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    heritages of Africa‚ Europe‚ India and elsewhere. Three of these family forms are the family based on common law unions‚ the matrifocal family and the extended family. Some theorists such as Melville Herskovits (1958) attribute the prevalence of certain types of Caribbean family forms to African society and some of the social institutions and social dynamics of those societies. A common law union is similar to the unit of the nuclear family i.e. comprising of husband‚ wife and children living

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    The European civil law system is all about finding the truth‚ even if a lawyer has to lose the case for their client while doing so. The American adversarial system is about winning‚ even if it means avoiding and stretching the truth to do so. Civil law has the laws made by the government and the courts apply them‚ while common law has the judges making the majority of the laws through precedents. The adversarial system uses specific laws‚ precedents‚ and legal rules to determine who wins. It

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    Court * Law suit individual vs individual * Purpose is to ask for damages * By a preponderance of the evidence (more evidence then other ) 51% Criminal Court * State brings law suit against individual * Purpose to punish‚ revenge‚ “rehabilitate” * Beyond reasonable doubt Burdon of proof – amount of evidence Plaintiff- party bringing civil suit Pro – state bringing chargers against an individual Cause of action- reason for your law suite Trial

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    Gifts under Muslim Law and the Requirement of Registration: An analysis of Legal Provisions and the Case Law Faizan I Nazar* I. Introduction Registration of some classes of documents is compulsorily required under the various statutes like Transfer of Property Act‚ Contract Act etc. The (Jammu and Kashmir) Registration Act‚ Svt 1970 (1922 A.D) is a specific Legislation which under section 17 enumerates the documents which have been compulsorily registered under the Act. The first class of document

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    The impact of British Administration on Hindu Law: When the East India Company established their business in Indian subcontinent they were not aware about the laws of that area. As a result they faced problems in the administration levels. The main concern of the administrators of East India Company‚ Hastings and also his immediate successors‚ was to ensure maximum amount of land revenue along with the introduction of a judicial administration of both civil and criminal‚ which would command the

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    1) The sources of legislation that are binding in Scots law are: European Union UK Parliament Scottish Parliament The European Union (EU) is economic and political union which is located in Europe in Brussels. It consists of 785 members representing the 492 million citizens of the 27 Member States of The European Union. Countries which join EU are Austria‚ Bulgaria‚ Belgium‚ Czech Republic‚ Greece‚ Hungary‚ Portugal‚ Cyprus‚ Estonia‚ Luxembourg‚ Denmark‚ Finland‚ Slovakia‚ France‚ Italy

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    EC 276: Introduction to Law Instructor: Mr. Arshad Nawaz Khan Semester: Spring 2012 Email: manchesterlaw@live.com Introduction This course will provide students with an understanding of the fundamentals of law‚ Legal System‚ the machinery of justice and its significance in the development of society. Since this course is being offered for the students of economics therefore the emphasis would be on the general applicability of law and its impacts on the social and economic growth of the society

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    Lawsuit LAWS310 December 14‚ 2011 Factual Summary: Provide a succinct and accurate description of the scenario at hand. Summarize the scenario to include all relevant facts. A neighborhood group called NICE is utilizing the principles of common law-private and public nuisance and trespass- to bring attention to the problem of air‚ ground‚ and water pollution which is occurring on adjoining land to the Northfield Dairy Farm. This farmland is very expansive and requires much manure to ensure

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    system includes laws that are developed from two sources: common law and statutory law. Common law is created by judges in a court hierarchy‚ using an approach called the doctrine of precedent. Statutory law is law written in parliament by the leaders of the country or state‚ depending on where the power to legislate lies. Both common law and statutory law are components of substantive law‚ which concerns the actual content of law and procedural law‚ which concern the way in which law is constructed

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    Obeying the law while in the Military Laws have been around for many centuries since the beginning of time‚ as early as the years of Jesus. Although ideas have changed‚ laws still exist in modern day society everywhere you go. There are many forms of the law with all coincide with each other such as man-made lawcommon law‚ natural law‚ case law‚ civil law‚ roman law‚ and the list goes on. Although the law has not yet accepted a universal definition‚ it can be described as the system of rules

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