CASE DIGEST OF MAGALLONA VS ERMITA FACTS OF THE CASE: The antecedent facts of this case emerged upon the passing of Republic Act 3046 in 1961. The law’s purpose is to demarcate the maritime baselines of the Philippines as it was deemed to be an archipelago. RA 3046 stood unchallenged until 2009‚ when Congress amended it and passed RA 9522. This amending law shortened one baseline and determined new base points of the archipelago. Moreso‚ it has identified the Kalayaan Island Group and the Scarborough
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Case Presentation Gingerich vs. Protein Blenders Protein Blenders‚ Inc. made written contract with Gingerich to buy from him shares of stock of a small corporation named Maplecrest Turkey Farms. The plaintiff‚ Protein Blenders‚ Inc. agreed to purchase 4‚505 shares of preferred stock from the defendant‚ Gingerich‚ a small corporation named Maplecrest Turkey farms. The price of each stock was $52.50 per share which came to a grand total of $236‚512.50. Protein Blenders‚ Inc. has failed and
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AP English K. Grant Conscience vs. Society Characters in both of the plays must choose between following what society says is the right thing to do and following what they believe in their hearts to be the right thing to do. Often‚ choosing to follow the conscience is the more difficult road to walk. For one of the two plays‚ identify the difficult choices the characters make and analyze the effects that these choices have on the characters’ lives Antigone is a daughter of the marriage between
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concepts to understand in this subject. These three tenets are as follows; law is whatever a judge decides it is‚ law and morality are independent of each other‚ and rights are conferred. This is in opposition to the theories of natural law and legal positivism. During this chapter we will examine three separate works from three different authors. The first article is "Legal Realism" by Jerome Frank‚ the second is "The Path of the Law" by O.W. Holmes Jr. and the third selection is "Ships and Shoes and
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parties: party with specialist knowledge vs. party without specialist knowledge * Statements of opinion * Statements inviting verification: 一方邀请另一方检验a statement’s validity 则这个statement通常不会被认为是term. 特别的‚若一方特别指出他的statement可信且不需被检验‚则这个statement通常会被认为是term * Written contracts (the parol evidence rule pp.178) 5. Implied terms (in law or in fact) * Terms implied in law: oblations imposed on certain commonly arising contracts 辨别方法：Has the law already defined the obligation or the extent
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Hammurabi’s Code of Law and the Hebrew Law have many differences and many similarities. They both have laws on marriage‚ farming‚ religion‚ equality‚ and many other things. Both of these codes of law showed that each civilization had order and some form of government. It also showed how two civilizations‚ that are so far apart‚ can still think so alike and that humanity learns from it’s mistakes by improving on them. Hammurabi had a nice view on how to keep things equal. He has the basic concept
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Washington Mutual Bank vs. Superior Court Washington Mutual Bank v. Superior Court Breach of Contract by the Washington Mutual Bank In most cases‚ a breach of contract takes place in circumstances whereby one party does not perform exactly and precisely his or her contract obligations. These cases have been recorded mostly in the real estate industry. This is because the majority of sellers normally wish to vacate the house they are selling hastily. The Washington Mutual Bank victimized
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The European civil law system is all about finding the truth‚ even if a lawyer has to lose the case for their client while doing so. The American adversarial system is about winning‚ even if it means avoiding and stretching the truth to do so. Civil law has the laws made by the government and the courts apply them‚ while common law has the judges making the majority of the laws through precedents. The adversarial system uses specific laws‚ precedents‚ and legal rules to determine who wins. It
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COMMON LAW V CIVIL LAW COMMON LAW(characteristics)for comparing or contrast purpose Common law systems are mostly found in former british colony and protectorate including US‚ it is less prescriptive than civil law system‚citizens are benefited by enactment and legislation in specific fields.more often are the implied terms usage. 1)represents the law of courts as expressed in judicial decision 2)based on precedents provided by past judicial decisions‚no written statues or prescribed texts
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Islamic law is therefore the expression of Allah’s command for Muslim society and‚ in application‚ constitutes a system of duties that are incumbent upon a Muslim by virtue of his religious belief. Known as the Shari’a (literally‚ “the path leading to the watering place”)‚ the law constitutes a divinely ordained path of conduct that guides the Muslim toward a practical expression of his religious conviction in this world and the goal of divine favour in the world to come. Muslim Family Law (MFL)‚
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