Business Law Notes Definition of Law Definition of Law – A rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state‚ commanding what is right‚ and prohibiting what is wrong. Nature of Law Functions of Law - To maintain stability in the social‚ political‚ and economic system through dispute resolution‚ protection of property‚ and the preservation of the state‚ while simultaneously permitting ordered change. Law and Morals * Are different but overlapping; law provides
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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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Mia K. Thompson LS311- Business Law I Kaplan University Professor James Starcher November 13‚ 2012 Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the renovation of Danile and Sondra Estelle home. To finance the cost they obtained a line of credit from Banc One‚ Indiana‚ which periodic does inspections to disburse funds. When the bank did the inspection they found the work to be of poor quality. When Allen failed to act on the Estelle’s complaints‚ they filed a suit in an Indiana
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MANAGEMENT SUBJECT; BUSINESS LAW LECTURER; MR MWAKAJINGA TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT: INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT DATE OF SUBMISSION; 09 DECEMBER 2013 NAME: URASSA FAITH BHRM/T.2012/20 Question: Choose any legal source of law in Tanzania and explain its relevance to Tanzania development According to Carl F.Stydvin and Linda Mulcahy [2007}Law is the set of rules that governs a society and create a structure of authority or government to run the social order. Law is binding on the person
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Unjust-contract. d. Unilateral-contract. A [easy p. 197] 57. Which of the following are two terms for concept or situation? a. Implied-in-law contract and implied-in-fact contract. b. Implied-in-law contract and quasi-contract. c. Implied-in-fact contract and quasi-contract. d. Unilateral contract and informal contract. e. Formal contract and implied-in-law contract. B [moderate p. 197] 58. Which of the following is needed to impose a quasi-contract? a. A benefit having been conferred and injustice
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and partly in goods. (Aldridge vs. Johnson‚ 1857) d. Transfer of General Property: There must be a transfer of general property as distinguished from special property in goods from the seller to the buyer. e. Essential Elements of a Valid Contract: All the essential elements of a valid contract must be present in the contract of sale. 3. Sale and Agreement to Sell Where under a contract of sale‚ the property in the goods is transferred from the seller to the buyer‚ the contract is called
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Executive Summary Various issues in the common law arise when agents make contracts on behalf of principals. Should a principal be bound when his agent makes a contract on his behalf that he would immediately wish to disavow? The tradeoffs resemble those in tort‚ so the least-cost avoider principle is useful for deciding which agreements are binding and can unify a number of different doctrines in agency law. In particular‚ an efficiency explanation can be found for the undisclosed-principal rule
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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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question is whether Micky has a contract with Ureach Mobile Co. Section 11 of Contracts Act 1950 provides who are competent to contract‚ that is those who are of the age of majority according to the law to which she is subject‚ have sound mind‚ and not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject (KrishnanL‚ RajooL‚ & VergisA.C‚2009). On the other hand‚ the Age of Majority Act 1971 states that the age of majority is 18 years and above‚ and anyone below that age would be regarded
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ii. Stakeholder One: Congress (Democratic Party) Since Democratic Party is the one who proposed this law‚ most Democratic senators supported the medical device tax law. Obviously‚ this law will make the implementation of Affordable Care Act become more easier. The Affordable Care Act will be successfully only when government has enough money. Moreover‚ although many medical device manufacturers asserted that this tax is harmful to their businesses‚ these senators think that this tax just a small
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