Civil Liberties individual legal and constitutional protections against the government. Civil Rights protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals. Incorporation Doctrine case-by-case process by which liberties listen in the Bill of Rights have been applies to the states using the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment affirmative action programs intended to make up for past discrimination by helping minority groups in employment‚ promotion
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The English word “law” refers to limits upon various forms of behavior. Some laws are descriptive: they simply describe how people‚ or even natural phenomena‚ usually behave. An example is the rather consistent law of gravity; another is the less consistent laws of economics. Other laws are prescriptive - they prescribe how people ought to behave. For example‚ the speed limits imposed upon drivers that prescribe how fast we should drive. They rarely describe how fast we actually do drive‚ of course
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Business Law What is Business Law? Businesses interact in many and varied ways. To name just a few types of business transactions‚ there are contracts‚ mergers and acquisitions‚ leasing‚ etc. How these transactions are carried out is overseen by Business Law. Additionally‚ how businesses are formed is a large part of Business law. This area of law is very wide-ranging‚ although it deals primarily with defining the rights and responsibilities of businesses‚ rather than enforcing these laws. Because
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Problem 1 Issue1 Is the La Rochelle website‚ including the slogan‚ protected by copyright law? Law Copyright law protects text‚ images and other forms of expression. The requirements for protection are as follows: (1) The creation is a ‘work’ or ‘subject matter other than works’; (2) The creation is original; (3)The creation is expressed in a material form. Application The slogan is not a ‘work’ or ‘subject matter’ because Single words‚ names‚ titles‚ slogans are too short to be protected
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Opening question: Thoreau writes‚ “A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight” (Thoreau 386). This line has the most meaning to be me because one person cannot change the world alone‚ they would need help. What one person can do though is turn a minority into a majority. I could also take this to mean that while being surrounded by all those who have fallen victim of the government and its
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Civil resistance is political action that relies on the use of nonviolent resistance by civil groups to challenge a particular power‚ force‚ policy or regime. Civil resistance operates through appeals to the adversary‚ pressure and coercion: it can involve systematic attempts to undermine the adversary’s sources of power‚ both domestic and international. Forms of action have included demonstrations‚ vigils and petitions; strikes‚ go-slows‚ boycotts and emigration movements; and sit-ins‚ occupations
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Henry David Thoreau wrote in his book Civil Disobedience: "Must the citizen ever for a moment‚ or in the least degree‚ resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first‚ and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law‚ so much as for the right. The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right." (Henry David Thoreau Quotes) This is the quote which I had at the top
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Business Law Notes Definition of Law Definition of Law – A rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state‚ commanding what is right‚ and prohibiting what is wrong. Nature of Law Functions of Law - To maintain stability in the social‚ political‚ and economic system through dispute resolution‚ protection of property‚ and the preservation of the state‚ while simultaneously permitting ordered change. Law and Morals * Are different but overlapping; law provides
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08th October 2008 Tort-Obligations II Tutorial 1 1. What is Tort law for? ▪The law of tort- The word derives from the French for ‘Wrong’. ▪ The civil action for damages aims at compensation as opposed to criminal prosecution. Restoring the status quo. ▪Appeasement- the object of early law is to prevent disruption of society by disputes arising from the infliction of injury. The victim’s vengeance is bought off by compensation‚ which gives him satisfaction in 2 ways; he is comforted to receive
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company structure? • Assuming Susan adopts a company structure‚ what type of Liability Company should Susan adopt? Relevant Laws: Form of association: • Consider the possible form of association‚ corporate and non-corporate • Consider comparative advantages and disadvantages of each form of association in the light of facts given. • Remember that there can be many relevant factors‚ not all of them related to corporate law issues. Taxation stamp duty and human factors can also be important. Application
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