Comparative Law Case 1-1. IGNACIO SEQUIHUA V. TEXACO INC. ET AL. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas‚ 1994. FACTS: Plaintiffs‚ Ecuador residents‚ filed suit in Texas over alleged environmental damage in Ecuador. Plaintiffs pray for money damages‚ an injunction to clean up‚ and a court-administered trust fund. Defendants bring motions to dismiss. ISSUE: Should the court decline to exercise jurisdiction based on the doctrine of comity of nations? HOLDING: Yes. LAW: Section
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of Negligence case study The law of contract: a contract is a legally binding agreement‚ its a promise between two or more to parties with certain things‚each party must fulfill there promises if one of them don’t fulfill there promise then the contract is breached (VOID). The law of tort: A tort is a civil wrong in the sens that is committed against an individual‚ tort is compensated by a sum of money called “DAMAGES”. Contract laws and tort laws share many similarities. At the
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Although antitrust laws are good for the market‚ as in the instance with the federal government’s use of the Sherman Act against AT&T‚ which led to a communication revolution‚ there are a couple of issues concerning antitrust laws. The first is issue is the interpretive nature of the federal and state government laws. The Sherman Act‚ The Federal Trade Commission Act‚ and the Clayton Act are federal statutes written in general language rather than exact verbiage on code of conduct. In the case
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CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF EX POST FACTO LAW ------------------------------------------------- CONSTITUTIONAL LAW- I ------------------------------------------------- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The present project on the topic ‘Analysis of Ex post fact laws’ has been able to get its final shape with the support and help of people from various quarters. My sincere thanks go to all the members without whom the study could not have come to its present state. I am proud
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a source of law for Roman Law Name: Kristina Azzopardi I.D. card: 492895 M Roman law is the legal system of Ancient Rome and it is a rather primitive law as it dates back to hundreds of years B.C. mainly because Rome was founded in B.C. 753. During this period‚ law was customary rather than enacted however it was developed because the Emperor Justinian felt that an organised society was essential and that laws should not remain scattered‚ and in fact‚ what today is called ‘law’ is a result
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Response Laws change for reasons such as; technology advancements‚ changes in community values‚ political agendas of: parties of government‚ pressure groups or general public‚ changes in expectations of the legal system and significant incidents. Many issues of the modern world need edits to the laws and creation of new laws. These include law changes in; counter-terrorism‚ surrogacy‚ medical cannabis‚ euthanasia and same-sex marriage. The Counter-terrorism laws in Australia is the example of law changes
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on the laws and morals of our own Canadian Legal System. Hammurabi’s code consisted of 282 provisions‚ systematically arranged under a variety of subjects. He sorted his laws into groups such as family‚ labor‚ personal property‚ real estate‚ trade‚ and business. This was the first time in history that any laws had been categorized into various sections. Our own government‚ duplicating this method‚ currently creates specific laws‚ which are placed into their appropriate family of similar laws. (Offenses
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Medical Law and Ethics Project Ethical Question: Should abortion be abolished? Is abortion murder? Should rape be considered a reason for a young woman to get an abortion? Ethical Scenario 1: A beautiful 20 year old female having the time of her life‚ maybe going crazy having unprotected sex while whoever and not caring or even thinking of her consequences. A few weeks go by and the female ends up pregnant and automatically she decides to have an abortion because she don’t know the father
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Rick Marcello Prof. Frey Sport Law SPMG 336 Chapter 4 1. What are the benefits of using a worst case scenario approach in drafting contracts? The benefits of using a worst case scenario include protecting the interests of the organizations in case of a breach of contract. 2. Explain the concepts of agreements‚ consideration‚ capacity‚ and legality in formation of contracts. A) An agreement consists of an offer and acceptance. An offer to sell equipment for $300 is a communication of
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This paper contains an observation from a competition that was held by Liberty University. In the courtroom Observation four law students argue the case of White vs. O’Malley’s Tavern. The original case (case number 82A04-8876-CB285) has gone before the United States District Court in Northern Indiana. In the case Mrs. White is asking that O’Malley’s Tavern be held liable for her husband’s death‚ while O’Malley’s Tavern is stating that they should not be held liable for the incident. This paper
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