accountability 8 1. Political accountability 8 2. Financial Accountability 8 3. Administrative Law accountability 9 4. Ethical responsibility and integrity 10 Red-Light‚ Green-Light 11 Red Light Approach 11 Green Light Approach 11 Amber Light approach 11 Foundations of Administrative Law 12 Accountability across the public/private divide 13 Legality: rules‚ discretion & policy 15 What is administrative law? 15 Legality 15 Categories of Government Legal Entity 15 Sources of Government Power
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What is an occupational health and safety (OH&S) program? A health and safety program is a definite plan of action designed to prevent accidents and occupational diseases. Some form of a program is required under occupational health and safety legislation in most Canadian jurisdictions. A health and safety program must include the elements required by the health and safety legislation as a minimum. Because organizations differ‚ a program developed for one organization cannot necessarily be
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The rule of law is a legal maxim stating that no person is above the law‚ that no one can be punished by the state except for a breach of the law‚ and that no one can be convicted of breaching the law except in the manner set forth by the law itself. The rule of law stands in contrast to the idea that the leader is above the law‚ a feature of Roman law‚ Nazi law‚ and certain other legal systems. Albert Dicey British jurist A. V. Dicey popularised the phrase "rule of law" in 1885. Dicey emphasized
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Business Law Introduction A business consists of trade of any profession or vocation. Business law looks at the formation of the business and the contracts plus legislations within it. The body of a business has rules and regulations that business law enforces enabling it to govern the transactions between business entities. In relation to that is commercial law. Marketing‚ Bankruptcy‚ contracts and trade in general are all under commercial law. In this assignment I will be assessing that
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Topic 2 Patents and Computer Software (Part 1) What is a Patent? It is a right granted by law to an individual who has created an invention in a form of product or process‚ which is new. In other words‚ a patent simply means a right to an invention. Darcy v. Allin (1602) Co Rep 84 b Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary of Words And Phrases: letters patent for an invention Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: a paper from a government office (the Patent Office) giving someone
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Monism and dualism in international law From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The terms monism and dualism are used to describe two different theories of the relationship between international law and national law. Contents[hide] * 1 Monism * 2 Dualism * 3 Examples * 4 A matter of national legal tradition * 5 The problem of “lex posterior” * 6 References | [edit] Monism Monists assume that the internal and international legal systems form a unity. Both
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BUSINESS LAW –II UNIT-I Factories Act‚ 1948 Definition – inspecting staff – Health – Safety – Welfare – Working Hours of Adults – Holidays – Employment of young persons and women – Annual leave with wages object of industrial Disputes Act – Definition of Industrial Dispute – Grievance settlement Authorities – Conciliation machinery – Procedure. Power and duties of Authorities – Reference of Disputes of Boards‚ Courts or Tribunal‚ National Tribunal – Strikes‚ Lock-out‚ Lay-off‚ Retrenchment – Unfair
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CLN4U Terms abettingthe crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence Aboriginal rightsrights that some Aboriginal peoples of Canada hold as a result of their ancestors’ longstanding use of the landabrogateto abolish or annul a law absolute dischargereleasing a convicted offender and erasing his or her criminal record after one year absolute liabilityculpability based on the commission of an actus reus without regard to the mens rea absolute privilegeprotection from legal action
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Commercial Law Property 4 Ownership/Possession: 4 ‘Finding’ Cases 5 Personal Property 6 Bailment 8 Nature And Classification Of Bailments 8 Duties Of Bailee 9 Duties Of Bailor 11 Termination Of Bailments 12 Special Types Of Bailee 13 Agency 15 Definition Of Agency 15 Creation Of Agency 15 Nature And Scope Of Agent Authority 16 Duties Of Agent 17 Rights Of Agents 18 Liabilities Of Agents 19 Termination Of Agency 21 Particular Types Of Agents 22 Statutory Regulation Of Agents
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CONSIDERATION Definition Section 2 (d) When‚ at the desire of the promisor‚ the promisee or any other person has done or abstained from doing‚ or does or abstains from doing‚ or promises to do or to abstain from doing‚ something‚ such act or abstinence or promise is called a consideration for the promise; In short‚ consideration means that a promisee must give something in return for the promise. It may consist of a conduct‚ or a price to be paid in return for the promise made by‚ or the conduct
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