Chapter 1 1. What are the primary sources of law? It is a document that establishes the law on a particular issue. The U.S. Constitution‚ a statute‚ an administrative rule‚ and a court decision are all primary sources of law. 2. What is common law tradition? A body of general rules and that applied throughout the entire English realm. 3. What is a precedent? When might a court depart precedent? It is a court decision that furnishes an example or authority for deciding subsequent case involving identical
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LEGAL MEDICINE Identification of Persons Importance 1. For the living a. amnesia‚ coma‚ infants and other mental defects b. cases of paternity and filiations for purposes of inheritance‚ support and parental authority c. cases involving personal crime: rape‚ murder‚ physical injuries (for the culprit) 2. For the dead a. for proper administration of justice particularly in suspicious death occurrences
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Legal Awareness: Valid Warrantless Arrest No. 1: A police officer or a private person may‚ without a warrant arrest a person when in his presence‚ the person to be arrested has committed‚ is actually committing or attempting to commit a crime. The most common application of this is the “in flagrante delicto” rule in “buy-bust” operations. “In flagrante delicto” basically means getting caught in the act of committing a crime. A buy-bust operation is a form of entrapment usually conducted to enforce
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1) Which of the following constitutes an element of the United States’ national political culture? The rights and liberties citizens have 2) No political belief has been more widely held across social groups and generations in the United States than ________. individual liberty 3) The Declaration of Independence asserts the primacy of the principle of ________‚ that “all men are created equal.” equality 4) The fastest growing ethnic group in the United States
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attitude towards group decision-making‚ with fatalism termed as its opposite.[4] According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ the term has two distinct definitions in modern English.[5] It is defined either as a political doctrine that all p eople should be treated as equals and have the same political‚economic‚ social‚ nd civil rights[6] or as a social philosophy advocating the removal of economic inequalities among people or the decentralization of power. Some sources define egalitarianism as the point
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Legal Aspect of Healthcare 01/26/12 Notes Tort Law- Private law p.32 Civil wrong- automobile accident Medical malpractice. Why are you able to sue? 1.The preservation of the peace. 2.Copability define fault 3. Detorance. 4. Compensation- to give money to the other party. Three categoteis of tort law 1. Neglegance 2. Intentional 3. Strict product liability Standard of care froms 1. malfeasance 2. misfeance 3. nomfeance degrees ordinary gross negligence-
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Marketing Environment Analysis An underlying assumption of the introduction to marketing course is that students learn best and retain more when they actively apply and work with the concepts presented in the course materials rather than simply read about them. Therefore‚ the purpose of this assignment is to apply concepts and knowledge learned in class to real situations to enhance your understanding. A marketing environment analysis is an examination of the major external forces and trends that
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Role of Family in controlling corruption “Just as it is impossible not to taste the honey or the poison that finds itself at the tip of the tongue‚ so it is impossible for a government servant not to eat up‚ at least a bit of the King’s revenue. Just as fish under water cannot possibly be found out either as drinking or not drinking water‚ so government servants employed in the government work cannot be found out taking money.” Kautilya‚ 300 B.C. The term “corruption” comes from the Latin
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Legal influences: Consumer Protection This covers all aspects of the sale of good’s and services and‚ as such‚ provide protection to consumers and regulates the operation and activities of the business. For the protection of customers it is required by law for business to follow the rules and regulations. There are various Act’s that business follow‚ they are listed below: - Consumer Protection Act (1987) - Sales of good act (1994) - Distance selling regulation (2000)
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COBRA is to provide a platform for the dissemination of original research and new developments within the specific disciplines‚ sub-disciplines or field of study of: Management of the construction process Cost and value management Building technology Legal aspects of construction and procurement Public private partnerships Health and safety Procurement Risk management Project management The built asset Property investment theory and practice Indirect property investment Property market forecasting Property
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