Nontraditional Litigation Systems Law/531 [ July 30‚ 2012 ] The traditional legal system of utilizes law as it is foundation for all decisions. Laws in the United States have four sources; constitutional‚ statutes and ordinance‚ common law and administrative. The features of these four are: * Constitutional Law is based on a formal document that defines broad powers. Federal constitutional law originates from the U.S. constitution. State constitutional law originates from the individual
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Mildebrath LAW/531 January 13‚ 2013 Carol Parker Week 3 Learning Team Reflection There are several factors to consider when contemplating a potential lawsuit or settlement. As a person who is not trained in the law‚ it is important to seek counsel before making any decisions. Counsel can provide professional guidance in a field that a victim may be unfamiliar with. To attempt to navigate though the legal system without professional
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Regulatory Laws and Torts in Alumina Simulation Kathleen Kraft-Smith LAW 531 Martine Anderson University of Phoenix Regulatory Laws and Torts in Alumina Simulation Alumina is a manufacturing plant specializing in automotive components‚ packaging materials‚ bauxite‚ refining‚ and smelting. Lately this organization has been dealing with an EPA violation that occurred‚ and was corrected‚ five years ago through an individual that states harm has occurred based on this violation. A closer
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NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief LAW/531 December 21‚ 2011 Paul Loock NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief What liability does NewCorp have in this situation? NewCorp may have to deal with a couple liability issues‚ one of which has to do with Sam the supervisor of electrical manufacturing for automotive who has developed a relationship with one of his employees. The relationship has taken a turn for the worse‚ and was ended by Paula‚ which Sam was not in agreement and wanted to continue dating
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Legal Forms of Business Choosing a form of business for a product or type of service depends on the liability an individual is willing to assume‚ how much involvement an individual wants in the day-to-day work‚ and how much control an individual wants over the business. Prior to making a choice‚ an individual must understand each form of business as well as the risks and rewards for each. There are numerous forms of business‚ including sole Proprietorship‚ Partnership‚ Limited Liability Partnership
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Legal Encounters LaTausha Freeman Law/531 December 10‚ 2012 Lillian Watson Legal Encounters This paper will answer questions posed during employment legal encounters based on law requirements to indicate liability and ramifications associated based on the scenario. Legal Encounter 1 Cheeseman outlines that employment is subject to the common law of contracts (2010). Pat entered into an agreement with NewCorp for employment; acting on the premise that NewCorp would uphold
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Litigation Student Name LAW/531 Date Instructor Litigation Disputes are settled by various means every day. This paper will consider the process of traditional litigation and alternative dispute resolution in settling those disputes. Knowing the advantages and disadvantages is important when deciding what process to employ in settling a dispute. Traditional Litigation Traditional litigation can be a long and expensive process. Filing a complaint starts the process. This action
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ADR Clause Business Law 531 March 3‚ 2009 Veronica M. Moss University of Phoenix Professor: Benjamin Cormier ADR Clause Every dispute‚ disparity‚ or question which may at any time arise among the team members‚ relating to or taking place in regard to the functions of the learning team or any matter relating to the relations of the learning team members or the leadership of the learning team shall be sent to an appropriate arbitration party which shall be resolved by binding
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Civil Law Civil law tradition is the oldest and the widest distributed legal system dating back to 450 BC in its origin. Even though it is the oldest of all the legal system. The Civil law took exponentially longer to develop than the Common law. The genesis of which was swift in comparison. 450BC is designated as beginning of development of Civil law because this is the year of 12 tablets. The first written law and rudimentary (Fundamental) system of dispute resolution in ancient Rome. The next
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COMMON LAW AS A LEGAL SYSTEM Common Law and Civil Law When defined in this way the term ¡§common law¡¨ is used to refer to a type of legal system called the common law legal system. The legal systems of various countries are modeled on the English legal system and these countries are said to have a ¡§common law legal system¡¨. This includes most of the British Commonwealth and the United States. The common law legal system involves such matters as trial by jury‚ presumption of innocence etc
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