Lecture 1 Course Intro and Overview Purpose of Criminal Law 1. Regulate‚ maintain and enforce social conduct 2. Discourage behavior harmful to the society 3. Discourage behavior challenging authority’s legitimacy 4. Aim at enforcing society’s more favorable behavior 5. Use criminal sanctions for punishing offenders 6. Incapacitate offenders from continual harming the society 7. Rehabilitate offenders 8. Re-tribute offenders for the harm done 9. Deter potential/repeating
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COMPANY LAW MGMT3046 (MS37B) ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 WORKSHEET 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY LAW REGIME TYPES AND NATURE OF COMPANIES Learning objectives: The student should be able to: ✓ describe the various kinds of companies that may be registered under the Companies Act; ✓ explain the distinction between private and public companies with reference to the relevant provisions of the Companies Act; ✓ explain the concept of limited
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Aviation Law and Space Law Aviation Law -Air space – customary law since First W.W. That aircraft from one state have right to fly over the high seas‚ but never over territorial sea of another state -Art.1 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation: “every state has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the space above its territory” -It is a serious breach of international law for a state to order to violate the air space of another state (for e.g. USA military aircraft attacked
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The rule of law is a legal maxim stating that no person is above the law‚ that no one can be punished by the state except for a breach of the law‚ and that no one can be convicted of breaching the law except in the manner set forth by the law itself. The rule of law stands in contrast to the idea that the leader is above the law‚ a feature of Roman law‚ Nazi law‚ and certain other legal systems. Albert Dicey British jurist A. V. Dicey popularised the phrase "rule of law" in 1885. Dicey emphasized
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An Investigation into Hooke’s Law Planning The aim of this experiment is to find out if the amount of weight applied to an elastic or stretchable object is proportional to the amount the object’s length increases by when the weight is applied. Since Hooke’s law is famous‚ and is used a lot‚ I have many resources and researchable information available to use. I took this from a website; http://www.efunda.com/formulae/solid_mechanics/mat_mechanics/hooke.cfm "Robert Hooke‚
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Ahmad is in business selling microcomputers. Following a major refurbishment of his shop premises he publishes the re-opening of his shop with a large newspaper advertisement on 30 august. Formalities are a general rule contracts do not need to comply with any sort of formalities. Thus‚ while it is more difficult to prove contracts that are entirely or partly oral‚ this is a matter of evidence and procedure only and is not relevant to the validity of a contract. A contract of sale may be made in
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|BUSINESS ENTITY | | | | | | | | | | | |Sole Proprietorship |Partnership
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Aquinas on Law Aquinas talks about general law. Aquinas has definition of general law: “nothing other than a certain dictate of reason (rationis ordinatio) for the common good‚ made by him who has the care of the community and promulgated." According to Aquinas‚ the law is based on a reason. The purpose of a proper function of the law is to promote common good given out by the person who has a leadership. He talks about four types of law. These laws are eternal law‚ divine law ‚ natural
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Agenda Historical overview of labor laws Understand the effects of the legal system on unionization Understand the major provisions of US labor laws Understand the differences and similarities between US private and public sector law Assignments This week’s reading contained a lot of information! This material‚ however‚ is vital to your understanding of how we got to our current state of labor laws. Watch out for our close friends – efficiency‚ equity and voice
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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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