– OCTOBER SEMESTER 2012 STUDENT NAME: CHU THI HONG TUYEN ID No.: 2448481 BMLW5103 – BUSINESS LAW ASSIGNMENT Question 1 Discuss the enforceability of an agreement which lacks consideration. Using legal authorities (relevant statutes and cases) to support your discussion. Answer: A valid contract is an agreement made between two or more parties that creates rights and obligations that are enforced by law. What does the consideration mean? And what does it effect to the agreement? Consideration is
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ID #: 41703 Question 1. a)Animals are property under the law and therefore they are unable to bring a suit in court for themselves if they are harmed. Standing requires: 1. The plaintiff has suffered an injury in fact 2. The injury is casually related to a known act 3. Redressability. In the case‚ Citizens to End Animal Suffering and Exploitation v. the New England Aquarium‚ the court held that the Marine Mammal Protection Act does not allow the requirement of standing to be satisfied in a
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Boeing also uses leverage of large buying power to ask the Russians to not sell to other industries because of the scarcity of the resources. Law of Demand: demand is a schedule or curve that shows the various amounts of a product that consumers are willing and able to purchase at each of a series of possible prices during a specified period. The law of demand basically states as price falls the demand rises and has the price raises the demand falls. Other factors to pay a part in the price
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The Laws of Early Ancient History The laws of early ancient history all had one thing in common: They instilled fear on the people. Four major rulers with their own law systems were Hammurabi‚ Draco‚ Solon‚ and Diocletian. All four rulers established laws of their own that the people of their nation had to abide by or else they would pay the consequences. The people feared their laws whether it was because of the harsh punishments‚ the threat of death‚ the fines they had to pay‚ or a tax system
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a contract may be discharged. We define as a Frustration when an unforeseen event which not the fault of neither parties changes the conditions of the contract as such they are very different from the occurrence of the contract made. To clearly examine if situation is frustration‚ we determine by viewing the types of frustration contracts as the doctrine. The discharge with frustration can be made when the subject matter was destroyed accidentally‚ take Taylor V Caldwell (1863) as an example. The
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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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A contract can be defined as an agreement containing promises made between two or more parties with the intention of creating certain legal rights and obligations and enforceable in a court of law (Gibson & Fraser‚ 2012‚ Business Law‚ p303). A contract must be satisfied certain legal requirements which are agreements‚ intention to create legal relations‚ considerations and capacity. Agreement = Offer + Acceptance Therefore‚ here apply the rule
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THE LAW OF ATTRACTION The study on the Law of Attraction surrounds the issue concerning the concept that humans have the ability to draw wanted and unwanted objects into their lives through what is created by one’s thoughts and energy. To change a way of life‚ one must change his/her way of thought. The Law of Attraction proves to be the most powerful law in the universe‚ as is shown through the study of quantum physics and the relationship between the flow of energy into and out of the body.
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“The term ‘law’ is used in many senses: we may speak of the laws of physics‚ mathematics‚ science‚ or the laws of football. Law may be defined as a rule of human conduct‚ imposed upon and enforced among‚ the members of a given state.” (Barker‚D.L.A‚ 2007‚P.1). Legal system is one of the most important ways to preserve one country’s peace. This essay will introduce the differences and similarities of legal system between China and British‚ it includes background‚ history‚ jurisdictions of laws‚ court
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body of laws governing compensation in tort law has substantially transformed from its common law origins. In the course of what many have advocated in the name of "tort reform‚" more than half of the United States have revised‚ or attempted to revise‚ one or more aspects of tort liability and damage principles to a greater or lesser degree. Tort law is‚ of course‚ constantly evolving; everyday in courts across the country‚ judges‚ attorneys and jurors are making and reshaping the law. Despite
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