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    three main forms of business organizations including the tax and legal implications as well as the accounting requirements for each structure. In addition‚ this paper proposes creating a small business of a women’s only gym while weighing in the advantages and disadvantages of the three types of business organizations which are sole proprietorship‚ partnership‚ and corporation. To start the process of forming a business there are three main forms of business organizations that a potential small business

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    Criminal Liability

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    Using the IDEA structure for Criminal Law application questions – example answer. In response to questions from the Jan’ ’10 exam. 1bi) “Discuss the criminal liability of Ashok for the incident at the traffic lights.” * Identify and Define Ashok could be criminally liable for the common law offence of assault; an assault takes place when the defendant intentionally or recklessly causes the victim to apprehend immediate unlawful violence. * Explain Actus Reus and Mens Rea The actus reus

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    Nuisance in tort

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    land‚ or some right over or in connection with is nuisance (Winfield and Jolowich on tort) examples are noise‚ fumes‚ dust e.t.c. There are 3 different actions in nuisance but the ones of concern are private‚ public and Rylands and Fletcher (strict liability).the objective of nuisance is to protect an individual’s interest in land. The scenario to be analysed below is to advise Banger of his potential liability in tort since the occupier/ controller of the land (country house)‚ and the creator of the

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    Limites liability

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    Draft Limited Liability‚ Rights of Control and the Problem of Corporate Irresponsibility Paddy Ireland Abstract There is has long been a tendency to see the corporate legal form as presently constituted as economically determined‚ as the more or less inevitable product of the demands of advanced technology and economic efficiency. Through an examination of its historical emergence‚ focusing in particular on the introduction of general limited liability and the development of the modern

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    Chapter 12 Torts

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    Chapter 12 Torts The Basis of Tort 1. The Purpose of Tort Law a. Damages Available in Tort Actions Compensatory damages (including special damages and general damages) : compensate or reimburse the plaintiff for actual losses Special damages: compensate the plaintiff for quantifiable monetary losses. General damages: compensate individuals (not companies) for the nonmonetary aspects of the harm suffered‚ such as pain and suffering. b. Punitive Damages: Only when the defendant’s conduct was particularly

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    Liability of Foreigness

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    Journal of International Management 8 (2002) 223 – 240 Liability of foreignness to competitive advantage: How multinational enterprises cope with the international business environment Deepak Sethi*‚ Stephen Guisinger 1 University of Texas at Dallas‚ P.O. Box 830688‚ Richardson‚ TX 75083-0688‚ USA Abstract An expanded and holistic conceptualization of the liability of foreignness (LOF) is presented that goes beyond the traditional foreign subsidiary – local firm dyad in the host country.

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    Strict Liability

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     DEFENITION: STRICT LIABILITY  RYLANDS V FLETCHER CASE i. FACTS ii. DIAGRAMATICAL REPRESENTATION iii. JUDGEMENT iv. EFFECTS OF THE CASE v. EFFECTS OF THE CASE IN INDIA vi. CONCLUSION vii. ESSENTIALS  EXCEPTIONS  BIBLIOGRAPHY STRICT LIABILITY • A person may be liable for some harm even though he is not negligent in causing the same or does not intentionally cause it or is careful or has taken steps to prevent the same. • e.g.‚ The defendant is liable to the neighbor

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    Police Negligence and Liability 1 Running Head: Police Neglect/Liability Police Negligence and Liability Police Negligence and Liability 2 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine factors involved in police negligence and the extent of liability the officers hold. Are police officers held accountable for their misjudgments or reckless behavior when they are at fault? This paper exams relevant cases in which police officers have been

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    Tort and Regulatory Risks

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    Tort and Regulatory Risks This paper will address preventative‚ detective‚ and corrective measures for a company to manage regulatory risks. We will also review common business torts that occur in many businesses today. According to Jennings: Tort comes from the Latin term tortus‚ which means “crooked‚ dubious‚ twisted.” Torts are civil wrongs‚ actions that are not straight but twisted. This paper will also describe specific measures to manage torts and other regulatory risks that are identified

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    Torts 1 Outline

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    Tort Law Generally Standard of Care * (SoC) -Harm is required for a tort & is about vindicating individual rights & redressing private harms Motion to Dismiss/Demurrer: Filed by ∆‚ says to the judge that even if all the facts are taken as true‚ there’s no case Motion for Sum Judg: Usually motion by ∆‚ submit mostly after new facts arise from disco; filed w/ notion that facts are undisputed & that legal rules applied to facts would find for moving party (judge only) Object to Evidence & Offer

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