“Environment” Ambiguous definition Natural resources E.g. nature‚ bio-diversity‚ climate Not looking at human-made‚ artificial environment Most landscape is seen as human made There is no one single treaty on environment but instead many different laws that address several different issues‚ both domestically and internationally 1970s – Environmental issues pop up Stockholm Conference (1972): First UN conference on environmental issues On the “human environment” Seen as a starting point on
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Civil Law Aims‚ Parties‚ Why we require civil law and areas of civil law. A civil case is a lawsuit between one person (or organisation) against another. To right a perceived wrong in a legal sense. It can include cases of defamation‚ neighbour disputes‚ negligence leading to personal injury or the recovery of debts. Judgements in a civil case could include payment of damages (and court costs) or an enforceable court order. The purpose of civil law is to uphold the rights of individuals and
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The responsibilities of a law enforcement officer are extremely varied and depend on the branch of law enforcement in which you are employed. There are also many different positions within those branches that have different duties and responsibilities. At the federal level‚ the responsibilities of a law enforcement officer with the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) are focused on enforcing federal laws and investigating federal crimes. As of 2009‚ the FBI employed 13‚412 special agents and
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included contracts of utmost good faith‚ statement which are only partially true or distort the truth‚ and the statement which are true at the time of making but change before the contract is entered into. There must be a false statement of fact or law as oppose to opinion or estimate of future events in the case of Bisset v Wilkinson3. At the same time the representation must be untrue. And the person making the representation must know that it is false‚ or not believe in its truth‚ or be recklessly
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UNIVERSITY LGST201 COMPANY LAW Topic 1 - Introduction to the Company General Reading: Woon‚ chapters 1 and 2 (you may omit paras 1.73 – 1.1041). Note that Woon references below are to the Revised 3rd edition (2009) (corresponding references to the 3rd edition (2005) are footnoted). Legend - Very important. Must know! - Less important (but doesn’t mean can ignore!) 1. General Themes The company is essentially an artificial person created by law. What this “person” is
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Fault Under the English law individual liability is based liability on the concept of blameworthiness. The oxford English dictionary defines fault as ‘responsibly or blame for an offence or misdeed’ it is not considered appropriate to subject someone to civil or criminal sanctions unless it can be proved that he or she performed on illegal at in a blameworthy manner. Blame does not normally attach in civil law if the injury occurs accidently or in criminal law or the crime occurs through in honest
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Civil law study guide Chapter 1 1. Why does the study of law involve more than simply memorizing rules? simply memorizing the holding or "rule" of a case‚ you must be able to identify the particular factors that led the court to decide the case the way it did‚ and then determine whether those same factors are present in the case you’re now considering. 2. What is legal reasoning? The applying of the legal rules to a client’s specific factual situation 3. What is the doctrine of stare decisis
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You are a legislative aide to a state legislator who wishes to introduce legislation creating a new state department of drug enforcement. It is intended that‚ among other authorities‚ this new administrative agency will have authority to establish a list of controlled drugs‚ establish rules regarding penalties for possession or use of controlled drugs‚ establish a process for adjudicating cases involving violators of the rules‚ and enter into contracts with a private agency or agencies to establish
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International College of Business and Human Resources Development Common Law Assignment 1 BMT: 387-09-09 Task 1(P1) A contract may be defined as an agreement which legally binds the parties. A party to a contract is bound because he has agreed to be bound. The underlying theory then is that a contract is the outcome of ‘consenting minds’. Parties are not judged by what is in their minds what they have said‚ written or done. Contracts are
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The Law of Trusts Consultation Times: Tuesday (9.30-10.30) WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION TO TRUSTS What is a Trust? Where one person is legally obligated to hold an asset for the benefit of another person Incomplete description; trusts can arise where one person is legally obligated to hold an asset for a specified purpose and not for an individual person…e.g. trusts for charitable purposes (don’t raise obligations to benefit any one person as such‚ but raise benefits for a specific purpose)
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