Lesson 1: Introduction to Legal Education and Historical Perspectives in Medical Technology Flashcards
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It is any rule of action or any system of uniformity.
Law
Law that is promulgated and enforced by the state. Also called positive law, municipal law, civil law, or imperative law.
State Law/Jural Law
The law of religion and faith concerns on the concept of sin and salvation.
Divine Law
Is defined as the divine inspiration in man of the sense of justice, fairness, and righteousness.
Natural Law
It is an unstable law. It refers as the totality of the norms of good and right conduct growing out of the collective sense of right or wrong.
Moral Law
It is a stable law. There are uniformities of actions and orders of sequence which are the physical phenomena that what we sense and feel.
Physical Law
The written instrument by which fundamental powers of government are established, limited, and defined. Since it was promulgated by the people, it is the fundamental, basic and supreme law of the land.
Constitution
Consists in the declaration of legal rules by a competent authority. Enacted Law or Statute Law are the acts passed by the legislature.
Legislation
Issued by administrative officials under legislative authority. It is intended to clarify or explain the law and carry into effect its general provisions.
Administrative or Executive Orders, Regulations, and Rulings
Decision of a superior court on a point of law are binding on all subordinate courts. Applying or interpreting the laws or constitutions from part of the legal system of the Philippines.
Judicial Decisions or Jurisprudence
Consists of those habits and practices which through long and uninterrupted usage have become acknowledge and approved by society as binding rules of conduct. It must be proved as a fact according to the rules of evidence.
Custom
It** includes the principle of justice and equity, decision of foreign tribunals, opinions of text writers and religion.**
Other sources
Is a portion of the body of law creating and defining rights and duties which may be either public or private in character. The good example is the law on obligations and contracts.
Substantive Law
The body of law prescribing the manner or procedure by which rights maybe enforced or their violations redresses.
Adjective Law/Remedial Law/Procedural Law
The body of legal rules which regulates the rights and duties arising from the relationship of the state to the people.
Public Law
Defines crimes and provides for their punishment.
Criminal Law
Governs the relations among nations/states.
International Law
Governs the relations between the state and its citizens.
Constitutional Law
Regulates the relations of individuals with one another for purely private ends.
Private Law
Governs the** relation between organizations and individuals**.
Civil Law
Governs the** rights, relations, and conduct of persons and businesses engaged in commerce, merchandising, trade, and sales**.
Mercantile Law/Commercial Law
Provide the means by which private rights maybe enforced.
Civil Procedure
Medical Technology is “the application of principles of natural, physical, and biological sciences to the performance of laboratory procedures which aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.” as defined by?
Ruth Heinemann (1963)
Medical Technology is “the** branch of medicine** concerned with the performance of laboratory determinations and analyses
used in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease and the maintenance of health.” as defined by?
Anna Fagelson (1961)
