persons always does so by personifying some real thing. The legal entity[1] known as the company. Corporate constitution In the world in almost every jurisdiction a company must have a corporate constitution‚ which defines the existence of the company and regulates the structure and control of the company. By convention‚ most common law jurisdictions divide the corporate constitution into two separate documents: i) The Memorandum of Association (in some countries referred to as the Articles of
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The legal system of the United States of America is very similar‚ almost to the point of being identical‚ to the legal system of the English-speaking Caribbean.”Discuss. The legal system of the United States of America and the English speaking Caribbean are predominantly common law legal systems. Both legal systems share a number of similarities; however‚ there are quite a number of pronounced differences that would make it impossible for one to conclude that both systems are similar to the point
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KIGALI INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW YEAR 4/DAY ROLL NUMBER:26032 ASSGNEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW TOPIC: AUT DEDERE AUT JUDICARE. The case : Belgium Versus Senegal. COURSE LECTURER: KAYITANA EVODE. ULK‚ December 2013. Table of content. I.Aut Dedere‚ aut Judicare: The Extradite
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United States‚ making it virtually impossible to try them in civilian courts. As of April 2012‚ 169 remained in detention at GITMO (Sutton‚ 2012). An assumption made by the Bush administration in selecting this location was that it was beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. The administration wanted to avoid any judicial oversight of how it handled detainees‚ characterized as “enemy combatants.” A possible legal challenge to indefinite detention with no formal charges or judicial proceedings might
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England‚ though it has been cross-fertilized by typical Indian values. The Constitution of India has set up three branches of the State: 1. the executive‚ 2. the judiciary‚ and 3. the legislature. These are demarcated by their respective areas of jurisdiction. The judiciary is invested with the power to ensure that all organs of the Constitution act within their respective constitutional limits. It is also the sole interpreter of the constitution and the sole arbiter in all constitutional disputes.
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precedent. 4Courts use a two-prong test to determine whether it has personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant. Which of the following questions is likely to be asked in the second prong that deals with meeting constitutional requirements of fairness and due process? Does the defendant have some level of minimum contacts with the state The second prong in the two-prong test ensures that exercising jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant meets the constitutional requirements of fairness
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Business Law Project Topic: Conflict of Laws Introduction: What is Conflict of Law? Conflict of laws is that part of the law in each state‚ country‚ or other jurisdiction that determines whether‚ in dealing with a particular legal situation‚ its law or the law of some other jurisdiction will be applied. An alternative term‚ widely used in Europe‚ is "private international law May arise because of differences between the law of the country of nationality of a person and that in which that person
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Course: HM323 Date: February 13th 2013 Topic: The Privy Council vs. Caribbean Court of Justice The Privy Council vs. Caribbean Court of Justice At the center of the judicial system in the Commonwealth Caribbean lies the English Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. "The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is primarily the final Court of Appeal for those Commonwealth territories which have retained the appeal to Her Majesty in other matters."’ The Privy Council is an institution
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made; and the commission is complete when the seal of the Unites States has been affixed to it by the secretary of state. 2. Yes‚ for every violation of a vested legal right‚ there must be a legal remedy. 3. No‚ the Supreme had original jurisdiction of the case and therefore cannot enforce a writs of mandamus? 5. Reason/Rationale In regards to the first issue‚ the court found that “the discretion of the executive is to be exercised until the
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that big business means big problems! The focus of this paper is to highlight the types of disputes which arise in the Oil and Gas industry‚ the type of Dispute Settlement/Resolution mechanisms available for resolving such disputes‚ issues of jurisdiction vis a vis private international law‚ consideration of the enabling instruments and laws and a practice guide to commencing/defending oil and gas related suits and finally a consideration of the Petroleum Industry Bill. 1. TYPES OF DISPUTES
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