debt of another contingent up the happening of some external event. 3) Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of a common law legal system? A. The sole source of law is a comprehensive civil code B. Requiring guilt be proven beyond a reasonable doubt C. An appeal process D. The making of law by the judges and the following of precedent 4) If a corporation is properly incorporated in one state and wants to do business in second
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duty to govern in accordance of law; the role of the courts as guarantor of legality and individual right‚ the priceless gift‚ subject only to constraints by law established‚ of individual freedom.”(Lord Bingham of Cornhill‚ The case of Liversidge v Anderson: the Rule of Law Amid the Clash of Arms‚2009) From my view‚ Lord Bingham expressed the importance of rule of law through the comment he gave in the case Liversidge v Anderson(1942).As he claimed in the rule of law that the right of the individual
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my capstone about was Criminal Law. While criminal law can seem like a very broad subject‚ therefor many citizens of the United States do not actually understand exactly what is all involved when it comes to criminal law. People often mistake a criminal law infraction with something that is categorized as a civil law violation and vice versus. During my capstone I hope to clear up the differences by thoroughly explaining the differences between civil and criminal law and what constitutes the event
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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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Text Reader Agency and Employment Law Dr. Jay-D Olivier INHOLLAND UNIVERSITY Diemen‚ Haarlem‚ Rotterdam Course Year 2010-2011 Term 5 Internal publication INHOLLAND University of Professional Education International Business Management Dr. Jay-D Olivier (BA Law‚ MA‚ D. Law‚ Ph.D) Contents Agency Law 3 Principal’s Duties to the Agent 18 Liability
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QUESTIONS What is Law? 1. The law in the United States has been influenced by English‚ but not by French or Spanish law. F [moderate p. 3] Law is intended to protect persons‚ but not their property‚ from unwanted interference from others. F [easy p. 3] Businesses that are organized in the United States are subject to its laws‚ but not to the laws of other countries in which they do business. T [moderate p. 3] Promoting social justice is a function of the law. T [moderate p. 4] Law serves the functions
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original anti-discrimination legislation‚ American legal theories were influential to the formation of harassment laws in Britain. The American Equal Opportunities commission identified sexual harassment as being unwelcome sexual advances that rejection of which would hinder the recipient’s employment and conduct that created a hostile or intimidating working environment. In British law the idea of harassment was became realised as a form of direct sex or race discrimination on the account that it
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Enron was a company that fully intended to dominate the world market but instead magnificently crashed and burned as the largest corporate failure in global history. What is seldom acknowledged is that Enron had a comprehensive‚ state-of-the-art and award winning management control and governance system in place. The failure of Enron provides a blueprint of how insufficient attention to changes in leadership and culture can undermine such a state-of-the art management control system (Free‚ Stein
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International law ------------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------------------------------------------- International law‚ body of rules considered legally binding in the relations between national states‚ also known as the law of nations. It is sometimes called public international law in contrast to private international law (or conflict of laws)‚ which regulates private legal affairs affected by more than one jurisdiction. -------------------------------------------------
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Business Law & Bankruptcy Assignment #4 Aquaman is president of a marine research company called Underwater Leagues‚ Inc. When his company conceived a dramatic new invention‚ he held off announcing the discovery until he bought 50‚000 shares of Underwater Leagues at $10 per share. After the announcement‚ the share price skyrocketed to $50 per share. The shareholders of Underwater Leagues‚ Inc. bring a derivative action suit against Aquaman claiming breach of fiduciary duty for violating 17 C.F.R
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