[U MAD BRO?] Legal Medicine Notes 2011-2012 (Prelims Ed.) I. INTRODUCTION What the hell is legal medicine‚ anyway? Legal medicine is a branch of medicine which deals with the application of medical knowledge to the purposes of law and in the administration of justice. It is the application of basic and clinical‚ medical and paramedical sciences to elucidate legal matters. What is the legal basis of the inclusion of the subject “Legal Medicine” in the medical school curriculum? Sec. 6 of RA
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Porter Five Forces – Degree of Competition The UK banking industry is made up of three distinct types of competition which include the following (OFT‚ 2010): · Retail banks - Accept deposits and use these funds to make loans as well as offering other financial products to consumers and firms. Lloyds Banking Group‚ Virgin Money‚ Metro Bank‚ · Universal banks which not only offer retail banking services but also offer wholesale and investment banking services. For example: Barclays‚ HSBC
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The current legal system of England‚ governed under common law‚ has evolved over many centuries and has changed considerably over time. Although the modern courts may be different from their predecessors‚ the court system is of ancient existence and many present day rules derive from it today. This essay will focus on the principal sources of the English Legal System in the order of their constitutional importance by providing examples of each source. The main sources that will be covered are European
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Environmental Scan Competitive Factors To effectively look at the competitive factors within the Outdoor Apparel and Equipment industry‚ implementing Porter’s Five Forces serves as an effective tool. In this section‚ the five forces are discussed in relation to Patagonia‚ North Face‚ Columbia‚ and REI. 1. Competitive Rivalry Within the outdoor apparel industry Patagonia‚ North Face‚ Columbia‚ and REI make up a large amount of the market share. In regards to REI‚ the competitive rivalry within
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History & Development of Legal System in Bangladesh: Hindu Period to Pakistan Period Md. Ziadul Islam Chowdhury Sadi Department of Law University of Dhaka Legal System has developed gradually in Bangladesh with her growth as a nation over the centuries. Before the advent of British rule this part of the country was under Mughal rule. The Mughals seized power from the Turko-Afghan sultans who ruled the country since the beginning of the 13th century. It was under the Hindu ruler (Aryans) for 1500
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The legal framework of HRM Two sets of legislation: federal and provincial. Federal laws apply to everyone who resides in Canada. For example‚ everyone must pay income taxes. And the other laws are handled at the provincial level. For example‚ the provinces are responsible for determining who can get a driver’s licence. Most employers and their employees in Canada fall under the jurisdiction of the provincial labour legislation in their province. The federal Labour Program oversees the "federally
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The Political-Legal Environment consists of laws and their interpretations that require firms to operate under competitive conditions and to protect consumer rights for example‚ Health and Safety and Consumer Protection. Government regulations are the forces that combat unfair business practices and serve as a guideline to avoid such discrepancies. There are four historical phases the government regulations falls into: • Antimonopoly period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries • Protecting
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The Australian Legal System Introduction All countries are a reflection of their histories and this is very much the case with governmental structures and the associated legal system. The Australian legal system is based on a fundamental belief in the rule of law‚ justice and the independence of the judiciary. All people—Australians and non-Australians alike—are treated equally before the law and safeguards exist to ensure that people are not treated arbitrarily or unfairly by governments or
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Revision Q1) Porter`s Five Forces Strategies for overcoming the influencers. * Threat of new entrants * A way of trying to eliminate threat of new entrants would be to create economies of scale. This approach would make it harder for new entrants to reach high scale production‚ as they would have higher costs. This is what Samsung and Apple are trying to do at the moment‚ by building large economies of scale. But at the same time‚ ZTE a Chinese company‚ started selling the cheapest Android
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Legal Research Assignment-Legal Encyclopedias on page 77-78‚ Questions 1-4. 1. Answer the following questions concerning legal encyclopedias: a. What are the names of the two most widely used national legal encyclopedias? Corpus Juris Secundum and American Jurisprudence 2d b. What are the common abbreviations for those names? C.J.S and Am.Jur c. What is the legal encyclopedia for your state? Fl.Jur.2d - Florida Jurisprudence‚ Second
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