Tort Law Reading Notes Week 1 Mon Sep 8 Damages pp697-729 - aim of damages: restore plaintiff to position he would have been had the wrong not occurred o as this is impossible in cases of personal injury‚ monetary compensation is used o total amount is the amount that will release the target amount over the given span of years - assessment is a matter if calculation‚ not impression (SCC 1978) - 3 probs: o 1) what kinds of items must a defendant compensate
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Seifu1‚2* and Reiner Doluschitz3 1Department of Food Science and Technology‚ Botswana College of Agriculture‚ Private Bag 0027‚ Gaborone‚ Botswana. 2Department of Animal Sciences‚ Haramaya University‚ P.O.Box 287‚ Haramaya campus‚ Ethiopia. 3Department of Farm Management (410C)‚ University of Hohenheim 70593‚ Stuttgart‚ Germany. *Corresponding Author: Email: eyassu_seifu@yahoo.com Tel: +267-3650100; Fax: +267-3928753 The study was conducted to characterize the dairy value chain
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leading English precedent in corporate law. In any action in which a wrong is alleged to have been done to a company‚ the proper claimant is the company itself. This is known as "the rule in Foss v Harbottle"‚ and the several important exceptions that have been developed are often described as "exceptions to the rule in Foss v Harbottle". Amongst these is the ’derivative action’‚ which allows a minority shareholder to bring a claim on behalf of the company. This applies in situations of ’wrongdoer
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Why we have laws- The law is a legal set of rules that the government and courts have made for everyone to follow. Without laws‚ confusion and chaos would occur. In extreme cases of conflict‚ a state of anarchy would develop. The person with the most strength will start to dominate and the weak and helpless would suffer. However‚ when laws are enforced‚ a sense of order is created resulting in a society where everyone can live peacefully. Why laws change-? Societies’ perceptions have changed over
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The English word “law” refers to limits upon various forms of behavior. Some laws are descriptive: they simply describe how people‚ or even natural phenomena‚ usually behave. An example is the rather consistent law of gravity; another is the less consistent laws of economics. Other laws are prescriptive - they prescribe how people ought to behave. For example‚ the speed limits imposed upon drivers that prescribe how fast we should drive. They rarely describe how fast we actually do drive‚ of course
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INTRODUCTION TO DEMOGRAPHY Demography is the scientific study of size‚ composition (structure) as well as change in the human population through the interaction of fertility‚ mortality and migration. Demography is dynamic and not static; it makes considerable use of mathematics and statistics. Demography involves the analysis of the determinants and consequences of the change in demographic phenomena i.e. fertility‚ mortality and migration. DEMOGRAPHIC TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Population size is the
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population (i.e. number of men ‚ of women and children grouped by location) (10marks) iv. A query showing all the location that has no recreation park (5marks) c. For each report create a report showing the data as specified in b above (15marks) Note: Your sample data must be must be in such a way that it meets all the queries requirements e.g. some other locations must not have the creation parks. LocationId(PK) LocationId(PK)‚ FacilityCode(PK) 1 Location M Has 1 Has 1 Population
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be the effect of a contract entered into with a bankrupt and what kind of remedies were there have for such contracts. Explanation of relevant law According to the Contracts Act 1950‚ under section 2(h)‚ an agreement enforceable by law is a contract. Furthermore‚ S. 2(h) of the Contracts Act 1950 states that any agreement which is not enforceable by the law is said to be void. To have an enforceable contract there must be offer and acceptance. In Section 2(a) stated that a proposal is made when one
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Constitutional Laws Constitutional law is the branch of law relates the relationship between the judiciary‚ the legislature‚ and the executive. Constitutional law is responsible for setting out the government’s general operating framework. Constitutional laws usually determine the scope of the terms contained in constitutions‚ and their applications. Constitutional laws cover various areas of law‚ such as individual rights‚ relationships between various bodies of governments‚ legislative
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Obeying the law is a general moral obligation. Usually‚ laws are written from societal ethical codes; therefore the law can embody morality. Obeying the law usually implies the greatest good for the greatest number of people and therefore complies with Mill’s utilitarianism. Especially if the law reflects general morality or protects people from pain‚ such as the admonition against murder‚ utilitarian theorists would argue that obeying the law is a general moral obligation. However‚ there are certain
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