CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0.0. INTRODUCTION By virtue of the legal and judicial legacy bestowed on Nigeria by colonial masters‚ common law principles‚ rules and doctrines have tremendous influence on administration of justice system in the country. Particularly as an offshoot of that influence‚ the common law doctrine of stare decisis‚ translated as judicial precedent or simply as precedent‚1 has come to be regarded as a source of law in the country.2 Simply put‚ stare decisis is a practice
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CMLRev 773 Craig P‚ ‘Once More unto the Breach: The Community‚ the State and Damages Liability’ (1997) 105 LQR 67 Questions to discuss during the tutorial: 1. Describe the legal reasoning of the ECJ for the creation of the state liability doctrine. Do you agree with this reasoning? (see below‚ Q2) 2. [EXAM TYPE QUESTION]: ‘State liability is the defining moment in the ECJ’s pursuit for effective judicial protection.’ Critically evaluate this statement. ( talk about other remedies;
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Human resource management Individual Minor Paper (Critical analysis of a current HRM issue) Introduction This thesis aims to identify how employees’ perceived justice (or fairness) of performance appraisals influence their effectiveness and usefulness for an organization’s performance management system by critically evaluating the existing knowledge of appraisal provided by researchers. It contains an analysis of similarities and differences in the points of view presented by researchers and an
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PART I AN INTRODUCTION OF THE TERM Chapter No.1 The Term Ultra Vires 1. Derivation: Ultra vires is a Latin phrase. It is derived from two distinct words‚ i.e.‚ ‘ultra’ and ‘vires’‚ which means ‘beyond’ and ‘power’ respectively[1]. 2. Meaning: Ultra vires means unauthorised; beyond the scope of power allowed or granted by a corporate charter or by law[2]. It means an act which is beyond the powers[3]. 3. Definition: “The term ultra vires simply means beyond powers or lack
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ Ida B. Wells Barnett and the Fight for Fairness and Equality for Undocumented Immigrants Kristin Fine The women founders of sociological theory made it possible for women and members of other marginalized communities to gain access to the rights and privileges their white male counterparts enjoyed for centuries. In particular‚ the incredible lives of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Ida B. Wells-Barnett allowed new avenues of academia and social change that had not previously
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Synopsis: This essay examines the rule knows as The Rule in Pinnel’s Case and how it impacted upon the doctrine of consideration. It also examines the problems arising from the Rule in Pinnel’s Case‚ the subsequent exceptions that were developed to circumvent the rule and in detail the most important exception of them; Promissory estoppel and how it solved the problem’s arising from the Rule. The distinction between traditional estoppel and this new type of estoppel ’Promissory Estoppel’ are also
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THE THEOLOGICAL PROGRESSION OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY FROM THE EARLIEST WRITINGS OF THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS THROUGH AUGUSTINE CHURCH HISTORY BY SCOTT A. LINDSEY Introduction The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most mysterious and yet profound tenants of the Christian faith. Augustine‚ when pondering the depths of the doctrine of the Trinity‚ was walking along the beach one day when he saw a small boy with a bucket. The boy was running back and forth from the
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regular annual address to Congress that the era of colonization was over in the Americas and that the European powers were not to interfere in the new Latin American republics. Since Monroe said it‚ this "doctrine" was named after him. The Monroe Doctrine could be said to be a self-protection doctrine because the noncolonization part was mainly directed at the Russian who were expanding down the west coast and if they were stopped‚ the United States would be guaranteed access to the Pacific Ocean. The
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What were the ideas of the Blair government’s ‘doctrine of international community’ and who were the main actors of this? The ‘doctrine of international community’ was first outlined at a speech to the Economic Club of Chicago in 1999. Blair emphasised the increasing significance of globalisation and interdependence‚ as he looked to create a new post-Cold War framework. This would focus on the ‘notion of community‚’ with the belief that global problems can’t be solved individually (Blair‚ 1999)
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‘common law’‚ ‘doctrine’ and ‘precedent’. The term Common law can be defined as a part of the English law developed by the Courts of common law which judgments by judges hearing real cases . Furthermore‚ Doctrine can be defined as a commonly accepted set of rules and procedures. Precedent means an example serving for the future . Moreover‚ this essay will clarify that the historical development Australia legal system‚ development of common law‚ the evolution and operation of the doctrine of precedent
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