Law school in Hours - Seminar - January 205, 2020 - Vancouver - Test


LAW SCHOOL IN HOURS

2050 Knowledge Corporation - Speaker - John Boon, J.D., HKMK Law Canada

For - everyone – state and enterprise systems provide life support for all.

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"Four out of four. Enjoyed it greatly! John made the law interesting and fascinating." Student

“Superb presentation. Three years of law school in three hours. Wow. Fantastic.” Student, Langara

“I am interested in what goes on in the world and what I can do to succeed. I wanted to study law for a year to better understand the world. John gave me what I wanted in one day.” Student, Langara College
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No one can isolate themselves from matters of state and enterprise. Functional service and regulatory states - grounded in liberty, democracy and rule of law – provide life support for all.

This session reviews core (not all) subjects of a law school education – and what people must know when they live, work or do business. It examines principles that underlie and apply to most areas of law.

This is not a Law 101 course. It looks beyond technical rules and the “you must do this or can’t do that” approach. It helps people to think legally – to analyze facts - to identify legal issues and applicable laws – and to make decisions and act effectively to achieve goals and address challenges.

Legal knowledge leads to: self-reliance; fewer legal problems; enhanced management and legal research skills; an ability to work with one’s lawyers - an understanding of politics, economics and commerce.

Training Units – Details Below

 Management and Legal Principles
 State Entities (Countries) – Foundations and Functions
 Constitutional State - Power – Controls on Power
 State - Private Identity and Rights – Key to Social Contracts, Rule of Law and Democracy
 Rule of Law – Democracy Types – Dangers Ahead
 Services State – Public and Private Services
 Global Goods and Services Trade
 Regulatory State –Regulatory Mechanics - Risk Mitigation
 Private Law - Corporations - Business Organizations
 Private Law – Workplaces – Business Operations
 Private Law – Contract – Tort – Property
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Management and Legal Principles
1. Management Principles – essential to all rational and fragile human systems - from state to home.
2. Legal Systems – relationship and social order – laws – lawmakers – courts - controls – rights.
3. Legal Rights and Duties – paths to vesting distinct types of rights and duties.
4. Natural Law and Rights – continued role in political, constitutional and legal instruments.

State Entities (Countries) – Foundations and Functions
1. What a State Entity Is – International Law – state sovereign rights - external and internal state.
2. Evolution of State Functions – four major historical revolutions or shifts of expectations for states.
3. State’s Legitimate and Exclusive Use of Force and Law - need for controls on vast state power.

Constitutional State - Power – Controls on Power
1. Constitutional Government – state actor powers – delegations of power – controls on power key to rule of law and democratic states.
2. Courts and Controls on the State – Administrative Law – grounds for judicial review of state actions.
3. Common Law – beyond mechanical application of laws – rule of the case – binding precedent.
4. Interpretation of Law – all laws have remedial purpose – rights protections – judicial and not political philosophy of conservative and liberal judges.

State - Private Identity and Rights – Key to Social Contracts, Rule of Law and Democracy
1. Private Identity and Rights – historic battles – key to rule of law, democracy, economies, commerce.
2. Private Rights of Contract and Individual or Collective Action – roots of positive capitalism.
3. Positive Capitalism – people and corporate entities are multi-dimensional.
4. Public and private sectors overlap and are interdependent.

Rule of Law – Democracy Types – Dangers Ahead
1. Procedural Democracy and Rights - state creation, governance, applied legislative or judicial power.
2. Liberal Democracy – liberty - diversity - pluralism – free agency - rational government – freedoms.
3. Dangers to Rule of Law and Democracy – unmet needs – authoritarianism – tribalism - lack of trust.

Services State – Public and Private Services
1. Services State - duty to use force and law to serve people - public and private services
2. Services - Assembly - Quality – change consumer conditions – centuries old quality definition.
3. Services Required in Functional States – meet core needs and support stability.
4. Services Finance – assembly – transactions - imperfect markets – limited public funds.
5. Service Rights and Duties - claimed rights versus legally enforceable rights.

Global Goods and Services Trade
1. Globalization - Trade in Services – freedom of contract commerce - free trade - trade agreements.
2. Specific Agreements - NAFTA – USMCA – CETA (Europe) – CPTPP – GATS

Regulatory State –Regulatory Mechanics - Risk Mitigation
1. Regulatory State - duty to use force and law to mitigate risk and serve people.
2. Regulatory State – contract parties make and enforce contracts – regulators make and enforce law.
3. Regulatory Mechanics – Risk Mitigation – risk – prohibitions – standards – compliance – permission - mixed risks systems lead to ineffective and needless regulation – regulation as service.

Private Law - Corporations - Business Organizations
1. Corporations – Business Organizations – Partnerships and Joint Ventures
2. Corporate Finance - Securities Law
3. Corporations Act Through Others – shareholders – directors – officers - contract service providers.

Private Law – Workplaces – Business Operations
1. Workplace Contracts – business operations - service and goods assembly - distribution.
2. Workplace Law and Regulation
3. Agents – Distributors - Bailments – liability of principals for actions of agents.
4. Franchises – separate businesses operated in accord with systems licensed by a franchisor.

Private Law – Contract – Tort – Property
1. Contract Foundations – formation – performance - contract management key to strong relationships.
2. Tort Law - rights and duties without contracts – intentional – non-intentional – what triggers duties.
3. Private Law of Property – personal, real, intellectual property – key commercial and personal rights- owners don’t own things, but have bundles of rights in things.