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1 LEGAL SYSTEMS THEOCRATIC LAW CIVIL (CODE) LAW COMMON LAW

2 THEOCRATIC LAW TRADITIONS & RELIGION ALL-ENCOMPASING MORALS & VALUES NO INTEREST

3 CIVIL (CODE) LAW NOT BASED ON TRADITION LESS ADVERSARIAL USED IN MOST OF LATIN AMERICA, EUROPE, MUCH OF ASIA, AFRICA

4 COMMON LAW TRADITION: History PRECEDENT: Past cases USAGE: Specific situations MANY INTERPRETATIONS LONG CONTRACTS

5 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PIRATED SOFTWARE (2000): US = 24%, CHINA = 94% PATENT: Product, process TRADEMARK: Coca-Cola, Nike COPYRIGHT: Music, software… MCDONALDS, MICROSOFT, SAFEWAY – Jordan “business.com” = $7.5 Mil HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

6 RESOLTION MEDIATION (CONCILIATION) ARBITRATION LITIGATION JURISDICTION “GOOD LUCK!”

7 ISSUES PRODUCT LIABILITY ADVERTISING TAXATION ANTITRUST ACT OF GOD FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ETHICS


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