The Doctrine of Discovery violated human rights of the indigenous people. Every law principle has come from The Doctrine of Discovery. The Doctrine of Discovery was a way for the Europeans to justify colonization of the Americas. The Europeans made sure to justify their power over all the land and resources of the indigenous people. The Europeans believed that the Indians were not Christian which meant they did not have the right to land. The founding fathers such as George Washington and Jefferson
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INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSION CONTRACTS: AN INTRODUCTION #2/July 08 What is infrastructure concession contract? What are the advantages and disadvantages of concession contracts? This paper addresses these two questions. Also‚ it outlines the basics of infrastructure concession contracts. I. Introduction Ownership of public assets is a sensitive issue for all governments. However‚ budgetary shortfalls as well as the repeated failure of governments all over the world to maintain these assets have
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“Freedom of contract is the bedrock of English private law” Freedom of contract is defined as the: “Right of an adult to make a legally binding mutual agreement with one or more other persons‚ without governmental interference as to what type of obligations he or she can take upon himself or herself.”[1] English law has for a while now been known as believing in freedom of contract. This means that the state has not‚ normally‚ enforced legislation which has got in the way when it comes to the
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their money that they forget to invest in their own lives. People young‚ old‚ rich and poor make this mistake. An old women by the name of Bertha Smalls is a cheapskate. She has no friends‚ no love life‚ or any family. Bertha is a 74 year old women and still never retired. She still works to this day. She hoards everything she likes‚ and she still has things from her childhood that she never let go of. This means her house is a mess. The only room in her house that does not have junk piled to the ceiling
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of a Contract “A contract is an agreement that can be enforced in court. It is formed by two or more parties who agree to perform or to refrain from performing some act now or in the future.” (pg 208) Recently I was faced with a situation regarding a contract that was not in writing and I had to explain that as long as a verbal contract contains the four essential elements of a contract it is binding. We are so accustomed to seeing contracts in writing that many people assume that a contract must
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DISCHARGE OF A CONTRACT Normally the completion of a contract is straightforward as parties carry out their tasks as required. There are four main different ways of ending a contract: a) Discharge by performance b) Discharge by agreement c) Discharge by breach d) Discharge by frustration DISCHARGE BY PERFORMANCE For this the courts expect performance to be exact and complete. This means that it must match contractual obligations RE MOORE AND LANDAUER (1921) If requiring a contract to be complete
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Definition Bilateral Contract A bilateral contract is a legal agreement formed between two parties where both parties involved give mutual promises that they both are legally obligated to perform an act in exchange for the other party’s act in future. It means the promise of one party is consideration supporting the promise of the other party. Each party is both promisor and promisee. A bilateral contract specifies a duty to act in exchange for another party’s duty to act. It is also called "reciprocal"
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common law‚ a contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties that sets an exchange of promises of what each party will or will not do".(Elliott‚2011‚p.13) The contract can be unilateral and bilateral. if the oferee can accept simply by promising to perform‚ the contract is bilateral. Bilateral contract is a "promise for a promise"‚ and in order to be formed‚ is not need for consideration to be made at the time when the promises are exchanged . In a unilateral contract‚one party
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unlawful means to induce BOAC to terminate his contract. The strike was alleged to be the unlawful means. -The case was almost immediately reversed Miliangos V George Frank Textiles George Frank Ltd was a Swiss textile producer who sold and delivered textiles to Miliangos‚ textile trade located in England. Miliangos refused to pay for the textiles. George Frank sued Miliangos in England for the amount of the debt in the currency of the contract which was Swiss francs. -Overruling a decision
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Contract A contract is a promise between two or more persons involving the exchange of some good or service. Some of the basic elements of a contract include: an offer and an acceptance; "capacity‚" or being of legal age and sound competence; "mutual assent‚" or agreement on the terms of a contract; and "consideration‚" or compensation for goods or services rendered. The element that distinguishes a contract from an informal agreements is that it is legally binding:the law provides
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