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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An Overview of Auditing Services Auditing services are very important for the business owners to get the valuable information and assurance that reports are correctly presented. Further‚ the auditing services provide an opportunity to the business persons to know more about their businesses and its various aspects. It also provides sound base to business persons to communicate properly with investors‚ their partners and banks. Above all‚ auditing services provide ideas of the objective presentation
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Mitch Witek AMST 193 Prof. Van Vleck TA: Mark Redmond 13 February 2013 Common Sense It is often unclear whether a leader defines the times‚ or whether the time period opens the door for a leader to emerge. Thomas Paine was most certainly the latter. By writing Common Sense at a time when America was ripe with purpose he thrust the American people into a war with the greatest empire of the age. Thomas Paine wrote one of the most influential documents in U.S history through a brilliant understanding
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International College of Business and Human Resources Development Common Law Assignment 1 BMT: 387-09-09 Task 1(P1) A contract may be defined as an agreement which legally binds the parties. A party to a contract is bound because he has agreed to be bound. The underlying theory then is that a contract is the outcome of ‘consenting minds’. Parties are not judged by what is in their minds what they have said‚ written or done. Contracts are
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Bank of England (BOE) thus thought itself as a secondary role in supervising BCCI‚ thereby reducing the level of scrutiny imposed on BCCI. In addition‚ BCCI has an uncommon auditing system. Price Waterhouse (PW) was the accountants for BCCI overseas‚ while Ernst & Whitney in charged of BCCI holdings. Two sets of auditors being used was to avoid them from publishing a meaningful consolidated accounts and make sure neither of the audit team had full jurisdiction over it. BCCI’s founder‚ Abedi and
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Strategic Framework & Marketing Strategy of Canon Canon is an established international firm in the photocopy and imaging industry. It operates in diverse range of markets which includes business solution‚ computer imaging‚ broadcast and communication‚ medical system and industrial product. The analysis of the internal structures and culture of Canon was carried out by using the McKinsey’s 7S model and SWOT framework to analyse the companies internal capabilities. This strategic framework is divided
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“Tragedy of the Commons” The theory behind the “tragedy of the commons” is important to understand the destruction of our environment and to avoid this‚ we‚ as citizens of this planet‚ must change our moral values and human ideologies. There is no technical solution to solve this problem. We can avoid “tragedy” only by changing the way we live. The tragedy of the commons is explained through an example of herdsmen being able to own as much cattle as possible‚ which results in herdsman wanting
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Jennifer Majiski Common Magic The poem ‘Common Magic’ by Bronwen Wallace is about how each person is in their own world‚ and we are all really alone inside ourselves because of our own memories and perceptions‚ yet we also need to coexist in a communal world in which we interact. The author also describes the positive and negative sides that make the world perfect such as love‚ interdependence and society influence. Wallace uses 3 specific literary devices such as; smilies‚ figurative imagery‚
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REGIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE - WALL DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOSPATIAL FRAMEWORK TO IMPLEMENT A REGIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE (RSDI) IN CARICOM (Ninth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas‚ United Nations‚ New York‚ August‚ 2009). August‚ 2009 Harold Wall IDB/UNFPA Project Coordinator Regional Statistics CARICOM Secretariat 1 REGIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE - WALL Abstract Almost all human activities take place on land. In fact‚ human
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The common cold has been plaguing humankind since the beginning of human existence. Even in these advanced times‚ there is no vaccine or cure. There are many symptoms that accompany the common cold. Some of these infamous symptoms are a runny nose‚ caused by inflammation of the nasal tissues‚ resulting in over production of mucus to trap the virus‚ and coughing. there are two different kinds or types of coughs that are common with colds. The first‚ is the less common dry hacking cough‚ these kinds
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