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Appendix E: Business law,
regulation, and taxation
Criminal Law
(public law)
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Civil vs. Criminal Law
Civil Criminal
Offense
Against Individual
State (“Against the peace and
dignity of the state of Alabama”)
Who brings
suit Victim (“Plaintiff”)
District Attorney, Attorney General,
or US Attorney (“State” or “US”)
Burden of
Proof
“Preponderance of the
Evidence” (More likely
than not)
“Beyond a reasonable doubt”
(As certain as possible)
Remedy Compensation Punishment
Contracts
(private law) • Promise or a set of promises for the
breach of which the law gives a remedy
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Contract elements
• Agreement
– Offer
– Acceptance
• Legality
• Capacity
• Proper form
• Consideration
Torts
(private law)
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Definitions • Tort is the law of civil wrongs
• Tort law usually provides compensation for
harm
• Tort law may provide punishment to deter
future wrongdoing.
• Categories:
– Intentional torts
– Negligence
– Strict liability
Intentional Torts
Intent
Dennis Mitchell?
Mr. Wilson
Intent
• Purpose to produce the result
– Did Dennis have intent?
OR . . .
Intent
• Purpose to produce result or
• Knowledge to a substantial certainty that
result will occur
false imprisonment • unlawful detention
• any length of time
• deprived of
personal liberty
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shopkeeper’s privilege
• reasonable grounds for suspicion
• reasonable time
• reasonable investigation
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Goodman v. Wal-Mart (Ala. 1999)
• Goodman returned phone to Wal-Mart for
exchange
• Couldn’t find another phone
• Retrieved phone from employee & left
• Detained by security, handcuffed & arrested
• Acquitted of shoplifting
• Sued for false imprisonment: $3.2M verdict
defamation
• false statements
• 3d party
• harm reputation
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intentional infliction
of emotional distress
• extreme & outrageous conduct
• beyond all possible bounds of decency
• atrocious and utterly intolerable in
civilized society
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Negligence
• Duty of care
• Breach of duty
• Damages
• Causation
• In fact
• Proximate
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