Law and morality Both law and Morals are well respected as they both often state what should be done in a situation or what a person should and should not do. Laws are often created with morals in mind e:g Abortion Embryo research Capital punishment However during history‚ there have been some areas of law that have clashed with morals Tort law – Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) Lord Aitken ‘Do not harm your neighbour’ The bible is the main source for moral thinking There are some things however that
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Law of Writs In common law‚ a writ is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction. In modern usage‚ this body is generally a court. Writs are extraordinary legal remedies offered to individuals who do not obtain adequate protection under ordinary law. The main types of writs are warrants and prerogative but there are many others also. Writs under English law The origin of writs can be drawn from the English judicial system. The law of writs has its
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SABAH KAMPUS ANTARABANGSA LABUAN BUSINESS LAW ASSIGNMENT Date of submission: 4th of April Lecturer: Madam Yanti Ahmad Shafiee Name of Course: Business Law (GT01103) 2. Describe the Malaysian legal system. Give your opinion as to its role in assisting Malaysian government in running the country. As an introduction‚ Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior. The aim of law is to attain justice and to encourage the doing
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BRANCHES OF LAW Among branches of law‚ two major fields can be distinguished: private law and public law. The difference between these two branches lies mainly in the parties of the legal relationship in question. Private law signifies rules that regulate the relationships between private individuals (subjects of law who are‚ legally speaking‚ in an equal situation; for example‚ the legal relationship between a buyer and a seller‚ where both parties have certain rights and obligations). Private law covers
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parties are required; one of them‚ the offeror‚ makes an offer which the other‚ the offeree‚ accepts.1 A contract may be defined as a legally binding agreement or‚ in the words of Sir Frederick Pollock: "A promise or set of promises which the law will enforce". The agreement will create rights and obligations that may be enforced in the courts. The normal procedure of enforcement is an action for damages for breach of contract‚ though in some cases the court may order performance by the party in default
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CONSIDERATION Definition Section 2 (d) When‚ at the desire of the promisor‚ the promisee or any other person has done or abstained from doing‚ or does or abstains from doing‚ or promises to do or to abstain from doing‚ something‚ such act or abstinence or promise is called a consideration for the promise; In short‚ consideration means that a promisee must give something in return for the promise. It may consist of a conduct‚ or a price to be paid in return for the promise made by‚ or the conduct
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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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FORMALITIES Common law has no form requirements for contracts: oral contracts are enforceable Consequences of failure of complying with formal requirements vary from statute to statute but include penalties‚ fines and civil consequences ie. Non-enforceability of contract Legislation imposes formal requirements for certain types of contract (this goes beyond the common law) ; e.g.: Consumer credit (has to have warnings‚ and writing) Sale of motor vehicle (needs written work of purchasing car
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CYBER LAW AND GOVERNANCE IN PAKISTAN TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Cyber Crime. Categories of cyber crime. Nature And Areas Of Cyber Crime./ types of cyber crime. Examples. 2. Cyber Law. Need For Cyber Law. Cyber Law VERSUS Conventional Law. 3. Cyber laws in the World. 4. Cyber Laws in Pakistan: Electronic Crimes Bill 2007. Electronic Transactions Ordinance‚ 2002. Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act‚ 1996. Wireless Telegraphy Act‚ 1933
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personality A. PROMOTERS • Background • Definition - no statutory definition - 2 common law definitions • Twycross v Grant (1877) 2 CPD – someone who “undertakes to form a company with reference to a given project‚ and to set it going and… takes the necessary steps to accomplish that purpose” (Cockburn CJ) • Whaley Bridge Calico Printing Co v Green (1880) 5 QBD 109 – “the term promoter is a term not of law but of business‚ usefully summing up in a single word a number of business operations
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