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    COMMON LAW V CIVIL LAW COMMON LAW(characteristics)for comparing or contrast purpose Common law systems are mostly found in former british colony and protectorate including US‚ it is less prescriptive than civil law system‚citizens are benefited by enactment and legislation in specific fields.more often are the implied terms usage. 1)represents the law of courts as expressed in judicial decision 2)based on precedents provided by past judicial decisions‚no written statues or prescribed texts

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    [Name]: Yong Yee Luenn [Student ID]: TP 022725 [Intake number]: UC2F1210AF [FI] [Module code]: BM054-3.5-3-CL [Subject code]: Company Law [Lecture’s name]: Nadiah Suki [Assignment title]: Individual assignment [Submit date]: 15th January 2014 Table of Content Title Page Case Reference 3 Question 1 4-6 Question 2 7-8 Question 3 9-10 Reference 11 Case Reference 1) Salomon v. Salomon & Co. Ltd 2) Symington v. Symington’s Quarries Ltd 3) Daimler Co Ltd

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    The different Labour law requirements between Mainland and Hong Kong The Labour Law of China is the law formulated in accordance with the Constitution in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of laborers‚ readjust labor relationship‚ establish and safeguard a labor system suited to the socialist market economy‚ and promote economic development and social progress. This Law applies to all enterprises and individual economic organizations (hereinafter referred to as employing units)

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    a company structure? • Assuming Susan adopts a company structure‚ what type of Liability Company should Susan adopt? Relevant Laws: Form of association: • Consider the possible form of association‚ corporate and non-corporate • Consider comparative advantages and disadvantages of each form of association in the light of facts given. • Remember that there can be many relevant factors‚ not all of them related to corporate law issues. Taxation stamp duty and human factors can also be important

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    Term Paper Rent-a-Car Contract ADM 3360A Andrew Sarofeim 4856542 December 7‚ 2010 Introduction With the ability to fly anywhere around the world at a relatively affordable price‚ many Canadians are finding themselves taking trips to visit family‚ friends‚ or complete strangers more often than ever before. However‚ the ability to travel in a given destination of choice will require the ability to drive a car. This has created a large

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    Tort of Negligence Damage and Injury In order for a claim of tortuous liability in negligence to be actionable‚ primarily‚ certain fundamental pre-requisites need to be established in each case respectively. The requirements of the modern tort of negligence were stated by Lord Wright in‚ Lochgelly and Coal Co ltd v McMullan‚ as being‚ i) the existence of a duty of care owed by the defendant to the claimant; ii) a breach of that duty; iii) damage or injury caused by that breach of duty. Each aforesaid

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    Tort law appears to discriminate between different types of defendant’s such as public entities‚ rescuers‚ children‚ manufacturers‚ etc. when establishing a duty of care and to whom. This is because the law of torts is a specialized area of the law that seeks to account for damages in a civil setting that may occur because of a breach of that duty. Further‚ much of tort law has been developed randomly‚ many times to fill in gaps that exist in the law‚ and at other times‚ it is influenced by public

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    ADMINISTRATIVE LAW ASSIGNMENT – I RULE OF LAW IN INDIA ARUSHI LOHIA R.NO – 013 DIVISION – A E-MAIL – Arushi.lohia@symlaw.ac.in Rule of Law Aristotle said two thousand years ago‚ “The rule of law is better than that of any individuals”. The rule of law is a system of rules and rights that enables fair functioning of the societies. The World Justice Project‚ an initiative of the United Nations defines this system as one in which the following four principles are upheld1: 1. The Government and

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    Hart’s theory and legal system Introduction One of the principal lessons of ‘The concept of law’ is that legal systems are not only comprised of rules‚ but founded on them as well. In contrast to Austin who had insisted that the sovereign makes all of the rules‚ Hart argued instead that the rules make the sovereign. In this essay‚ I would like to explain Hart’s theory and how the social rules are related to the legal system and rules of recognition. This essay has five parts. In the first part

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    of law… The basic of law can be summarized in two words: human conflict. People dispute and argue over money and theft and property damage. Law is a body of rules enacted by public officials in a legitimate manner and backed by the force of the state. The first element (body of rules) is self evident‚ the hidden part is these rules are found in a myriad of different places. The second element (law is enacted by a public official) is critical. all places have rules but they are not laws unless

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