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Commercial law covers the provisions of the Commercial Code concerning businesses, including their structure, establishment and liquidation. Commercial enterprise law examines the distinction between merchants and tradespeople and sets out the rules applicable to merchants. It also addresses commercial litigation, unfair competition and current accounts.... DETAIL

Employment law governs relationships between employees and employers, their respective rights and duties, and legislation concerning work and the workplace. Its principal function is to regulate employment relationships arising from contracts of employment and the obligation to perform work under an employer's direction.... DETAIL

Family law is a branch of civil law dealing with family matters. Its main subjects include engagement, the conditions and effects of marriage, the conditions and consequences of divorce, matrimonial property regimes, the family home, parentage, adoption, custody, child maintenance, guardianship and the appointment of representatives.... DETAIL

Criminal law is the branch of public law that examines offences and penalties. Its fundamental aims are to protect the continuity of society, public order, individual safety and the rule of law, and to ensure that criminal sanctions are applied to offences.... DETAIL

Property law regulates the direct relationship of control between people and property. Where this control is based on a right, it concerns rights in rem; where it is a factual situation without such a right, it concerns possession. Its three main subjects are rights in rem, possession and the land register.... DETAIL

Insurance law examines the rules governing insurance relationships and the operations of insurance businesses. It may be considered in two branches: private insurance, which concerns individual insurance arrangements, and social insurance, which concerns social security for groups within society.... DETAIL

Health law concerns the rights of institutions providing healthcare services and the individuals receiving those services.... DETAIL

Enforcement and bankruptcy law concerns how an unpaid debt can be recovered at the creditor's request. Recovery may take place through state enforcement against movable or immovable assets. The law sets out how creditors may collect their claims from debtors.... DETAIL

Inheritance law governs to whom, and in what manner, a person's estate passes upon death or a declaration of presumed death.... DETAIL

An expert opinion relevant to the subject matter of a case must be taken into account and assessed by the court.... DETAIL