Private Law - Areas of Private Law

Areas of Private Law

  • Civil law
    • Contract law or law of obligations
    • Law of torts
    • Property law
    • Family law family-related issues and domestic relations including, but not limited to marriage, civil unions, divorce, spousal abuse, child custody and visitation, property, alimony, and child support awards, as well as child abuse issues, and adoption.
    • Succession, estate, probate, and testamentary laws
    • Law of agency
  • Labour law
  • Commercial law
  • Corporations law
  • Competition law

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