KENYATTA UNIVERSITY CITY CAMPUS NAME :OOKO BEVERLY ACHIENG ADM NO:D33S/CTY/11363/2012 COURSE:BUSINESS LAW COURSE CODE: LECTURER: TASK: STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION OF THE COURT In pre colonial era‚ different communities had different ways of restoring justice. The African Traditional Communities used the fora of justice at family‚ shrines‚ churches and mosques. Other dispute resolutions mechanisms included: a.Reconsiliation: is the process of making it possible for two different ideas‚ facts
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Table of Contents Introduction Law plays important roles to protect benefits‚ obligations and bringing fair for everybody in society. This report gives information about tortuous liability‚ contractual liability‚ vicarious liability‚ the tort of negligence and defences. After that‚ I can determine liability of person who is responsible when violations as well as providing advices for the legal problems in business of VJSC. (3.1) Contrast liability in torts with contractual
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Research Paper: The law laid down in Soloman v. Soloman and Co. is often considered the source on the basis of which the jurisprudence of corporate personality has been written world over. However‚ the history of corporate-commercial litigation has witnessed situations where in the Courts have gone beyond the corporate cloak and analyzed the working and the motives of the members or directors of the company: In doing the same‚ the Courts have evolved the concept of lifting or piercing the
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Name:_______________ Business Law I: Final Exam Study Guide [20 points] Material Tested: Chapter 1: Laws and Their Ethical Foundation (p. 04-23) (30 points) Chapter 2: Constitutional Rights (p. 24-47) (30 points) Chapter 3: Court Systems (p. 48-63) (30 points) Chapter 5: Civil Law and Procedure (p. 84-105) (30 points) Long Essay: Explain how legal knowledge will be applied in your personal life beyond high school. (30 points) Instructions: Your final exam of 150 points will include the
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BUSINESS LAW ESSAY PLAN ➢ Acceptance must be communicated to be effective. ➢ Where the parties contemplate acceptance by mail‚ acceptance will be complete as soon as the letter is properly posted. Postal rule definition ➢ Actual communication versus constructive communication ➢ Actual acceptance (real) versus constructive acceptance (postal rule) (Graw p.89) ➢ Contract is an agreement which the law enforces. ➢ Contract law is the basis of business law ➢ Two main sources:
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show why I agree with the statement. The reason as to why Contract law exists is because it is there to make sure people keep their promises to one another. A contract is made up of a promise of one party to do a certain thing in exchange for a promise from the other party to do another thing. The law will enforce on them if either party breaks away from the promise‚ as promises are what contracts are all about. Contract law is based on several Latin legal principles‚ the most important of which
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Common law and equity: the reasons behind the creation of equity. What is it and how is it different from common law? What is the present relationship between common law and equity? Methodology In order to provide a broader image of the principles applied by equity and the common law‚ secondary research was carried out. The process involved both gathering information from the internet websites and Business Law textbooks. Findings The development of English
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THE LAW OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CHAPTER 4 – Piercing the Corporate Veil Minne B Berkey v Third Avenue Railway Company Overview: This is a New York Court of Appeals decision in 1926 adjudicated by the legendary Justice Cardozo. In this seminal case on ‘piercing the corporate veil’‚ the Court of Appeals finds in favor of the Defendant‚ Third Avenue Railway Company. The Court holds that Third Avenue‚ the parent company of Forty-second Street Company‚ which operated a rail line upon which the
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OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT Course Code: BBUN 2103 Course Title: Business Law Name: Mariyam Anoosha Afeef Student ID number: S11723225 Tutor Name: Ahmed Nasheed Learning Centre: Villa College Trimester: May 2012 INTRODUCTION We enter into contracts that are made orally‚ every day‚ without us even realizing. For example when we buy something from a shop‚ we make a contract with the shopkeeper. However sometimes written contracts are
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Name School Author Note This paper was prepared for Business Law Course‚ BBA 3210-13N‚ taught by Professor Name Abstract Facts of the Case “Equal Protection Clause” In 1868‚ the Fourteenth Amendment was added to the United States Constitution which included the Equal Protection Clause. The Equal Protection Clause “provides that no state shall deny to any persons within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law” as it did in the case of Brown v. Board of Education‚ and not Plessy
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