TASK 3(P6‚ M2‚ D2) A. Explain the effects of legislation to protect consumer on contract for the sale of goods. The Sale of Goods Act 1979 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which regulate contract in which supplies are bought and sold. The Act consolidates the Sale of Goods Act 1893 and following legislation‚ which in twist consolidate the previous ordinary law. The Act lays downward a small number of required legal rules‚ but these limits are least: the size of the Act is concerned
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Damages “Damage” means the harm or loss suffered or presumed to be suffered by a person as a result of some wrongful act of another. The sum of money awarded by the court to compensate “damage” is called “damages”. There are two types of damages: compensatory and punitive. Compensatory damages are intended to compensate the injured party for his loss or injury. Punitive damages are awarded to punish a wrongdoer. Damages are also liquidated and unliquidated. Liquidated damages are those in which
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Have you ever thought of what our country would be like if we had a dictator or a king? Well in 1787 a group of delegates for 12 of the 13 states met in Philadelphia ‚ Pennsylvania to get together and try to better the country to guard against that. They ended up building the federal government so that there wouldn’t be any tyranny. It was also made to make sure that the government doesn’t become too much powerful. How do you think our rights were protected against tyranny by the constitution? Tyranny
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If the UK were to adopt a codified constitution‚ it would have an educative function in that it would clarify the nature of the constitution. This lack of clarity previously has led to a gradual shift of power from the executive to the prime minister. As mentioned in the source‚ it would ‘tackle disillusionment with politics’‚ and if the powers of parliament‚ the executive and the judiciary were clearly stated‚ there would be less opportunity for the power to be transferred so easily. Many people
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PROJECT BY AKSHAY ZAVERI PROJECT TOPIC: THE INDIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM: A CRITIQUE LEGAL METHODS PROJECT 1. BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS REFFERED: BLACK‟S LAW DICTIONARY 869(West Group Pub. VII ed.‚1999). JUSTICE M. RAMAJOIS‚ SEEDS OF MODERN PUBLIC LAW IN ANCIENT INDIAN JURISPRUDENCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS-BHARATIYA VALUES 24 (Eastern Book Company‚ 2nd ed.‚2000). M. RAMAJOIS‚ LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF INDIA: ANCIENT LEGAL‚ JUDICIAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM 25(Universal Law Publishing
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The Judicial Branch is the most important branch of the United States government‚ due to the significant role it plays in interpreting and determining if laws are constitutional. Even though the Judicial Branch is the smallest in size and has smallest budget of any branch in our nation’s government‚ it exercises enormous power and is equal to other branches of the government because it has the power of Judicial Review. Judicial Review is the review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity
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AP TERM PAPER JUDICIAL ACTIVISM/ JUDICAL RESTRAINTS Ireland Situmeang AP Government and Politics 4B Mrs. Bould April 22‚ 2012 The Supreme Court receives its powers from Article III of the Constitution. Article III states that “the judicial power of the United States‚ shall be vested in one Supreme Court‚ and un such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” (The Supreme Court in the American System of Government) According to this‚ the Supreme Court of
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Judicial Branch Test Review Original Jurisdiction: The original jurisdiction of a court is the power to hear a case for the first time‚ as opposed to appellate jurisdiction‚ when a court has the power to review a lower court’s decision. Supreme Court: The Supreme Court of the United States (first abbreviated as Scotus in 1879)[1] was established pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution in 1789 as the highest federal court in the United States. It has ultimate (and largely discretionary)
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Judicial Review and the Legislative Process; Relevant? The importance of judicial review is uncontested today. That the court system has a role in reviewing the actions of other governmental bodies and ensuring their constitutionality is imperative in the system of checks and balances between the three branches of government in the United States. The question remains‚ however‚ as to how far should this judicial power extend. When reviewing a piece of legislation‚ should the courts stop by merely
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often believed that the relationship between certainty and flexibility in judicial precedent has struck a fine line between being necessary and being precarious. The problem is that these two concepts of judicial precedent are seen as working against each other and not in tandem. There is proof‚ however‚ that as contrasting as they are on the surface they are actually working together to achieve one common goal. Judicial precedent in its broad definition is the process by which judges follow previously
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