arrives late for the meeting. Back home a new neighbor who is always playing loud music has refused to heed calls to cease the habit and argues that law will not stop him as it does not work. With reference to the above scenario‚ discuss the efficacy of law as an instrument of social control‚ highlighting factors which act as barriers to change. Law is the set of rules that guides our conduct and regulates human behavior in the society. Mostly it is enforceable through public agencies for example
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CJA/413 Ethics in Criminal Justice Ethical Worksheet – Law Enforcement April 11‚ 2011 Ethical Issues Ethical Issue One: Law Enforcement Officer Nixon‚ a 20-year veteran‚ and Officer Rook‚ who has only been on the force for less than a year‚ respond to a reported domestic violence call.
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unlawful force on a person. For a case to constitute assault it must be an actionable per se that’s intentional. In R v Belfon 19761 case the judgement concluded that the defendant was not guilty due to the defendant not been proven to have the specific intent required for to be charged with assault. Another criterion of assault is the defendant having to put the claimant in immediate unlawful fear. Stephen v Myers 18302 was a case that in which the defendant was found guilty for coming at the claimant
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Introduction to Law Enforcement Police Academy Abstract The introduction to law enforcement is about the code of ethics. How you should follow the code of ethics and it should represent everything and officer should be. As an officer everyday we have to make sure that Laws are being followed. Also the ethical dilemmas in police discretion so that no police officer is seeking a change in law to match their own personal views on any issue.
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Bhd v Nasir Ibrahim [1992] 2 MLJ 355‚ SC The Supreme Court in this case held that the essence of consideration is that the promisee has taken upon him some kind of burden or detriment. Curie v Misa (1875) LR 10 Exch 153. Consideration under common law has been defined to ‘consist in some right‚ interest‚ profit or benefit‚ accruing to one party or some forbearance‚ detriment‚ loss or responsibility given‚ suffered or undertaken by the other’ Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge and Co Ltd [1915]
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S.N. Sinha Basic difference between Corporate and NonCorporate form of business organization is that while a non-corporate form of business can be started without Registration‚ Corporate bodies cannot be set up without registration under the laws which govern their functioning. 3 COMPANY IMT Nagpur- LEB-2013-15-Prof. S.N. Sinha First originated in 1600 A.D. East India Company – established by a Royal Charter of England. Modern companies legislation. are incorporated
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Fault Under the English law individual liability is based liability on the concept of blameworthiness. The oxford English dictionary defines fault as ‘responsibly or blame for an offence or misdeed’ it is not considered appropriate to subject someone to civil or criminal sanctions unless it can be proved that he or she performed on illegal at in a blameworthy manner. Blame does not normally attach in civil law if the injury occurs accidently or in criminal law or the crime occurs through in honest
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Wills Problem: The Estate of Jackie Kennedy Onassis 1. The overall testamentary plan seems to be that Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ (testator) estate was allocated proportionately to those people she deemed to be the closest to her. Thus‚ the further away from Jackie via bloodline‚ the less the person inherited and the less personal the gifts seemed to be. The majority of her real and personal property was left to her children‚ while friends and other relatives received legacy gifts. Some of the
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An offer is defined as follows: “An offer is a statement of the terms upon which the offeror is prepared to be bound if acceptance is communicated while the offer remains alive1.” The critical aspect of the definition of an offer is the will or intent of the offeror to be bound in contract by the terms of the offer. A statement that lacks such will is not an offer‚ but an invitation to treat. In Gibson v Manchester City Council‚ the statement “the corporation may be prepared to sell the house to
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FREE CONSENT FREE CONSENT According to Sec 10 of the Indian Contract Act one of the essentials of a valid contract is “Free Consent” Sec 13 defines “consent” as “Two or more persons are said to consent when they agree upon the same thing in the same sense”. According to Sec 14‚ consent is said to be free when it is not caused by: 1.Coercion 2.Undue influence 3.Fraud 4.Misrepresentation 5.Mistake COERCION According to Sec 15 coercion means “Committing or threaten to commit
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