Career in Law Part -1
Law establishes the rules that define a person’s rights and obligations and defines their enforcement. Traditionally, lawyers practice before judges in Subordinate Courts, Administrative Tribunals, High Courts and the Supreme Court. Their practice pertains to mainly private matters and public matters.
Private matters are those related to the rights and obligations people have in their involvement with one another, or with Civil Law.
Public matters are those, which deal with the rights, and obligations people have as members of a society. Law related to public matters concerns itself specifically to criminal cases as well as to administrative, constitutional and international cases.
The areas in which lawyers specialize are:
1.) Criminal law – Criminal lawyers specialize in matters having legal implications such as theft, murder and arson, which are considered offences against society or the State.
2.) Real estate – Real estate lawyers deal with cases involving property.
4.) Civil law – Civil Law operates in matters of property, contract and commercial issues, inheritance, family and corporations.
5.) Tax law – Tax lawyers handle cases concerning income tax, wealth tax, gift tax, estate duty, etc.
6.) International law – A set of international legal rules are observed by all the nations in relation to one another.
7.) Labor law – Labor lawyers specialize in solving the problems arising between the management and the labor force in any organization.
8.) Others – Other branches include family law, constitutional law, corporate law, excise law, customs and transportation. Globalization of businesses has created a need for legal compliance, which has created a special niche for legal eagles dealing in all matters concerning business.