08th October 2008 Tort-Obligations II Tutorial 1 1. What is Tort law for? ▪The law of tort- The word derives from the French for ‘Wrong’. ▪ The civil action for damages aims at compensation as opposed to criminal prosecution. Restoring the status quo. ▪Appeasement- the object of early law is to prevent disruption of society by disputes arising from the infliction of injury. The victim’s vengeance is bought off by compensation‚ which gives him satisfaction in 2 ways; he is comforted to receive
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2/11/2013 M28CLS: International Environmental Law Lecture 1: Introduction Dr Francis Boateng Agyenim fagyenim@gtuc.edu.gh or dean.gradschool@gtuc.edu.gh Tel: +233 (0) 302 200 622 Introduction • • • • Intended Module Outcome General terminologies Assessment and requirements Important fundamental understanding of • energy‚ • pollution‚ • environmental sustainability Monday‚ February 11‚ 2013 Break: 15minutes break at 9.30am 30 minutes break at 12.30pm 15 minutes break
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Legal Decisions in International Law There is no international parliament to make and enforce laws thus international laws are created through a variety of ways such as legal decisions. Most international law disputes are dealt with by the International Court of Justice. The court‚ as part of the United Nations structure‚ has the power to make rulings to treaties that nominate the court to resolve the dispute. Legal decisions are considered subsidiary means of international law making. However‚ while
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Business Law Project Topic: Conflict of Laws Introduction: What is Conflict of Law? Conflict of laws is that part of the law in each state‚ country‚ or other jurisdiction that determines whether‚ in dealing with a particular legal situation‚ its law or the law of some other jurisdiction will be applied. An alternative term‚ widely used in Europe‚ is "private international law May arise because of differences between the law of the country of nationality of a person and that in which that person
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through the three organs available to the State: the Legislature‚ the Executive and the Judiciary. The Legislature The Parliament of Mauritius is modeled after the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy‚ where Members of Parliament are voted in at regular general elections on the basis of a first past the post system. The Parliament consists of the President and a National Assembly. The later is made up of 70 members of whom 62 are directly elected in 21 constituencies. The Executive
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OF LAW In course of Twentieth century‚ the emergences of democratic legislations and state welfare laws have lowered the effect of natural law and common law. These laws are bit liberal and sometimes puts limitations on the rule of Law in the name of nation’s Interest. This principle of ‘Rule of Law’ has been a matter of discussion and analysis since a long time in the realm of Jurisprudence and Legal theory. But‚ very less interest has been shown towards the exact definition of ‘Rule of Law’. Rule
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enclosing a cheque for RM15‚000. On 30 September‚ her uncle phones to say that he has already sold the equipment to someone else. Advise Fiona. (50 marks) Question 2 Critically discuss the doctrine of judicial precedent of the Malaysian legal system with the current role. (50 marks) 1.1 Introduction According to the case study‚ where Fiona‚ a newly qualified dentist‚ receives a letter from her uncle on the 13th September saying that he is prepared to let Fiona have all of his dental equipment
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PROCEDURAL LAW COMMON LAW AND EQUITY THE COMMON LAW SYSTEM OF EARLY ENGLAND - one who believes he has a legal claim brings a cause of action in court (vložitev tožbe‚ s katero se sproži pravda) - he is seeking some form of relief‚ remedy (zadoščenje) - remedy is supposed to cure or satisfy his claim of harm or injury (terjatev za škodo ali poškodbo) - in the beginning only certain forms of action were recognized by the law courts - a claim had to fit one of recognized forms
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Introduction Rule of law is a legal principle that its ideal is started long before 16th century England. The Oxford English Dictionary has defined "rule of law" this way: The authority and influence of law in society‚ esp. when viewed as a constraint on individual and institutional behaviour; (hence) the principle whereby all members of a society (including those in government) are considered equally subject to publicly disclosed legal codes and processes. Hence‚ it implies the idea of each citizen
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Bachelor thesis International Human Rights in general Subject It is Article 1 of the UDHR‚ which emphasizes the aspect of human rights most intensely debated--their claim to universality. In its preamble‚ the Universal Declaration accentuates the global importance of human rights as "a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations" and as "the foundation of freedom‚ justice and peace in the world." As if to settle the matter once and for all‚ the Vienna Declaration states
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