Tyranny of the majority is a situation in which a group of people are treated unfairly due to the fact that their situation is different from the situation of most of the people in a democratic country. This is a problem that the Enlightenment and Romantic periods faced. Tyranny of the majority heavily impacted social order and justice in these periods. Alexis de Tocqueville saw that public opinion would become an all-powerful force‚ and that the majority of people could tyrannize unpopular minorities
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the professional view of real world working environment. The Department of Business Administration of National University offers four years BBA program majoring in different related fields. This BBA program is the building up of the theoretical knowledge about business administration that is the base of practical knowledge. This Term Paper is an attempt to provide business students an orientation to a real life business situation in which we can observe and evaluate the use and applicability of
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1. What are the four elements of a valid contract? A contract is an "agreement between parties‚ with terms and conditions that describe the agreement that constitutes a legal obligation" (All Business). A valid contract requires four elements and these are: a. Mutual agreement there must be a meeting of the minds between parties. There should be an offer and an acceptance. There should be an agreement to enter into the contract b. Consideration - meaning that "every party is conferring a
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Question (a) Identify the principle of law The principles of law relevant to this question are the doctrines of intention and consideration. Explain the rules of law The doctrine of intention is an undertaking by both sides of an agreement to be legally bound either by an informal agreement such as verbal intention to purchase or act‚ or a written document stating intention to purchase or act‚ which could be in the form of a letter or a written statement as compared to a formal agreement
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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 for the promise. Consideration must be sufficient but it need not be adequate to form a contract. The courts will not measure the adequacy of the consideration as it is up to the parties to decide the value of the promises made. Courts would not interfere into the adequacy of consideration so long as there are
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pattern of discrimination continued and affected people of color until 1961 when President John F. Kennedy introduced affirmative action. Sunstein’s goal is as he says himself in his book‚ “to connect an understanding of conformity and dissent to the current debate over the constitutional validity of those policies” (Sustein 194). After reading this chapter‚ my response is that the laws are there because they need to be there‚ and there should be a form of help for people of color to make up for the many
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Project Part 1 A Code of Conduct is published and disseminated to its employees‚ and to existing and potential stakeholders such as members of the board of directors‚ customers‚ partners‚ vendors‚ suppliers‚ potential employees and the general public. Frequently posted on the organization’s website and in their annual report to shareholders‚ the Code of Conduct is both an internal commitment to a standard of behavior and beliefs and a public declaration of the organization’s position on a set
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remedy when there is no available remedy at law. Deals with fairness in justice‚ usually stemming from natural law. Injunctions‚ court orders‚ restraining order. Civil action. * Court of Law – “black letter law” you did or did not do something. * Legal action – action typically for money damages such as a tort or breach of contract action. Criminal charges. Sources of Contemporary Law * United States Constitution – supreme law of the land. Any law that conflicts with it is void.
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1- Contract law provide rules to determine which contract terms will be enforced and which promises must be kept. True or False 2- A is an assertion that something either will or will not happen in the future. A: 3- A contract needs two requirement and Agreement is required to form a contract‚ regardless of whether it is formed in the traditional A: 4- which is generally defined
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Majority Rules Verdict A. Outline the reasons that have lead to this law being changed. The Majority Rules Verdict is in effect in a handful of states in Australia. The main reasons for changing the standard laws for jury Verdicts to Majority Rules‚ is that it is very expensive to keep 12 jurors penned up in a hotel for a few days to even weeks‚ all because one person refuses to agree with the rest. Another important reason is that the Majority Rules Verdict is less time consuming and will allow
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