IMPROVING AUSTRALIA’S LAW AND JUSTICE FRAMEWORK A discussion paper to explore the scope for reforming Australian contract law 2012 © Commonwealth of Australia 2012 All material presented in this publication is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en) licence. For the avoidance of doubt‚ this means this licence only applies to material as set out in this document.
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BLO 2205 Corporate Law Assignment Semester 1 2013 INTRODUCTION Under the Corporations Act 20011‚ all the directors and officers must be under Common Law duties and Statutory Law duties to exercise their powers in order to carry on one company. It is essential for officers and directors to impose the legal duties for purposes of minimizing wrongful or illegal behaviors’ risks. Briefly‚ the main fiduciary duties and statutory duties contains duty to act in good faith in the interests
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The fairness of the law It is very important for a legal system to ensure that there is fairness across the board for those involved in the legal system‚ whether defendants‚ plaintiffs‚ or others. There are two ways in which the legal system ensures fairness. On one hand‚ there are the general presumptions and procedures to ensure a fair trial or court hearing. On the other‚ there is the system of law which is intended to ensure fairness in society; this is known as the Law of Equity. Justice
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Civil law is concerned and deals with the relationship between individuals and relates to civil rather than criminal wrongs with the aim of compensating the suing party for such wrongs (Gibson‚ Rigby‚ Ryan & Tamsitt‚ 2001‚ p28.1). A civil action is generally brought by the party who has been injured or otherwise suffered some form of loss as the result of a wrong which only directly affected him (e.g. trespassing into private property). When a civil law is broken‚ legal action is brought by an individual
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Questions Learning ResourcesTextbook: Business Law Seventh Edition‚ 2010 Henry R. Cheeseman Prentice Hall 1) According to Judge Jerome Frank‚ uncertainty in the law: a. is an unfortunate accident b. should be avoided whenever possible c. is of immense social value d. does not exist in the U.S. legal system 2) Which of the following is most consistent with the Natural Law School of jurisprudence? e. Law is based on moral and ethical principles of
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Mauritius At a Glance History Mauritius is an island‚ of volcanic formation‚ located in the centre of the Indian Ocean and has an area of 2‚040 km square. The island was first visited briefly in the years 1500-1600 by the Arabs‚ Portuguese and Dutch. The latter inhabited the island for almost a century and departed in 1710 while leaving the sugarcane plantation they had introduced. In 1715‚ the French then took control of Ile De France (as the country was then known). In 1810‚ the French surrendered
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Question 1: Issue The issue of this question is whether Samuel willingly entered into a legitimate sale of goods contract with the shop in Orchard Road. Rule of Law The law on this issue is found in the common law and under stature law. In Preston Corporation Sdn Bhd v Edward Leong (1982)‚ an offer was defined as a willingness to be bound by the terms of an agreement. Therefore‚ it is clearly stated that Samuel is willingly and has agreed to enter into a contract by signing on a receipt
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Book I : General Norms 1. Book I : General Norms 1. Title I: Eccesiastical Laws 2. Title II: Custom 3. Title III: General Decrees and Inst 4. Title IV: Singular Administrative Acts 1. Ch. I : Common Norms 2. Ch. II : Sing Decrees and Prescripts 3. Ch. III: Rescripts 4. Ch. IV: Privileges 5. Ch. V: Dispensations 5. Title V: Statutes and Ordinances 6. Title VI: Physical and Juridic Persons 6. Ch. I: Physical Persons
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Customary International Law in the 21st Century: Old Challenges and New Debates 1. Roozbeh (Rudy) B. Baker* 1. *Adjunct Professor of Law‚ Pepperdine University‚ Malibu‚ Cal. BA‚ University of California at San Diego; JD‚ University of Illinois; LLM‚ University of California at Berkeley; PhD Candidate (Politics and International Relations)‚ University of Southern California. Email:Rudy.Baker{at}yahoo.com. Next Section Abstract This article will survey the new non-traditional scholarship which
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What Is Law? Although “the law” may seem to be abstract and far removed from everyday life‚ it actually is a framework for much of what you do. Perhaps you get a traffic ticket or want a local store to replace a defective toaster you purchased. Perhaps you have been called for jury duty or must testify as a witness to an accident. Perhaps you want to stop a road widening project near your home‚ ponder the issues of prayer in school or abortion‚ or must see that the provisions of a will are carried
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