Two Types of Employment There are two categories of employment available to people: to be an employee or to be self-employed. These two types of employment are known as a ‘contract of service’ and a ‘contract for service’. Someone under a ‘contract of service’ refers to a person who is‚ for example a person working in a supermarket as a shop assistant is under a ‘contract of service’. In contrast‚ someone under a ‘contract for service’ refers to a person who is self-employed (also known as an ‘independent
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a new dress‚ shoes and accessories for the date. He does not turn up and does not text you with an explanation. Can you sue him? If so‚ why? If not‚ why not? She would be unable to sue him as this is a social agreement which is unenforceable by law. Neither party has entered into a legally binding contract. Should you chose to break such an agreement‚ the consequences will be no more serious than upsetting or dissappointing your friends. This is similar to the case of Spellman v Spellman‚ in
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Business Law & Bankruptcy Assignment #4 Aquaman is president of a marine research company called Underwater Leagues‚ Inc. When his company conceived a dramatic new invention‚ he held off announcing the discovery until he bought 50‚000 shares of Underwater Leagues at $10 per share. After the announcement‚ the share price skyrocketed to $50 per share. The shareholders of Underwater Leagues‚ Inc. bring a derivative action suit against Aquaman claiming breach of fiduciary duty for violating 17 C.F.R
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Contents History of Chevron 31 Chevron 34 Change in Company Logo over the years: 36 Description of Business & Functions 43 Industry & Competitor Analysis 55 Advantages of separating out strategic and operational procurement 59 Chevron Strategic sourcing stages 60 Five force model analysis of Chevron Procurement system 60 History of Chevron Chevron International California Star Oil Works The first predecessor of Chevron was named California Star Oil Works. It took
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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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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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Breach of Contract Reading: George Shenoy and Loo Wee Ling (eds)‚ Principles of Singapore Business Law (“PSBL”)‚ (Cengage 2013)‚ Chapter 18. We will concentrate in class mainly on Damages. Note that PSBL chapter 18 addresses the topics in a different order from this Outline; we will in general follow the order of the Outline Note: References below to Poole are to Jill Poole‚ Casebook on Contract Law (10th ed‚ 2010)‚ which is available at Course Reserve in the Library. References to previous
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ICTS AS ENABLERS OF DEVELOPMENT: A MICROSOFT WHITE PAPER December 2004 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are transforming societies and fueling the growth of the global economy. Yet despite the broad potential of ICTs‚ their benefits have not been spread evenly. Indeed‚ using ICTs effectively to foster social inclusion and economic growth is among the key challenges facing policymakers today. As one of the world’s leading ICT firms‚ Microsoft brings a unique
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written law in the society It is important because rules need to be established in case someone breaks them (and people tend to). If they aren’t written‚ smooth-talkers will be able to talk their way out of punishment while less charismatic people will be punished more severely‚ and some judges will be far kinder than others (warning versus jail term). It is also harder to say "we need to punish domestic crimes more severely" when there is no set rule or punishment. Simply put‚ written laws are required
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LAW TUTORIAL QUESTIONS Tutorial 1 1. Explain: (a) international law (b) legal rights (c) legal duty (d) public international law (e) private international law 2. Explain the differences between civil law system and common law system 3. Explain: (a) Convention (exam) (b) Treaties (exam) (c) International Organization (d) State (e) Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) (f) MNE & TNC (g)International Person 4.What governs the relationship in International Trade? Tutorial
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