Learning Objectives. 1  Identify the three sources of law. 2  Rank the three sources of law, from highest to lowest. 3  Ascertain the purpose of the US and state constitutions.  Ascertain one purpose of statutory 1  law. Ascertain the purpose of case 2  law. Define judicial review.  Diagram and explain the components of a case brief.
privity definition: Privity is defined as a secret between two people, or a close relationship recognized by law. (noun) When two people know the family secret, this is an example of a shared privity. When two people enter into a contract together, ...
The idea of a general duty of care that runs to all who could be foreseeably affected by one's conduct (accompanied by the demolishing of the privity barrier) first appeared in the judgment of Brett MR (later Lord Esher) in Heaven v Pender (1883).