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    CRIMINAL LAW THREE TYPES: Infractions- (like traffic tickets)‚ which are minor violations and‚ usually‚ the punishment is having to pay a fine. Felonies- are serious crimes like armed robbery‚ arson‚ carjacking‚ rape‚ assault with intent to do great bodily harm‚ drug dealing‚ and murder. This is only a partial list but the thing to remember about felonies is that you will have over one year in prison if convicted. Misdemeanors- are lesser offenses like assault‚ reckless driving‚ drug possession

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    functions of judges‚ lawyers and lay people in the English legal courts. Judges There are two types of judges‚ superior judges and inferior judges in the UK. The superior judges are entitled to work in the higher courts such as‚ the court of Appeal‚ and the House of Lords. Whereas‚ inferior judges work in the lower courts in the hierarchy such as crown courts and supreme courts. Superior judges are called district judges and inferior judges are called circuit judges. District judges are full-time

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    Different approach taken by the Court of Appeal in Williams v Roffey was it fair or not? It is commonly accepted within the English Contract Law that the models of contractual fairness must exist in contractual disputes. Essential to these models is the doctrine of consideration and the principles that comes under the doctrine of consideration such as laws derived from both Williams v Roffey (1990) and Stilk v Myrick (1809). Starting with the development of the doctrine of consideration and the

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    Nontraditional Litigation Systems Law/531 [ July 30‚ 2012 ] The traditional legal system of utilizes law as it is foundation for all decisions. Laws in the United States have four sources; constitutional‚ statutes and ordinance‚ common law and administrative. The features of these four are: * Constitutional Law is based on a formal document that defines broad powers. Federal constitutional law originates from the U.S. constitution. State constitutional law originates from the individual state

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    [pic] LAW 012- INTRODUCTION TO LAW 1 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: REPORTED CASE ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND MORALITY OFFENCE OF INCEST MOHD RAMZAN BIN RAMLI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR NAME: RAJA NUR HANANI BINTI RAJA ABD RAHMAN STUDENT’S ID: 2012205054 CLASS: LWA01A INTRODUCTION WHAT IS LAW? POSITIVISTS J.M. FINNIS: Rules made‚ in accordance with regulative legal rules‚ by a determinate and effective authority (itself identified

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    assures‚ “to the extent feasible” that no employee suffers harm. Agency may not have a delegation problem with "reasonably necessary‚" but they still need to justify it with data. The secretary didn’t make a finding using evidence to show that it was "necessary and appropriate‚" which he had to do. The decision to default to "less rather than more" was a policy decision that wasn’t justified by any data secretary did not

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    Law of Defamation

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    Assignment Legal Studies ‘Law of Defamation’ Tutor: $%£@%^^$@@ Student: £^£@@$^@$^^%%£ Class: $£%&*@*((@&^ Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Terms of Reference 3 Methodology 4 Findings 5 Section 1. 5 The Law of Tort 5 The Law of Defamation 7 Section 2 8 Criteria for establishment of a case of a defamation 8 Section 3 10 The Defamation Act 2009 V The Defamation Act 1961 10 Section 4 12 Analysing of Defamation Case 12 Bibliography 16

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    Business Law Assignment; Mistake in contract law‚ is a factual misunderstanding that may lead to a failure of a meeting of the minds. Unilateral mistake is mean that is only one party is mistaken‚ but the other party knows‚ or ought reasonably to be aware of the mistake. Contract may be void or voidable. Void is a contract that is no legal effect. While‚ voidable is an agreement that may be affirmed or rejected at the option of one of the party. The reason why Lord Denning took the view that these

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    BUSINESS LAW ASSIGNMENT MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DBMD21176B BUSINESS LAW ASSIGNMENT GROUP MEMBERS NO NAME FIN NUMBER PM 1. SHIVRAJ PATEL G1099448P 2. DINESH JAGWANI G1096070W 3. ANDREY SAPUTROSUGO G1100087N DATE: ANALYSIS /40 RESEARCH /30 ORGANIZATION /15 PRESENTATION /15 NAME OF LECTURER: Mr. DANIEL THEYAGU BUSINESS LAW ASSIGNMENT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLASS ASSIGNMENT MADE BY

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    Adams (2013) also stated that since objective evidences may also be needed in determining the breach of good faith‚ it is easier to bypass the subject test and prove that such conduct failed to act for a proper purpose. Fiduciary duty cases at general law on the proper purpose rule are considered when determining the scope of ‘proper purpose’ in CA s 181 (2). That is to say‚ the two-step process proposed in Howard Smith v Ampol Petroleum should be used under such circumstance to prove the improper purpose

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