Civil law is primarily contrasted against common law‚ which is the legal system developed among Anglo-Saxon people‚ especially in England. The original difference is that‚ historically‚ common law was law developed by custom‚ beginning before there were any written laws and continuing to be applied by courts after there were written laws‚ too‚ whereas civil law developed out of the Roman law of Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis (Corpus Iuris Civilis). In later times‚ civil law became codified as
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Hong Kong School of Law LW3902 The Law Relating to Companies Mid-Semester Coursework Assignment Semester B‚ 2012/2013 Instructions to Students: 1. The assignment is worth 50% of the overall mark for this course. The total word limit is 1‚500 words‚ excluding footnotes and bibliography. You must do a word count and indicate the number of words on the cover page. If a paper exceeds the allowable word limit‚ only the first 1‚500 words will be read and marked. 2. Your answers must be double spaced‚ and
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INTRODUCTION WHAT ARE GOODS??? Goods have been defined in the Sale of Goods Act‚ 1930 as every kind of moveable property other than actionable claims and money; and include stock and shares‚ growing crops‚ grass‚ and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract of sale. The Consumer Protection Act‚ 1986 lays down that defect means any fault‚ imperfection or shortcoming in the quality‚ quantity
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Essay Must Multinational Companies go Global to survive? Mark Winter/Chris Bushell Sophie Hawksby – 099008202 Hand in date – 14/01/10 Word count - 2298 Must Multinational Companies go Global to survive? For the purpose of this essay I will use the following definition of Globalisation‚ according to The International Business Environment – ‘Globalisation is the creation of linkages or interconnections between nations. It is usually understood as a process in which barriers
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QUESTION 1 a. Define a promoter of a company. Explain and illustrate with decided cases his legal position in relation to a company. Though the certificate of incorporation is conclusive for purposes of incorporation‚ using decided cases‚ outline circumstances under which it could be withdrawn.(10marks) ANSWER Definition; A promoter is one who undertakes to form a company with reference to a given project and to set it going and who takes the necessary step to accomplish that purpose - A promoter
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Give Up Our Freedoms? Why? In 1961‚ the United States of America set forth in placing a new president who wished to change the tide of global‚ as well as domestic‚ unrest by asking for peace. President John F. Kennedy stated in his inaugural address‚ “The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish…all form of human life.” (Kennedy 541) Since that day an echoed sentiment is given by every American President up to today. Although‚ anyone who was born of American
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and projection as my three common errors in judgement from this week’s READ and ATTEND section. I believe in my career field I can relate to these judgements and explain how I overcome these areas that law enforcement often has issues with. Stereotyping is the widely accepted fixed image of a certain group of people. Law enforcement has had a long history with stereotyping of certain groups of people. I have many friends that are African American‚ both on the law enforcement side and the civilian
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Jungfalk Andersen focusing on information‚ management‚ organisation and communication. Information is abundant and need to be filtered‚ managed for truly use as valuable information which is scarce‚ costs time and money. Effective management of information can reduce these costs and result in a true competitive advantage. Producing‚ maintaining and nurturing valuable information requires a structured approach such as Information Value Chain. IVC involves defining information Requirement‚ Acquisition
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party." In 2012‚ Mark has some financial difficulties and really needs the money he could get from selling his share of the condo. Anna‚ who still wants to continue to use the condo‚ will not give her consent on selling and cannon afford to buy him out. Mark seeks an action to partition the property‚ stating that the clause that was placed in the divorce agreement is not enforceable because it is an invalid restraint on alienation. There are two issues to address here. The first one is whether
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Jungfalk Andersen focusing on information‚ management‚ organisation and communication. Information is abundant and need to be filtered‚ managed for truly use as valuable information which is scarce‚ costs time and money. Effective management of information can reduce these costs and result in a true competitive advantage Producing‚ maintaining and nurturing valuable information requires a structured approach such as Information Value Chain. IVC involves defining information Requirement‚ Acquisition
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