For other uses‚ see Common law (disambiguation). Common law‚ also known as case law or precedent‚ is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals‚ as opposed to statutes adopted through the legislative process or regulations issued by the executive branch[1]. A "common law system" is a legal system that gives great precedential weight to common law‚[2] on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different occasions.[3] The body of precedent is
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Beer’s Law And Calorimetry Beer’s Law And Calorimetry Adriane Bellard Ocean County College Beer’s Law is also referred to as the Beer- Lambert law or the Bouguer- Beer Law. The principle is based on an electromagnetic radiation that is passed through a sample‚ wavelength is detected by the sample. As a result strength of transmitted light is gradually reduced. The measurement of the reduced strength of radiation is supported by the spectrophotometer. Based on Beer’s Law the strength
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they carry on business by entering into contracts. The law relating to contracts is to be found in the Indian Contract Act‚ 1872.The law of contracts differs from other branches of law in a very important respect. It does not lay down so many precise rights and duties which the law will protect and enforce; it contains rather a number of limiting principles‚ subject to which the parties may create rights and duties for themselves and the law will uphold those rights and duties. Thus‚ we can say that
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LAW AND POLITICS “TENTATIVE” COURSE SCHEDULE SPRING 2013 Readings: (M) Murphy and selected internet and electronic readings Some journal articles will need to be accessed through the UVU Library Journal database. If the below links to internet sources do not work‚ you should first search Google for alternative links. If you are still unsuccessful‚ then contact Dr. Griffin. This schedule is only “tentative” and subject to change by verbal or written notification – stay tuned! _________________
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Nontraditional and Traditional Litigation Felicia Cobbs Law 531 Business Law Professor Herndon October 17‚ 2011 Nontraditional and Traditional Litigation “Litigation is the bringing‚ maintaining‚ and defense of a lawsuit” (Cheeseman‚ 2010). There are two forms of litigation: traditional and nontraditional. The pretrial process is divided into pleadings‚ discovery‚ dismissals and pretrial judgments‚ and settlement conference. This is followed by the trial proceedings and appeals‚ if applicable
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WHAT IS LAW? 20 MAY 2013 What is Law? Three simple letters. A word which very short. But still the whole world failed to find a universally accpetable definition for this word. Through out my life I have heard this short word several times. Around 8 years ago our nation welcomed a system of government called “Democracy.” With this “DEMOCRACY” everyone started talking about the freedom‚ freedom of expression‚ right to inform‚ human rights and many more. I was a little boy at that time who
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The vague‚ subjective‚ and indeterminate nature of Canadian obscenity law has been called “the most muddled law in Canada.” Recognizing that consistency and objectivity are important aspects in the running of any successful legal system‚ the Supreme Court of Canada has attempted to systematically clarify and modernize obscenity law. The ruling in R. v. Butler marked the transformation of the law of obscenity from a "moral-based" offence to a "harm-based" offence. The courts are now asked to determine
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Environmental policy is the official stance or statement by a government or organization which provides a framework for its environmental objectives. (C2E2.org‚ 2011)The US Government Environmental policy is contained in the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Congress declared under section 4331(a) of NEPA that it is "the continuing policy of the federal government… to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony‚ and to fulfill the social
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Top of Form Bottom of Form THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY‚ JAMAICA THE FACULTY OF LAW CRIMINAL LAW I CAUSATION ______________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION Where the actus reus of a crime includes specific consequences e.g. the crime of Murder - the consequence being death‚ it must be shown that the Defendant caused the victim’s death (although the defendant’s act need not be the sole or the main cause of death). A common approach of the courts has been to
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Definition Generally a native system of personal law applies only to a native person or community forming a part of part any native race.According to judicial interpretation the term ‘native’ is identified to be a native by descent and way of life.The Federal Constitution defines a native in Article 161 A‚ Clause (6&7) thus : (a) In relation to Sarawak‚ a person who is a citizen and either belongs to one of the races specified in clause (7) as indigenous to the State or is
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