1. Explain why the New Poor Law Amendment Act (1834) was so controversial. There were many arguments raised about the poor law amendment act of 1834‚ this Act was thought to be the most contentious piece of legislation passed during the era of the Whig’s. At the time‚ it was a lot about saving money‚ the upper class did not want to pay towards the poor law‚ as they believed they were lazy and unworthy. The taxpayers‚ and ratepayers believed it to be wrong they should be paying to help the poor
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Business and Law Coursework Assignment With regard to the case‚ there are two legal issues needed to be handled. First‚ it is needed to determine whether 1) Tommy can sue Ada for not reducing the height of fence which is eracted along the side of Ada’s garden 2) Mickey can sue Ada for not fulfilling her promise to pay $1000 for Mickey’s help. To determine the two legal issues‚ we need to consider if any contractual relationship was formed between them. To begin with‚ a contract is a legally
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Introduction to Law I.BASIC CONCEPTS............................................................................................................... 3 1.WHAT IS LAW?......................................................................................................................... 3 Do’ s and DonÆts .................................................................................................................. 3 Is and Ought..........................................................
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the throne still passes on from generation by generation in the Royal Family by succession. Besides‚ the supreme power of authority in the Westminster System is hold by the head of state. The head of state can impose and collecting taxes‚ applying laws and forming treaties in commerce with foreign countries. In an election‚ the leader of the winning party will directly become the Prime Minister of that country and also the wide power wielded by the head of state or the Prime Minister which is become
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Australia interpreted the word `formed` (past tense) in s51(xx)‚ meaning the companies already exist. The companies which are to be created or incorporated will therefore not be subjected to the Commonwealth law. This narrow interpretation by the High Court denied the Commonwealth the power to make laws over the incorporation and regulation of companies. Section 51 (xx) was also considered to be very restrictive‚ applying only to foreign trading or financial corporation‚ leaving doubt whether it would
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INTRODUCTION The law of contract is the collection of legal rules which govern contracts. These rules‚ in turn‚ are part of the law of obligations‚ a subdivision of the law of property which is traditionally regarded as part of private law. Private law governs the persons (legal subject) in their personal or private capacity before the law in relation to other legal subjects. In other word‚ private law can be defined as balance and protect legitimate individual interests. Traditionally private law‚ being
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nations in the world nowadays‚ and each has a different set of laws that govern its people and its relations with the rest of the world. Whereas‚ international law governs relations between states‚ institutions‚ and individuals across national boundaries‚ municipal law governs this same person within the boundaries of a particular state. The comparative law‚ which is the study‚ analysis‚ and comparison of the different municipal law systems‚ classifies countries into legal families. The two widely
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How to Stop Drug Trafficking In Our Country By: Gerald K. Wiley English 122 Ashford University Teacher: Elizabeth Hoyle March 25‚ 2011 The paper is to open people eyes about drug trafficking in our country. Where do you think the drugs are coming in from? Some say from Cuba. Others say from Mexico. I believe that the majority of drugs come from Mexico. It is okay to say that we cannot track down where all of the drugs are coming from but we can try to prevent our children‚ the next
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classification of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ law is unhelpful and misleading in reflecting enforceability in international law. What are the sources of international law? What is meant by ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ law? Do you agree with Chinkin’s assessment and why? ------------------------------------------------- Introduction This essay first discusses the nature and lack enforcement of hard laws‚ being those defined under the ICJ statue and Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969 (VCLT). It argues
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Natural Law VS. Positive Law Laws are rules established by a governing authority to organize and maintain orderly existence. It can generally be divided into two principles: Natural law‚ which is based on the divine‚ and Positive law which states that laws are what the lawmakers command. Throughout history many philosophers have come to be linked to either branch of law. Philosophers such as Aristotle advocated Natural law‚ while others‚ such as Thomas Hobbes‚ supported Positive law. Each
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