Torts are civil wrongs recognized by law as grounds for a lawsuit. These wrongs result in an injury or harm constituting the basis for a claim by the injured party. While some torts are also crimes punishable with imprisonment‚ the primary aim of tort law is to provide relief for the damages incurred and deter others from committing the same harms. The injured person may sue for an injunction to prevent the continuation of the tortious conduct or for monetary damages. Among the types of damages
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Originally‚ common law was customary law‚ folk law‚ based on precedent. There was of course statutory law -- the king’s law -- but common law guided how it was enforced and administered. No real common law exists today‚ having been entirely codified as statutory law throughout the English-speaking world. There remains‚ however‚ what are sometimes termed common law rights. Now and again‚ a new situation arises where there is no law to guide a judge‚ but where there really is something to adjudicate
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* CHAPTER 1 LAW AND ITS SOURCES Introduction Man is by nature a social being. He comes into contact with other individuals in different capacities. These contacts or associations are the inevitable consequence of modern civilization. In all these associations‚ he is expected to observe a Code of Conduct or a set of rules. The object of these set of rules is to make human associations possible; and ensure that members of the society may live ; and work together in an orderly and peaceful manner
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by post. The offeree‚ by acceptance‚ agrees to be bound by all the terms of the offer. Such acceptance must fulfill three main rules: first of all‚ it must be the ‘mirror image’ of an offer‚ and secondly it must be firm‚
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Administrative Law – LWZ312 EXAM NOTES 1. PROBLEM SOLVING 2 2. Practical steps 2 3. IRAC Method 2 4. Standard Exam Answers 2 A. INITIAL ISSUES 2 B. NATURAL JUSTICE 2 (i) Hearing rule 2 (ii) Bias rule 2 (iii) Jurisdictional errors in natural justice 2 5. Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 2 6. Key principles in judicial review 2 7. Narrow/substantive ultra vires 2 C. Simple Ultra vires 2 (iv) Power to regulate 2 (v) Power to prohibit 2
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possible to capture what law is? It is possible to capture what law is from a standpoint independent of its content by positing a descriptive account of its characteristic features. In response to the limitations of early empirical positivism propounding the command theory‚ the conventional positivists put forth the separability thesis‚ by which law can be described distinct from any morally laden propositions. However‚ the value of such a purely descriptive account of what law is remains fundamentally
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Module 4 1. In Roman law - particularly in The Body of the Civil Law – what does "natural law" refer to? According to Roman law‚ specifically The Body of the Civil Law‚ natural law refers to laws that apply to both animals and humans. 2. Describe Aquinas’s distinctions between eternal law‚ natural law‚ human law‚ and divine law. According to Thomas Aquinas‚ there are four distinct types of laws; eternal law as the most faultless and complete set of Gods law that rules the entire community
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Fun Role and Functions of Law Nicholas B. Seay LAW/421 February 4‚ 2013 Valentine Castillo Role and Functions of Law When it comes down to understanding law‚ most individuals have a better understanding of how criminal law plays a role in society instead of civil law. Modern law helps regulate business and individuals in a combination of constitutional law‚ statutory law‚ common law‚ and administrative law. These are also known as the primary sources of law as each can be used together
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Copyright Laws on Computer Programs and Cyberspace Tort Computer programs and cyber space usage has become a major part of our every day lives. Nearly everyone has to use a computer at some point‚ and for some it may be an all day every day affair. This being the case‚ every one should be aware of the laws and boundaries of cyber space usage‚ copyright infringement on shareware‚ freeware‚ and computer software programs. Most of the main legal issues that relate to cyberspace can be listed
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the law Chapter 1 | Introducing the law 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Law and life The nature of law Justice‚ ethics and politics The sources of law The Australian legal system Law and life Chapter 1 Introducing the law You already know about the law ... •... from your personal life. •... from your business activities. •... from the media. •... from popular culture. •There are very few aspects of life that are not regulated by law. The nature of law Chapter 1 Introducing the law Defining the law •Law
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