Legal System of HK Seminar 2: Common Law System and Ideology (9/9/13) Substantive justice VS procedural justice Influence of external forces on legal system‚ they interact in the law making processes and affect what is morally right or wrong‚ law is not the only tool responsible for maintain social order‚ people have private life and other systems (social control‚ culture‚ religions…) to guide people’s life and behaviours LAW: Certainty‚ predictability‚ there should be an authorities to
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Revision questions for NGC1 element 1 Foundations in health and safety These will probably be the first set of revision questions that you attempt. The questions are‚ as their name indicates‚ intended to help you revise the main points of each element. Having said that‚ many of the questions could also be found‚ little changed‚ in your Certificate examination. Past examinations Actual past papers must form an integral part of your revision programme as you prepare for the examinations; your
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Common Low Marriage Common Law Marriage “To love one another and grow together as one‚” comes to my mind as I sit and discuss my common law marriage with my friends. In society eyes you are not considered married unless you have a wedding and a marriage licenses. My legally married friends do not consider the agreement that my husband and I have agreed on as being legally married. According to Webster the meaning of Common Law Marriage is a relationship created by agreement
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Legal Systems of the World: Differences between Common Law‚ Civil Law‚ Customary Law & Theocratic Law Globalization is the shift toward a more interdependent and integrated global economy‚ fueled by declining trade and investment barriers and new technologies‚ such as the internet‚ which creates greater opportunities for international business. International business encompasses a full range of companies‚ from a large multinational firm with thousands of employees doing businesses in many
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UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LAW OF EQUITY ASSIGNMENT IAN NDUNGU WAWERU DLAW/112/00101 DISTINGUISH BETWEEN EQUITY AND COMMON LAW LECTURER: MARK WAGIA Common law‚ defined by Oxford Dictionary‚ is law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent instead of statutes. Equity‚ on the other hand‚ is a branch of law‚ which developed alongside common law‚ and is focused on fairness and justice. But aside from their descriptions‚ there are other differences between common law and equity.
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Once the facts are determined‚ the judge will then make the application of law to the facts to determine which party would succeed. The doctrine of judicial precedent is important because it is the ratio decidendi of a previously decided similar case‚ decided by a higher court to the current facts that will decide the solution of the case. 1 JUDICIAL PRECEDENT The weight or authority of rules of law derived from cases may vary. These relative weights are determined by the
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Assignment Common Law Common law is based on the bible‚ stare decisis and precedent. Basically what this means is that common law is recognized as law even if it is not actually written in the books. For example common law marriage is recognized when a couple lives together for so long even if they do not have an actual marriage license(Miller & Jentz‚ 2010). Jurisdiction Jurisdiction is the authority of the court to hear a case. For example federal court hears federal laws‚ where a state
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|LAW/421 | | |Contemporary Business Law | Copyright © 2011 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. COURSE SYLLABUS FOR CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS LAW/421 |Week One: Introduction to Law
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Common law evolved over time as a judge made law (according to doctrine of precedent.) In common law the king was the head of the government. Common law was the law administered by the royal courts and as such a more standardised set of rules based on customary law was gradually enforced throughout the whole of England and countries derived from England. E.g. Australia‚ Canada New Zealand and the United States Common laws rules were too broad to deal with governing a society as complex as England
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Historical development of English Common Law Originally issued in the year 1215‚ the Magna Carta was first confirmed into law in 1225. This 1297 exemplar‚ some clauses of which are still statutes in England today‚ was issued by Edward I. National Archives‚ Washington‚ DC. English common law emerged from the changing and centralizing powers of the king during the Middle Ages. After the Norman Conquest in 1066‚ medieval kings began to consolidate power and establish new institutions of royal
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