Serina Harvell Mr. Colagross English 2 14 April 2014 The Drug Laws: A Time For Change The so-called "drug war"‚ and "drug laws" haven ’t seemed to be as effective as it was supposed to be. Its original intent was to attack the drug problem in America. President Richard Nixon started the war on drugs in the late sixties to stop drug abuse at the source‚ the distributors. Another intention of the drug laws was to show individuals that taking part in this illegal activity would cause serious consequences
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Introduction: Contract law is come from a Latin phrase‚ which is pacta sunt servanda (pacts must be kept). Everyday‚ all of us make contracts. It can be a written contract if required‚ for example when buying a car. On the other hand‚ the most common of contracts can be and are made orally‚ like buying from the mini market. A contract intends to make a legal agreement between two or more people or businesses (called parties) that sets forth what the parties will or will not do. Thus‚ The law recognizes breach
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LAW OF TORT PART– PART–ONE Objectives of this Topic By the end of the topic the learner should be able to: * D fi iti of tort and related t Definition f t t d l t d terms * The difference between tort and criminal law and tort and contract law * Understand the nature and liability of tort * Explain the functions of the law of torts * Explain the capacity to sue or be sued for various p p y individuals and entities * Understand the specific torts their defences and remedies available
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judiciary to apply statutory interpretation‚ to interpret words of a given Act‚ to give them an exact meaning and to give them legal effect. Statutory interpretation is an integral part of the court ruling process‚ as the role of a judge is to apply the law‚ not make it. When trying to establish Parliament’s intention within an Act‚ there are various aids available to help. Firstly‚ there are three approaches to interpretation. The first of these is the literal rule‚ where‚ according to Martin (2007)1
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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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Answers: (d)‚ (a) ➢ Some tips on studying this course Corporations Law is a difficult course. The phenomena giving rise to disputes in the company law context are complex. The corporate law is a mix of statute‚ common law‚ and equity. The typical failure rate of the equivalent course in the Griffith Law School (while I was teaching there) is 30%. The failure rate of the undergraduate Company Law course at Nathan in semester 2‚ 2010 was close to this figure. To pass this course well
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National Law Institute University‚ Bhopal A Project Of Law of Business Association-II On Buy Back of Shares Submitted to:- Submitted by:- Asso. Prof. (Dr.) Kondaiah J. Roll No. - 2009 B.A. LL.B. Enrollment No. A-0 VIII Trimester III Year TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction 3 2 Understanding the Concept 3 2.1 Conceptual Conundrum 3 2.2 Methods of ‘buy-back’ 3 3 Law Governing Repurchase Of Shares
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Assignment Legal Studies ‘Law of Defamation’ Tutor: $%£@%^^$@@ Student: £^£@@$^@$^^%%£ Class: $£%&*@*((@&^ Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Terms of Reference 3 Methodology 4 Findings 5 Section 1. 5 The Law of Tort 5 The Law of Defamation 7 Section 2 8 Criteria for establishment of a case of a defamation 8 Section 3 10 The Defamation Act 2009 V The Defamation Act 1961 10 Section 4 12 Analysing of Defamation Case 12 Bibliography 16
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Ashley S. POLS 136 Essay 1 October 11‚ 2013 Ideas and Rights Rule of Law- What is it? ( “Rule of Law”‚ The Gale Group) a.i) The rule of law is a system in which the following four universal principles are upheld: a.ii) The government and its officials and agents as well as individuals and private entities are accountable under the law. a.iii) The laws are clear‚ publicized‚ stable and just‚ are applied evenly‚ and protect fundamental rights‚ including the security of persons and property
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LANGUAGE OF THE LAW Characteristics of the courtroom discourse Eva Přidalová Introduction In all societies‚ law is formulated‚ interpreted and enforced: there are codes‚ courts and constables. The greater part of these different legal processes is realised primarily through language. “Language is medium‚ process and product in the various arenas of the law where legal texts‚ spoken or written‚ are generated in the service of regulating social behaviour.”1 In the Anglo-Saxon common law system‚ a discrete
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