Business Law in Accounting Melissa Randall Business Law I / 421 Professor Deborah Gronet March 16‚ 2009 Business Law in Accounting Accounting is the system of recording‚ reporting and verifying financial information for individuals and businesses‚ including income‚ expenses‚ value of assets‚ and so on. However‚ Business Law I‚ takes what is normally known of accounting and moves into another arena‚ one which includes civil and criminal liabilities‚ contract law‚ ethics and the Sarbanes-Oxley
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Compare and contrast the role and function of judges‚ lawyers and lay people within the English Courts Judges‚ lawyers and lay people all contribute to the English courts however the roles that each of them play are different. There are two types of lay people that have a role in the English Courts‚ solicitors and barristers. A solicitor’s main function is to perform all of the legal work outside the court however they work together with barristers whose main function is to defend the client in the
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Court System Structure‚ Function and Jurisdiction Performance Assessment Task 4 Kelly Schoepke Introduction to Criminal Justice Phil Schmidt November 6‚ 2009 Over the years the U.S. court system has evolved into an intricately balanced legal process (Siegel‚ 354). The founding fathers of the nation considered an independent federal judiciary essential to ensure fairness and equal justice for all citizens of the United States. The American judicial system is made up of two separate court
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CONTRACT & AGENCY LAW END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT JULY 2012 PRESENTATION Submission Date : 08 Sept 2012 Question 1: Legal issues: As there are different parts to “Clause 8” in the employment contract which Julia as an employee has signed with Calypso Private Limited‚ we shall examine four separate legal issues. The first legal issue is whether Calypso is able to enforce part (a) of Clause 8 which states that Julia shall not be directly or indirectly
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In the business world‚ people need to comprehend the business law and legal work that applies for all their business activities. Each decision that many industries makes must be considered from a legal point of view in order to ensure that it avoids severe lawsuits and satisfies the law. It is‚ especially‚ essential for people to understand the law applications that goes into a situation because there are many cases where there are various laws included in the matter. Because of those various laws
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etc... Intellectual property can be created by you or you can pay someone to create it for you. Intellectual property is protected by trade secrets‚ patents‚ trademarks and copyright laws. Each of these laws covers a specific type of intellectual property. History of Intellectual Property Law Intellectual property law dates at least as far back as medieval Europe. In those times‚ “guilds‚” or associations of artisans in a particular industry‚ were granted authority by the governments to control the
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Charles Potter Business Law Education‚ Software Piracy‚ and the Law This paper is intended as a primer for copyright law in the form of a short story. An elementary school teacher illegitimately copies a piece of software for educational purposes and is discovered. Issues such as the fair use doctrine‚ copyright law‚ and cyberlaw are covered. The section provides a realistic legal defense for the fictional situation that drives the paper.
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BUSINESS LAW FINAL EXAM This is a take-home exam. The exam is to be handed out on July 26‚ 2012 and returned on July 31‚ 2012 on the final exam time. The group leader will assign each group member a question and each group member will answer the question and return the answer to the group leader. The group leader will grade each member in terms of cooperation and totality of the answer. The group leader will submit a final draft on exam date (July 31‚ 2012). The final draft must be done in
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Assessment 1: Individual Assignment Question 1 (a) Consideration is one of the four main elements to be present in order to have a legally binding contract. Consideration can be anything of value (such as an item) which each party must agree to exchange for the contract to be valid. For consideration to be sufficient‚ both parties have to have an agreement. If only one party agrees to it‚ then the agreement is not consider a legally binding contract. Something must be given or promise in exchange
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The Role of Television in Society Assignment 2: Written Report Television has influenced viewers in many different ways since television had come out. It had portrayed many different aspects of life that had applied to many of the viewers. Viewers had absorbed many things displayed on television‚ some of the key elements that had influenced the viewers were commercials‚ storylines‚ characters‚ actions being taken during the shows. Viewers
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