Law Case Analysis Material Facts and Source of Law The plaintiff William Shelensky was a director who owned a minority stockholder of Defendant Corporation called Chicago National League Ball Club‚ which operated Chicago Cubs. The Cubs had been suffering operating losses from direct baseball operations from 1961-1965. The director defendant Philip K. Wrigley who owned 80% stock shares did not install lights at Wrigley Field so that the Cubs could not play at night when at home‚ even though the
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CONTRACT LAW IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE USA Key terms and specific concepts I FORM Deeds‚ specialty contracts‚ contracts under seal (# simple contracts) Statute of Frauds 1677‚ s.4 Property Act 1925‚ s.1‚ s.40‚ s.136 ; 1989‚ s.1(3)(a)‚ s.2(1) Consumer Credit Act 1974‚ s.67‚ s.68 Uniform Commercial Code 2-201 ( 2-202 Parol Evidence Rule) Jinright v. Russell (1971) Mulford v. Borg-Wagner Acceptance Corp. (1985) II TERMS A) TERMS IMPLIED BY STATUTE Sale of Goods Act
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‘ Common Law Reasoning and Institutions Question 6 Judicial precedent is best understood as a practice of the courts and not as a set of binding rules. As a practice it could be refined or changed by the courts as they wish.’ Discuss. Kiew Boon Yin Judicial precedent means the process whereby judges follow previously decided cases where the fact are of sufficient similarity. The doctrine of judicial precedent is a practice of the court‚ it provides guidance to the judges when
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References: MacCormick‚ N. (1987) ’Why Cases haves Rationes and what these are ’‚ in L. Goldstein (ed) Precedent in Law‚ Oxford: Clarendon Press Steiner‚ J (1990) Textbook on EEC law‚ 2nd ed.‚ London: Blackstone Press. Websites Goodhart‚ A. (1931) Essays in Jurisprudence and the Common Law Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Schmidhauser‚ John R. 1962. Stare Decisis‚ Dissent‚ and the Background of the Justices of the Supreme Court Law Review 14:194-212 Landes‚ William M.‚ and Richard
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South Carolina Accuracy and due process perspectives were used to extend policycapturing research concerning employment discrimination case law. TWo-hundred ninety-five usable U.S. Circuit Court decisions concerning performance appraisal were located from 1980-1995. In both chisquare and multivariate LOGIT analyses‚ decisions were explained by: use of job analysis‚ provision of written instructions‚ employee review of results‚ and agreement among raters. Contrary to hypotheses‚ appraisal frequency
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ESSAY TILE: 1) “Judge made-law” STUDENT NUMBER: 111173370 CANDIDATE NUMBER: 151403 For long it has been the received opinion that judges filled in the gaps left by rules by using their discretion. Positivistic jurisprudence from Austin to Hart placed strong emphasis on the part played by judges in the exercise of their discretion. “In these cases it is clear‚” Hart said‚” that the rule-making authority must
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with the importance of case laws in English legal system. If one case has decided a point of law then it is logical that solution will be looked at in the future. The American Judge‚ Oliver Wendell said ‘the life of the law has not been logic it has been experience’‚ Miles Kingston put it another way: binding precedent means ‘A trick which has been tried before successfully’. According to Sir Rupert Cross‚ binding precedent indicates: all courts must consider relevant case laws. Secondly‚ lower court
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Thus‚ by the end of the research paper the researcher hopes to give the reader a better understanding of Doctrine of Precedent. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Through the course of this research paper the researcher hopes to give the reader an in depth analysis of Doctrine of Precedent. SCOPE AND LIMITATION: The research paper offers a comprehensive study of the Doctrine of Precedent and also the application of Doctrine of Precedent in the legal system of India. The paper also gives a brief overview
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HOW TO BRIEF A CASE [OR–WHY DIDN’T I CHOOSE TO GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL] By Dana L. Blatt‚ Esq. You are just about to start law school. You buy all of your required casebooks [they are about two feet thick–only “slightly” intimidating]‚ and you receive your first assignment. You are simply told‚ “read the first 100 pages in each book and BRIEF all of the cases!” O.K.‚ you know how to read [hopefully]‚ but what does it mean to “brief” a case? You have heard of “briefcases‚” but that
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