Law of Persons

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Course Outline

  1. Objective and Subjective Rights
  2. Legal Personality and Legal Subjects
  3. Acquiring Personality at Birth
  4. Embryos and Unborn Children
  5. Certain Death and the Corpse
  6. Uncertain Death
  7. Family Name and Filiation
  8. Changing the Family Name
  9. Protecting and Using the Name
  10. The Given Name
  11. Use of the Name Through Marriage
  12. Use of the Name Through Filiation
  13. Attribution of the First Name
  14. Changing the First Name
  15. Sex Assignment at Birth
  16. Legal Change of Sex

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1. Which statement correctly distinguishes objective law from subjective rights?

2. Which legal classification governs a dispute between a municipality and a private company over a public-service contract?

3. What is the role of civil law within the legal system?

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What does objective law govern in society?

Compulsory rules governing relationships between people.

What are subjective rights recognized as?

Prerogatives to individuals or groups invoked against others with public-authority protection.

What does public law govern?

Relationships involving public persons and the organization of the State and public authorities.

What does private law govern?

Relationships between private persons, including individuals and legal entities.

What is civil law?

The common law applicable to all private persons except where special branches govern.

What is the law of persons concerned with?

Persons in the legal sense, including identification and protection of vulnerable persons.

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