courts. The other two are the “plain meaning rule” (also known as the “literal rule”) and the “mischief rule.” The golden rule allows a judge to depart from a word ’s normal meaning in order to avoid an absurd result1. The term “golden rule” seems to have originated in the 1854 case of Mattison v. Hart as per Chief Justice Jervis’ propounding and implies a degree of enthusiasm for this particular rule of construction over alternative rules that has not been shared by all subsequent judges. For example
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Legal factors Legal factors are those that impact businesses in a legal way. The legal factors would be ranked and analysed. They include: providing a framework for businesses‚ consumer protection and employment law‚ ensuring fair and honest trading. PROVIDING FRAMEWORK FOR BUSINESSES This law is very important because it gives businesses legal protection and also gives them some degree of certainty as to what the business has to gain and loss in extreme cases such as business bankruptcy
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Assignment on the Legal issues for business startup By ABC Date There could be number of legal issues that could create a hurdle at the start of a business. Therefore‚ every issue or legal fear could be dealt properly in order to execute the starting process of the company in an efficient manner. The fears or a business might face issues related to operation and structure that could have legal implications. The primary things for starting business are the name chosen for the business should
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Legal Defenses Barbara Butler CJS/220 2/1/13 Harvey Smith Introduction This paper will give brief description on three types of legal defenses and the elements of a crime‚ how the crime applies to the overall criminal procedure. It also will give a definition to what each element means. Legal Defenses and Their Definition A legal defense is one that satisfies all legal requirements of a court case. The three legal defenses I will be describing are insanity‚ self-defense‚ and mistake of
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Legal Rights Elisia Jackson Introduction to Criminal Justice Criminals have legal rights during trial procedures. Without these rights there would be so much confusion and controversy in the court system today. There are four of them that I will give a brief summarization of and explain to you the consequences that could possibly happen if these legal rights were no longer upheld in the court system today. They are; the right to confront witnesses‚ the right to an impartial
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Virtually legal Cannabis is a well-known issue all over the world. The police and the DEA (Drug enforcement agency) have raids almost every day‚ and it’s quite often they find very big stashes of cannabis. Every country in the world think that cannabis is a big problem‚ even here in the Faroe Island we have a lot of trouble with it. But there are some countries that try to bend the rules so they can make some kind of profit from the cannabis. For example there is a part of the text that says that
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BETWEEN A ROMANO-GERMANIC LEGAL ENVIRONMENT AND A COMMON LAW ENVIRONMENT In order for us to understand the difference between a ROMANO-GERMAN legal environment and a COMMON LAW environment‚ it is important for us to examine each system separately and then to present the main differences of the two legal systems. ROMANO-GERMANIC LAW (CIVIL LAW) Civil law is the main legal system used in the world today. It originates from the Roman law and is based on written legal codes which are applied
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Securities Regulation Outline Introductory Material Financial Products. Two ways to raise money: taking out loans from the bank‚ or issuing securities on the public market. Bank Loans Money in exchange for a promise to pay. Usually secured by some collateral. Commercial lending: one bank is “lead arranger” for others. Reduces exposure. Securities Stock. An ownership interest. Common stock. Voting rights! Dividends. Get paid last in a liquidation. Preferred stock. No voting rights as long as
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Born after seeing the need of government intervention to regulate and enforce federal environmental laws‚ Richard Nixon signed the National environmental policy act on January 1‚ 1970. By the summer of 1970 Nixon submitted Reorganization Plan Number Three to Congress; this plan called for a single entity to govern the NEPA and thus the EPA came to be. The EPA inherited environmental charges that had been given to other agencies like the Department of Health‚ Education‚ and Welfare. The charges included
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Court of Bernalillo County pursuant to s 59-9-6(K)‚ N.M.S.A.1953. On January 16‚ 1976‚ this was heard by District Court the ruling was to reinstate Mrs. Mitchell benefits. Issue: Whether Mrs. Mitchell’s actions constituted misconduct under s 59-9-5(b)‚ N.M.S.A.1953. That would render Mrs. Mitchell from unemployment benefit payments. Rule: The term ‘misconduct’ is not defined in the Unemployment Compensation. Under the Wisconsin Supreme Court examined the unemployment compensation act and found
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