Legal Environment of Business Class Notes 8/19/13 2 Branches of Law Civil vs. Criminal Civil Criminal Burden of Proof (quantum/amount of evidence) b.o.p is on plaintiff who initiates a civil action (51% preponderance of evidence - over 50% of the believable evidence is in the plaintiff’s favor) **Can have both Civil and Criminal in a trial burden of proving the defendant’s guilt is on the prosecution‚ and they must establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt Remedies
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the possession‚ of a determinate thing; and the other party (Buyer) obligates himself to pay therefor a price certain in money or its equivalent.1 The Roman Law concept embodied in the old Civil Code2 that treated delivery of tangible property as the sole purpose of sale has been modified under the present Article 1458‚ which applies the common law concept of requiring the obligation to transfer the ownership of the subject matter of the sale as a principal obligation of the seller. 1. Nature of Obligations
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satisfied the neighbour test. Secondly‚ the court should ask whether there were any policy considerations which dictated that no duty should exist. The problem with the Anns test is it seemed it could be applied with little regard for previous case law
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Customary International Law in the 21st Century: Old Challenges and New Debates 1. Roozbeh (Rudy) B. Baker* 1. *Adjunct Professor of Law‚ Pepperdine University‚ Malibu‚ Cal. BA‚ University of California at San Diego; JD‚ University of Illinois; LLM‚ University of California at Berkeley; PhD Candidate (Politics and International Relations)‚ University of Southern California. Email:Rudy.Baker{at}yahoo.com. Next Section Abstract This article will survey the new non-traditional scholarship which
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Martial law in the Philippines (Tagalog: Batas Militar sa Pilipinas) refers to the period of Philippine history wherein Philippine Presidents and Heads of state declared a proclamation to control troublesome areas under the rule of the Military‚ and it is usually given when threatened by popular demonstrations‚ or to crack down on the opposition. Martial law can also be declared in cases of major natural disasters‚ however most countries use a different legal construct like "state of emergency".
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and have to be taken with utter most consideration of the acceptance‚ however in order to understand in depth a binding agreement‚ we must first discuss‚ what determines a contract or binding agreement. These can be defined as “an agreement which the law will enforce” as well as a “promise or set of promises which the court will enforce”. To facilitate a binding agreement‚ an acceptance must occur and must be absolutely unconditional so that the contract may be considered as valid. As mentioned‚ the
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Heats of Reaction – Hess’s Law Overview Hess’s Law states that the energy change for a reaction depends on the enthalpy of the reactants and products and is independent of the pathway of the reaction. In this experiment you will use calorimetry to measure the heats of reaction for three reactions: Reaction 1 Reaction Equation NaOH(s) → Na+(aq) + OH-(aq) Solid NaOH is dissolved in water 2 Na+(aq) + OH-(aq) + H+(aq) + Cl-(aq) → Na+(aq) + Cl-(aq) + H2O(l) Solutions of NaOH and HCl are mixed 3 NaOH(s)
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Pit Bull Law In Ontario Submitted by: Chris Cole Submitted to: Mr. Bonazza Date: Thursday December 6‚ 2012 The pit bull law is a touch and go law‚ it is one of those laws that doesn’t get enforced until this dog actually does something that would get it attention of the police‚ in which case they would take your pit bull away from you and put it down. Most people blame the bad reputation of pit bulls on bad owners‚ Pit bulls have been known as bad dogs since criminals started adopting them
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Keicha Rater Mr. Hatke Dispatch/Law April 15‚ 2013 Helmet Law There is not a federal law in the United States requiring wearing helmets. Each state can make up their own helmet law. There are three states in the United States that doesn’t have a helmet law‚ Illinois‚ Iowa‚ and New Hampshire. There are nineteen states that has a mandatory helmet law‚ which is where you are supposed to wear your helmet at all times. These nineteen states are Alabama‚ California‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ Massachusetts
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Newton’s three laws‚ when put into simple terms‚ aren’t confusing concepts. Just remember that an object is balanced until acted on by a larger force and then is still balanced when it goes at a constant speed until acted on again by a larger force that stops it. The second law is Force= mass X acceleration. And the third is all forces act in pairs‚ pretty simple right? Just remember this and the examples and the rest should make more sense. The three laws of motion explain how an
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