What is the role played in contract law by the doctrine of consideration 1. Controversies and challenges of consideration. For a contract promise to be enforceable‚ that promise must normally be supported by consideration. Any contractual promise must be supported by consideration unless an exception applies. A promise will be supported by consideration if it’s given as part of a bargain or exchange rather than a gift. Second‚ the promiser or 3rd party should receive some act forbearance
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Diversity Considerations Introduction This paper will analyze the influence of culture on attitudes‚ values‚ perception‚ human behavior‚ and interpersonal relations. The discriminatory factors that promote societal‚ political‚ socioeconomic‚ and spiritual oppression of culturally diverse populations will be described within this paper. Racial and cultural diversity within non-native English-speaking communities will be examined. Furthermore‚ this paper will also analyze how current research
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Hyde v Wrench(1840) Hyde v Wrench [1840] EWHC Ch J90 is a leading English contract law case on the issue of counter-offers and their relation to initial offers. In it Lord Langdale ruled that any counter-offer cancels the original offer. Wrench offered to sell his farm in Luddenham to Hyde for £1000‚ an offer which Hyde declined. On 6 June 1840 Wrench wrote to Hyde’s agent offering to sell the farm for £1000‚ stating that it was the final offer and that he would not alter from it.[1] Hyde offered
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[pic] “Consideration and its rules” Assignment# 1 [Law-200] Prepared By: Prepared For: Name: M Shahajada Hossain Barrister Ishtiaque Ahmed (ItA) ID#: 071-573-530 Section: 09 B.B.A Date: 26th October‚ 2011. Consideration: Consideration is a very important element in a contract. While making a contract; parties of the contract agree
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Rules of consideration 1. Consideration must not be past: Re McArdle (1951) Ch 669 Court of Appeal Majorie McArdle carried out certain improvements and repairs on a bungalow. The bungalow formed part of the estate of her husband’s father who had died leaving the property to his wife for life and then on trust for Majorie’s husband and his four siblings. After the work had been carried out the brothers and sisters signed a document stating in consideration of you carrying out the repairs we agree
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Legal and Ethical Considerations: Main Challenges 1. Understanding the moral risks of new technology. Millions of records on private citizens now available over the counter pose a threat to privacy. Principles of right and wrong 2. Establishing corporate ethics policies that include information systems issues. Main Social Legal and Ethical issues: 1. Privacy & personal information 2. Freedom if speech 3. Can we trust computers? 4. Intellectual property
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The efforts of five women known as the Famous Five has had a lasting effect on the rights of women in Canada to this day. These women‚ all from Alberta‚ were Emily Murphy‚ Nellie McClung‚ Louise McKinney‚ Irene Parlby and Henrietta Muir Edwards. Emily Murphy pressured the Alberta government into passing the “Dower Act’ which protected a wife’s right to one-third (⅓) share of her husband’s property. Nellie McClung was very active with organizations and was involved in politics from 1914 to 1926
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Cultural Consideration Chanda Martin CJA/500 May 23‚ 2011 Joseph Laronge Cultural Considerations In the criminal justice system cultural concerns and influences in today’s societies have its positive and negative aspects. Cultural concerns and influences raises a lot of attention of the affect it has on justice and the security administration. In this paper it will first discuss how cultural concerns and influence affect the justice and security administration and its practices. Second‚ what
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Ethical Considerations Reflection Paper By Leeanne Reichert Monday‚ January 21‚ 2013 EDU/315 James Russo University of Phoenix Teachers must take into consideration the school policies and the code of conduct that is appropriate in the educational work place. These policies and codes affect the ethical thinking of teachers and how they must act towards their co-workers‚ parents‚ and students. It focuses on what is considered as good decisions and the correct actions as well as the moral
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diluting the president’s power to bargain‚ the president was forced to “go public” to force Congress to enact legislation (Kernell). Additionally‚ declining party attachments and the independence of candidates in the 20th century caused this “individualized pluralism” (Kernell). But the presence of extreme ideological polarization is apparent now more than ever. Politics are more personal now for many Americans‚ especially
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