Why we have laws- The law is a legal set of rules that the government and courts have made for everyone to follow. Without laws‚ confusion and chaos would occur. In extreme cases of conflict‚ a state of anarchy would develop. The person with the most strength will start to dominate and the weak and helpless would suffer. However‚ when laws are enforced‚ a sense of order is created resulting in a society where everyone can live peacefully. Why laws change-? Societies’ perceptions have changed over
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law In law‚ a sentence forms the final explicit act of a judge-ruled process‚ and also the symbolic principal act connected to his function. The sentence can generally involve a decree of imprisonment‚ a fine and/or other punishments against a defendant convicted of a crime. Those imprisoned for multiple crimes‚ will serve a consecutive sentence (in which the period of imprisonment equals the sum of all the sentences)‚ a concurrent sentence (in which the period of imprisonment equals the length
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Nontraditional and Traditional Litigation Felicia Cobbs Law 531 Business Law Professor Herndon October 17‚ 2011 Nontraditional and Traditional Litigation “Litigation is the bringing‚ maintaining‚ and defense of a lawsuit” (Cheeseman‚ 2010). There are two forms of litigation: traditional and nontraditional. The pretrial process is divided into pleadings‚ discovery‚ dismissals and pretrial judgments‚ and settlement conference. This is followed by the trial proceedings and appeals‚ if applicable
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As you know‚ eight months ago we entered into a contract with Citizen-Schwarz AG to create custom e-banking software. The agreed contract outlined the details of the arrangement‚ including on-schedule delivery and quality of the deliverables‚ strong communication between both parties‚ procedures for any changes in the system requirements‚ intellectual property rights‚ and dispute management procedures. Depending on our performance‚ we were projecting to gain an additional contract with C-S’s larger
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Law 531 Week two Law 531 Week Two Threats. The contract is agreement between two parties they find they have some to exchange; the power and commitment between two parties enforcement by the court‚ The contract have many legal details to be discussed by lawyer or expert. The contract administration‚ focus on the requirement for the services the company have to get when they sign a contract for new service or to get new products. In field like software consultant it is very complicated and
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Role and Functions of Law LAW/421 November 3‚ 2014 Charles Hughes Role and Functions of Law “Law plays a significant role in the successful operation of business and society” (Bushman‚ 2007). Laws create order and allow a government to instruct citizens on what is acceptable behavior. These laws‚ better known as public laws‚ provide a clear set of rules for citizens to follow. What is Law? According to Melvin‚ law is defined as “a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling
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Contract Creation and Management Erica Ackerman University of Phoenix Online Business Law LAW 531 Laurie Wicker April 30‚ 2012 Contract Creation and Management Introduction A contract is a binding agreement between two or more mutual parties. When people enter into a contract‚ they must abide by every article of the contract or they are in danger of a lawsuit for breach of contract (Cheeseman‚ 2010). The author of this paper completed the contract creation and management simulation
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Max Sleeth Mr. Katz – P-6 10/16/12 Babylonian Law Essay (Rewritten) While few written texts exist from the Babylonian Empire of 1800 B.C documenting their history‚ there are many contracts detailing their laws. Several passages even include laws and customs. A great Babylonian King‚ Hammurabi‚ was successful in establishing a rule of exemplary law for his Kingdom. These laws provided women with the position of being free and dignified‚ protections for the weak and poor from oppression‚ and the
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classification of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ law is unhelpful and misleading in reflecting enforceability in international law. What are the sources of international law? What is meant by ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ law? Do you agree with Chinkin’s assessment and why? ------------------------------------------------- Introduction This essay first discusses the nature and lack enforcement of hard laws‚ being those defined under the ICJ statue and Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969 (VCLT). It argues
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Role and Functions of Law LAW 421 Role and Functions of Law The role and functions are all based on its purpose; the purposes of law begin when domination and power of higher authority had no consideration for the rights of individuals (Melvin). The United States has created laws to help justice in society from many angles‚ in this case education and the workplace‚ and promoting good faith dealing among businesses. There are four sources (primary sources) of law that have federal and state
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