of the deal". Transactions take place amongst peers.