6 Judicial Activism in India Chief Justice P.N. Bhagwati Last fall the Law School was honored by a visit (rom Indian Chiefjustice Praiullachand Natwarlal Bhagwati. Justice Bhagwati came as the guest of Prof Marc Galanter‚ himself an expert on Indian law and a consultant to the Indian government in the Bhopal disaster. Bhagwati is the 17th chief justice of the Indian Supreme court‚ and follows his father as a justice of that court. India Today called Bhagwati‚ ’~conscious disciple of Felix Frankfurter
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the growth of presidential power. * By passing laws and expanding the role of the Federal Government‚ Congress has increased presidential power as well. * The ability to use the mass media‚ as every President since Franklin D. Roosevelt has‚ aids in gathering and holding public attention. The Presidential View The nature of the presidency depends on how each President views the office and exercises its powers. Executing the Law * As chief executive‚ the President executes (enforces
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Contract Creation and Management Johnny B Good LAW/531 April 30‚ 2012 Professor Law Contract Creation and Management This week assignment is to provide analysis on the Contract Creation and Management simulation provided in the University of Phoenix (UOP) materials website. The simulation involves two companies; Span Systems‚ a California-based custom e-banking software developer and Citizen-Schwarz AG (C-S)‚ a Stuttgart-based bank with revenues of over $20 billion. Through C-S’s regional
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Judicial Precedent Judicial precedent is the process whereby judges follow previously decided cases where the facts or point of law are sufficiently similar. It involves the following principles: First‚ stare decisis‚ which means to stand by the decided‚ whereby lower courts are bound to apply the legal principles set down by superior courts in earlier cases and appellate courts follow their own previous decisions. For example: The High Court must follow decisions of the Court of Appeal
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that there is nothing constant in this world except change. The only difference could be the speed at which the wheels of transformation may spin. The idea of justice and the manner of its implementation are no exception to this universal rule. Judicial reforms should‚ therefore‚ be at the centre stage in the fast transforming world in which we live. It is imperative for enhancing the quality of justice that is at the core of human existence and welfare of any society. It is simply the fundamental
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Judicial Precedent Judicial precedent means the decisions of the higher courts automatically binds the lower courts according to the hierarchy of the courts. This refers to the doctrine of stare decisis. For example‚ the Supreme Court decision binds the Court of Appeal‚ Divisional Courts‚ High Court and County Court. Ratio decidendi is the principle of the case or reasons for the decision and it is binding. In London Street Tramways v. London County Council‚ it said that certainty in the
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Contract Creation and Management Erica Ackerman University of Phoenix Online Business Law LAW 531 Laurie Wicker April 30‚ 2012 Contract Creation and Management Introduction A contract is a binding agreement between two or more mutual parties. When people enter into a contract‚ they must abide by every article of the contract or they are in danger of a lawsuit for breach of contract (Cheeseman‚ 2010). The author of this paper completed the contract creation and management simulation
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with the niceties of offer and acceptance it follows that their contracts may not be all-embracing and complete in every respect. The parties may have reached an agreement in principle and then prefer to rely on experience from previous dealings‚ business practice and goodwill. The law’s overall policy is to uphold bargains wherever possible and although businessmen tend to record their agreements in ‘crude and summary fashion’ the law should not be ‘too astute or subtle in finding defects’ (Hillas
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Semester 2 2014 Fundamentals of Law: Contracts Assignment Name: Student ID: Table of Contents 1.0 Case 4 2.0 Questions 4 3.0 Memorandum 5 4.0 Reference 9 1.0 Case Semester Two 2014 Bea‚ an amateur art collector‚ read the following ad in the paper: “Steven’s Art and Antiques – The Finest in Collectibles – Internationally Recognised Artists!” Bea went to Steven’s store and spotted a large painting signed with the name “Master”. Bea asked Steven‚ “Is this an original
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In today’s society‚ law enforcement officers must deal with issues within the community. For example‚ when a police officer that enters a domestic violence home‚ their first step is define the problem because a quick irrational decision can leave an innocent suspect to serve jail time. A police officer is required to diagnose the situation in order to focus on the real problem and not on its symptoms. Researchers developed a model called the Decision Making and Problem Solving Model that guides any
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