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Funeral Service Law. NJ State Board Rules and Regulations www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/mort/mortstat.pdf PA State Board Rules and Regulations: http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/cwp/view.asp?a=1104&q=433975
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Funeral Service Law NJ State Board Rules and Regulations www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/mort/mortstat.pdf PA State Board Rules and Regulations: http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/cwp/view.asp?a=1104&q=433975 DE State Board Rules and Regulations: http://www.delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c031/index.shtml
What is Law? • “a rule of action prescribed by an authority able to enforce its will” • “rules of conduct commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong” • Failure to comply: sanctions & consequences • “law expresses the desired social, economic, and moral standards established by society”
Primary Functions • 1) keep the peace • 2) shape moral standards • 3) promote social justice • 4) maintain status quo • 5) facilitate orderly change • 6) facilitate planning • 7) provide for compromise • 8) maximize individual freedom
Law expresses the desired social, economic, and moral standards established by society.
Mortuary Law/ Mortuary Jurisprudence/Funeral Service Law • “branch of the law which relates to matters concerned with the disposal of the dead and regulation of funeral directors/embalmers and funeral establishments”
Business Law • “those rules of conduct prescribed by a government and its agencies in regulating business transactions” • e.g. Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) • Uniform Probate Code (UPC)
Early Sources of Law • Common Law (Anglo-American) • Canon Law • Admiralty Law • Torah (Talmudic Law) • Roman Law • Napoleonic Code