Why we have laws- The law is a legal set of rules that the government and courts have made for everyone to follow. Without laws‚ confusion and chaos would occur. In extreme cases of conflict‚ a state of anarchy would develop. The person with the most strength will start to dominate and the weak and helpless would suffer. However‚ when laws are enforced‚ a sense of order is created resulting in a society where everyone can live peacefully. Why laws change-? Societies’ perceptions have changed over
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Common law reasoning and institutions Adam Gearey Wayne Morrison This subject guide was prepared for the University of London International Programmes by: Adam Gearey‚ Professor of Law‚ Birkbeck‚ University of London and Wayne Morrison‚ Professor of Law‚ Queen Mary‚ University of London Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Angela Boots and Vicky Thanapal for the preparation of Chapter 3‚ and Clare Williams‚ LLM. This is one of a series of subject guides published
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Problem 1 Issue1 Is the La Rochelle website‚ including the slogan‚ protected by copyright law? Law Copyright law protects text‚ images and other forms of expression. The requirements for protection are as follows: (1) The creation is a ‘work’ or ‘subject matter other than works’; (2) The creation is original; (3)The creation is expressed in a material form. Application The slogan is not a ‘work’ or ‘subject matter’ because Single words‚ names‚ titles‚ slogans are too short to be protected
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Compare and contrast the differences of the House of Lords and the House of Commons There are many differences between the House of Commons and the House of Lords however these can be separated into the main issues of Legislation and Legitimating. In the UK all legislation has to be approved by the Commons who have the final say on all Bills. This is effectively giving the consent of the people to those laws that they are expected to obey. Without this consent‚ laws would lack authority. It is
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Chapter 1 Law and Legal Reasoning N.B.: TYPE indicates that a question is new‚ modified‚ or unchanged‚ as follows. N + = A question new to this edition of the Test Bank. A question modified from the previous edition of the Test Bank. A question included in the previous edition of the Test Bank. TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS B1. Laws and government regulations affect almost all business activities. ANSWER: T BUSPROG: Analytic B2. N PAGE: 4 TYPE: AICPA: BB-Legal + The
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ATENEO CENTRAL BAR OPERATIONS 2007 Criminal Law SUMMER REVIEWER BOOK I CRIMINAL LAW – A branch of municipal law which defines crimes‚ treats of their nature and provides for their punishment. Characteristics of Criminal Law: 1. General – binding on all persons who reside or sojourn in the Philippines Exceptions: a. Treaty Stipulation b. Laws of Preferential Application c. Principles of Public International Law Ex: i. sovereigns and other chiefs of state ii. Ambassadors‚ ministers plenipotentiary
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The English word “law” refers to limits upon various forms of behavior. Some laws are descriptive: they simply describe how people‚ or even natural phenomena‚ usually behave. An example is the rather consistent law of gravity; another is the less consistent laws of economics. Other laws are prescriptive - they prescribe how people ought to behave. For example‚ the speed limits imposed upon drivers that prescribe how fast we should drive. They rarely describe how fast we actually do drive‚ of course
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LAW DEVELOPMENT CENTER NAME: SUNNA HILAL LUQMAN Answer to the question; BREIF FACTS: Peter reads an advertisement in the new vision of a special x-mas discounted fare of shs 20000 only to Arua by the executive coach bus company but on reaching he was told that the offer was only for the first ten customers and he was not eligible which made him pay 40000 for a regular seat. His suitcase with clothes valued at 1000000shs was given to another passenger whose suitcase was given to peter since
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Otoo‚ a research fellow at Ghana Trade Union Congress‚ the gross monthly salaries of respondents (teachers ) sampled ranged between Ghc 401 and Ghc 500. It also came out from his research that 23.3 per cent of the respondents earn between Ghc 201 and Ghc 300 as gross monthly salary‚ 18.2 per cent earn between Ghc 301 and Ghc 400 while 11.7 per cent of the respondents earn between Ghc 501 and Ghc600 which according to me‚ is nothing to write home about. Based on the aforementioned survey‚ 90 percent
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by-laws AUDIT 610 ADVANCED AUDITING ETHICAL CONDUCT & CODE OF ETHIC Prepared for: Madam Fairuz bt Fauzee Prepared by: Nur Rabiah bt Radzi Nur Hidayah bt Johari Nurul Hanisah bt Hasan Rohayu bt Rashid ACB 8Ba Question 1 1. There is violation of ethical conduct under professional independence( Financial interest).it is because Wani not take part in the audit of the client and the value of her shares is not material in relation to her husband wealth. 2. According
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