Administrative Law and Regulatory Agencies Legal Environment of Business (DEA) Drug Enforcement Agency The administrative agency we decided on was the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). It was created by President Richard Nixon in 1973 through an Executive Order to establish unified command to combat. It was formed to regulate and put a stop to drug trafficking. It has nearly 5‚000 Special Agents and a budget of $2.02 billion per year. Also‚ a few more reasons on why it is formed: Manage
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Intentional torts‚ negligence‚ and strict liability ASSIGNMENT Explain the general differences between intentional torts‚ negligence‚ and strict liability. Additionally‚ explain the elements of intentional torts and negligence and provide working examples to illustrate each. FACTS 1. Intentional torts are actions with the purpose or intention to injure another person or that person’s property. The person inflicting the harm is called a tortfeasor. Intentional torts require
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Claim: It is permissible for companies to only hire employees with appearances that meet the company brand and image expectation. Explanation of the claim: Certain companies rely heavily on offering customers an experience when purchasing or using their services. Such an experience hopes to establish a company image‚ reputation‚ and more importantly profitability. These companies reserve that hiring employees‚ spokespersons‚ and promoters with a certain look creates an atmosphere that appeals
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Definitions Assignment - TORT Intentional Torts – Intentional Torts are battery‚ assault‚ false imprisonment‚ trespass to land‚ trespass to chattel‚ and conversion. See examples of each below. Battery – The intentional unlawful‚ harmful‚ or offensive touching of the person of another. Example: The verbal argument has escalated to the point that Susan raised her hand and slapped Joe on the cheek. Susan committed battery against Joe. Assault – The intentional threatening of another with
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Torts Assignment 2011 Semester 2 Fred v Ivan- Battery Battery is committed when there is an intentional‚ direct‚ and unlawful contact or without consent to another’s person. Ivan intentionally made unlawful contact with Fred when he thrust his hands into Fred’s pocket. It was apparent that although the contact was with his pants’ pocket rather than directly to the body‚ the contact did involve some element of forces and that ‘the least touching of another in anger is battery’. Hence‚ the element
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Effectivness of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (FWPCAA) of 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) strengthened regulatory framework to respond to an oil spills and to establish requirements for the prevention of pollution. The purpose of the law is the prohibition of discharge of oil and hazardous substances in the areas of the navigable waterways of the United States in dangerous quantities (p.10). The law clearly prescribed credentials of the federal government‚ established
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There are five different torts that can be the subject of court actions‚ the most common being Negligence. Good morning students of [example]‚ my name is [name] and I am here to give you a brief talk on an area of civil law. My presentation will be based upon the tort‚ negligence and will involve a related case. Negligence is a breach of a person’s or organisation’s duty to take reasonable care in the circumstances‚ which causes harm to a person or organization. It is a manner that involves harm
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foremost Dale‚ the loss prevention officer for Wal-Mart‚ is a defendant because he intentionally restrained Bob against his will and the restraint was unlawful. Dale also failed to follow company rules; Dale was supposed to watch a video that explained how to catch and deal with thieves but decided not to watch the video. The second defendant would be Dale’s supervisor. The supervisor recorded a pass on an exam that dale did not take. The exam Dale failed to write was based on the video that Dale did
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if a person is eligible to make a claim to the Refugee Protection Division (RPD). The port of entry officers also screens people in order to assess whether or not they pose a security threat. Fingerprint and photographic evidence will also be collected‚ by the port of entry officers‚ for the purpose of identification. Furthermore‚ upon examination‚ the officers may establish a conditional removal order. Under section 101 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act‚ an officer has three days to determine
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MALICE IN THE LAW OF TORTS I MR. JUBTICE MCCARDIoEn ce complained about the word “ malice ” that it had been the subject of “ a regrettable exuberance of definition.”’ There can be little doubt that this complaint was justified. Despite the well-known division and discussion by Bayley J. of “ malice in fact ” and “ malice in law‚” ’ which can be taken as the starting point of modern analysis of malice‚ other judges have not hesitated to enlarge upon the possible meanings of malice‚ until
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