Definition: A tort‚ in common law jurisdictions‚ is a civil wrong which unfairly causes someone else to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act‚ called a tortfeasor. Tort is derived from the latin word “Tortum”. Although crimes may be torts‚ the cause of legal action is not necessarily a crime as the harm may be due to negligence which does not amount to criminal negligence. The victim of the harm can recover their loss as damages in a lawsuit
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Nominate Delicts The liability for nominate delicts arises when deliberate wrongful act or omission causes loss. There has to be a wrongdoer at fault (intentional or unintentional) and a victim with loss or injury to raise legal action. The loss has to be of the kind recognised as attracting legal liability. 1. Assault – a deliberate act that intended to harm the victim physically or raise the state of fear of immediate physical harm without the consent of the victim. The assault may
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Nightclub Issues for Entrepreneurs Making a living for many people is hard work. Monday through Friday might be a very stressful period. For young adults‚ it might be even more stressful due to a new working habit. Therefore‚ getting off work on a Friday evening might lead one to want to enjoy their Friday and Saturday nights before returning to another stressful week. Many young adults enjoy dancing to loud music and socializing with consumption of alcoholic beverages. A nightclub is the perfect
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Causes of noise pollution We are bombarded with sound even when we live in rural areas. From crop dusters to large farm equipment‚ we have plenty of sound in the country. In the urban areas‚ we not only have sound that is produced at unnatural decibel levels‚ the sound is reflected from hard surfaces that form at every kind of angle. We go to theaters and concerts where the ability to magnify sound has developed in incredible ways. We listen on headphones‚ where sound is not only concentrated‚ but
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Noise pollution (or environmental noise) is displeasing human‚ animal or machine-created sound that disrupts the activity or balance of human or animal life. The word noise comes from the Latin word nauseas‚ meaning seasickness. The source of most outdoor noise worldwide is mainly construction and transportation systems‚ including motor vehicle noise‚ aircraft noise and rail noise.[1][2] Poor urban planning may give rise to noise pollution‚ since side-by-side industrial and residential buildings
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However‚ the statement would be consistent with economic efficiency if clean up/prevention costs were always zero‚ or damages were always infinitely large‚ or more generally if long run marginal benefits of abatement were greater than the long run marginal costs of abatement over all levels of abatement up to the point where pollution is entirely eliminated. 2 ‘A clean environment is a public good whose benefits cannot be privately appropriated. Therefore private industry which is run for private gain
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Intro The University of Texas at Austin is one of the most prestigious schools in the United States‚ it is among one of the highest in graduation rates‚ campus size and amount of students that attend there. While the University of Texas has such a high attendance of students that go there‚ the local municipal departments of Austin is right along the road with honors and recognition. Though the city of Austin is not big in citizen count‚ the local municipal department has its work cut out for them
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Department‚ in charge of the responsibility of demolition‚ seems to be closed. The owners of businesses and single family homes are allowed to just walk away. During the eighties and early nineties there was a program called the Nuisance Abatement Program. It was put in place to allow low income families to have homeownership. Families that applied for the program were screened for approval to repair and occupy the homes for three years without paying any taxes. This
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SUPPLY CHAIN DECARBONIZATION THE ROLE OF LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT IN REDUCING SUPPLY CHAIN CARBON EMISSIONS Report prepared with the support of Accenture Supply Chain Decarbonization was produced in January 2009 by the World Economic Forum‚ within the framework of the Logistics and Transport Partnership Programme. The significant contribution of Accenture is gratefully acknowledged. World Economic Forum Geneva Copyright © 2009 EDITORS Sean Doherty Associate Director Head of Logistics
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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ECONOMICS PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS HOMEWORK Nº 1 – ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS HOMEWORK GUIDELINES Individual Homework Assignments and Concept‐In‐Action Oral Presentation Please read through this whole page before you send anything: 1. If you have a reading assignment‚ read it. Do not go looking for answers only. 2. Please‚ inside the file‚ write at the top of the page the following information of your homework: date
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