Charles Potter Business Law Education‚ Software Piracy‚ and the Law This paper is intended as a primer for copyright law in the form of a short story. An elementary school teacher illegitimately copies a piece of software for educational purposes and is discovered. Issues such as the fair use doctrine‚ copyright law‚ and cyberlaw are covered. The section provides a realistic legal defense for the fictional situation that drives the paper.
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CONTRACT – REMEDIES (Pg 183) Damages |Damages is the principal common law remedy for a breach of contract. It refers to the monetary compensation payable by the defaulting party. | |Assessment |Aim of unliquidated damages | | |The general principle of assessment is that the injured party is to be placed in the same financial position he
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Assessment 1: Individual Assignment Question 1 (a) Consideration is one of the four main elements to be present in order to have a legally binding contract. Consideration can be anything of value (such as an item) which each party must agree to exchange for the contract to be valid. For consideration to be sufficient‚ both parties have to have an agreement. If only one party agrees to it‚ then the agreement is not consider a legally binding contract. Something must be given or promise in exchange
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Police Negligence and Liability 1 Running Head: Police Neglect/Liability Police Negligence and Liability Police Negligence and Liability 2 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine factors involved in police negligence and the extent of liability the officers hold. Are police officers held accountable for their misjudgments or reckless behavior when they are at fault? This paper exams relevant cases in which police officers have been
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1- Contract law provide rules to determine which contract terms will be enforced and which promises must be kept. True or False 2- A is an assertion that something either will or will not happen in the future. A: 3- A contract needs two requirement and Agreement is required to form a contract‚ regardless of whether it is formed in the traditional A: 4- which is generally defined
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an antiquated response. However‚ discrimination can and does still happen in a company‚ and is not limited to gender discrimination. Consequently‚ every company is very careful about their operations and employee treatment in today’s business world. Many business entities have put together a human resource department to properly manage and take care of their most valuable resource‚ their employees. Over the years the government has also helped ensure that employees get proper treatment. Measures
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produce a written answer for each of the following problem questions using the ILAC approach and bring your answers in print form to your tutorial class on Teaching week 3. Topics Topics 1 and 2 – Introducing Law and Exercising Legal Skills Your preparation Read Chapters 1-3 of Business Law and attend the Lectures on the first two topics. Problem 1: There are a number of websites devoted to the republic issue. Sites such as that of the Australian Republican Movement (www.republic.org.au) support
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Richard misses his plane from London to Paris. Ryan takes him there by car. As he gets out of the car‚ Richard promises to pay Ryan $1000 for his efforts Issue: Is there any consideration for the promise made by Richard? The Law: Every contract requires an offer‚ acceptance‚ and consideration. Consideration is the exchange of benefit and detriment‚ for example‚ the making of a promise in exchange for an act. If a party voluntarily acts and then the other party makes a promise‚ the act is
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Business Law: An Introduction Learning Outcome 1 1. Identify & describe the source of legislation that are binding in Scots Law and quote at least one example. Legislation comes in 4 main sources in Scotland; UK Parliament‚ Scots Parliament‚ European Union and delegate legislation. UK Parliament Laws that are passed by Parliament come from proposals that are made by the Government. These proposals aim to shape society or address certain problems. Once such proposals have been
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Charlie is going to rescind the contract. He demands return of his money and compensation for the loss of commission on several high profile sales of his business. He wants to rescind the contract because the package of software recommend by Carmine was obsolete‚ despite Carmine’s assurances. This problem is concerned with the contents of the contract which is term in the contract‚ the misrepresentation and unconscionable conduct. Charlie will claim that Carmine verbal assurances about the
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