1. Unit 2 Civil Law
Outcome 1: Issues in Civil Law
Chapter 5: Civil Law

2. Outcome

3. Key knowledge

4. Intro to civil law

5. Key Players in Civil
Disputes

6. The need for civil law

7. Key principles of civil law

8. Distinction between civil
and criminal law

9. Relationship between civil
and criminal law

10. Law-making through the
courts

11. Precedent

12. Precedent in Action

13. Binding precedent

14. Stare Decisis – Stand by
what has been decided

15. Obiter dictum – said by the
way

16. Persuasive precedent

17. Flexibility in precedent
“Don’t Ride On Drugs”

18. Distinguishing

19. Reversing

20. Overruling

21. Disapproving

22. Statutory Interpretation

23. Torts – a civil wrong

24. Negligence
Torts

25. Negligence: Key principles
All four MUST be
proved for it to be a
negligence case

26. Negligence: Defences

27. Defamation
Torts

28. Defamation: Key principles
All three MUST be
proved for it to be
a defamation
case

29. Defamation: Defences

30. Defamation: Defences

31. Defamation: Defences

32. Defamation: Defences

33. Defamation on the Internet

34. Other torts

35. End of U201

36. References