“The term ‘law’ is used in many senses: we may speak of the laws of physics‚ mathematics‚ science‚ or the laws of football. Law may be defined as a rule of human conduct‚ imposed upon and enforced among‚ the members of a given state.” (Barker‚D.L.A‚ 2007‚P.1). Legal system is one of the most important ways to preserve one country’s peace. This essay will introduce the differences and similarities of legal system between China and British‚ it includes background‚ history‚ jurisdictions of laws‚ court
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to limit the operation of exclusion clauses. In addition to numerous common law rules limiting their operation‚ in England and Wal Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999‚ the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 applies to all contracts‚ but the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999‚ unlike the common law rules‚ do differentiate between contracts between businesses and contracts between business and consumer‚ so the law seems to explicitly recognize the greater possibility of exploitation of the
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Lecture VI Legislative Power and LegCo Contents LegCo: Historical Evolution Powers and functions‚ and Prerogatives Issues raised under the BL Case Law • Article 66 • The Legislative Council of the HKSAR shall be the legislature of the Region. • 2 I. LegCo – A Brief Retrospect • A. Generality – From 26 January 1841 to 30 June 1997‚ • Hong Kong was a British colony and its first constitution‚ in the form of Queen Victoria’s Letters Patent entitled the Charter of the Colony
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believe that there should be no curfew laws for teenagers. The setting of a curfew should be up to the teenager themselves and their parents. I believe this mainly because an enforced curfew law would simply result in more teenagers getting in trouble with the law. Teenagers could accidentally break the law if they are unaware of what time it is‚ traffic could cause a teenager to be late and therefore break the law. There are too many opportunities for this law to be broken and therefore it should
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The role of the law "is a system of rules usually enforced through a set of institutions". (Wikipedia‚ 2007) These rules are governed and regulated as specific types of laws. Some types of laws are constitutional laws‚ which exist only at state and federal levels. (Mallor et al.‚ p.2‚p.3) This types of law sets up structure and oversee prevention of other government levels. (Mallor et al.‚ p.2‚p.3) Another type of law is Statues in which elected representatives draft a book or code that is authorized
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MAJLIS UGAMA ISLAM SINGAPURA FRIDAY SERMON 18 OCTOBER 2002M / 11 SYAABAN 1423H HUDUD LAWS IN ISLAM [pic] My Respected Friday Congregation‚ Today‚ through various media‚ we hear more voices for the implementation of the Shariah or Islamic Law. In this open environment and with the advancement of Information Technology‚ the Muslim community in Singapore would have surely heard some of these calls and hence follow their developments as well as discuss and debate about it. The non-muslim
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Sample Tutorial Answers (HBL221N Company Law) To answer all legal questions‚ students are to follow the essential steps of: (1) Identification of the issues in the questions; (2) State the relevant laws that can be used to resolve the issues in the questions; (3) Application of the relevant laws to the facts in the questions to resolve the issues in the questions (i.e. arguments); and (4) Conclusion based on arguments in Point (3). Your conclusion must resolve your issues in Point (1). NOTE:
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Law Notes 1. Law: set of statutes and rules that individuals within a society are governed by and are compelled to follow Statute: law passed by government you must follow unlike a rule which you can’t be punished for 2. Jurisprudence: wisdom/knowledge/skill in law -- the science that deals with investigations of concepts‚ notions‚ and principles of legal thought. It enables us to explore origins of law and legal institutions. It also helps clarify the principles on which they were founded. It allows
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secretary of a company. Before taking on the role‚ he or she needs to sign consent to act as secretary of the company and the company must keep the consent also which mentioned in s204C (Canberra 2012 pp. 252-254). CLERP changes to the Corporations Law do not have direct effect in relation to the role of the Company Secretary (Snorcha 2005). It allows proprietary companies not necessary to have a company secretary as a director can also act as a secretary. However‚ if it does have company secretary
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Law of India refers to the system of law in modern India. Some of contemporary Indian law shows substantial European and American influence. Various legislations first introduced by the British are still in effect in modified forms today. During the drafting of the Indian Constitution‚ laws from Ireland‚ the United States‚ Britain‚ and France were synthesised into a refined set of Indian laws. Indian laws also adhere to the United Nations guidelines on human rights law and the environmental law.
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