defines individual/entity’s legal rights and obligations. -Procedural Law: (the how bw) Law which tells you how you go about enforcing your legal rights and obligations. Ex) person’s right to sue another person/entity in a particular jurisdiction ⋄ Procedural (can you do this) Ex) Do you have the right to sue and recover from another person ⋄ Substantive Law Hypo: buyer and seller of property (generic for today) -buyer is resident of IL‚ Seller is resident of Indiana. Contract
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Court of Georgia has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over constitutional cases and election contests‚ and general appellate jurisdiction over cases involving title to land‚ wills‚ habeas corpus‚ extraordinary remedies‚ divorce and alimony‚ all cases certified to it by the Court of Appeals‚ and cases in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed. Superior courts are trial courts of general jurisdiction. Superior courts have exclusive jurisdiction over felony cases (except in the case
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LECTURE GUIDE of Assistant Secretary AUGUSTO P. QUIJANO Department of Agrarian Reform 1. Discuss the requisites for the existence of tenancy relations: a) The parties are the landholder and the tenant; b) The subject is agricultural land; c) There is consent by the landholder for the tenant to work on the land‚ given either orally or in writing‚ expressly or impliedly; d) The purpose is agricultural production; e) There is personal cultivation or with the help of the
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Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC G.R. No. 78909 June 30‚ 1989 MATERNITY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL‚ represented by ANTERA L. DORADO‚ President‚ petitioner‚ vs. THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF LABOR AND THE REGIONAL DlRECTOR OF LABOR‚ REGION X‚respondents. MEDIALDEA‚ J.: This is a petition for certiorari seeking the annulment of the Decision of the respondent Secretary of Labor dated September 24‚ 1986‚ affirming with modification the Order of respondent Regional Director of
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Justice n. Fairness‚ moral rightness‚ and a scheme or system of law in which every person receives his/her/its due from the system‚ including all rights‚ both natural and legal. One problem is that attorneys‚ judges‚ and legislatures often get caught up more in procedure than in achieving justice for all Judiciary: The branch of government that is endowed with the authority to interpret and apply the law‚ adjudicates legal disputes‚ and otherwise administers justice. Every society in human history
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the owner of the property where the utility easement is located also discovered the error. Questions Presented • Describe the state and/or federal court(s) that can review and resolve the situation. • The court(s) that may have jurisdiction over the situation. Explain. • Identify the stages and processes for reviewing the situation in civil court. • Compare the proposed resolution of the civil aspects of the situation with the criminal acts resolution. • Analyze the
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Chapter 1 1. What are the primary sources of law? It is a document that establishes the law on a particular issue. The U.S. Constitution‚ a statute‚ an administrative rule‚ and a court decision are all primary sources of law. 2. What is common law tradition? A body of general rules and that applied throughout the entire English realm. 3. What is a precedent? When might a court depart precedent? It is a court decision that furnishes an example or authority for deciding subsequent case involving identical
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"Intermediate appellate courts and trial judges in Australia should not depart from decisions in intermediate appellate courts in another jurisdiction on the interpretation of Commonwealth legislation or uniform national legislation unless they are convinced that the interpretation is plainly wrong. Since there is a common law of Australia rather than of each Australian jurisdiction‚ the same principles apply in relation to non-statutory law." [152] This court has always had the ability (if need be by granting
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the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act article 2b section 110. The forum selection clause limits jurisdiction for the parties who enter into an agreement containing the clause. The enforceability of the forum selection clause came to question through the case of Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co in 1972. Despite having a forum-selection clause‚ courts refused to decline jurisdiction on the basis of forum non convenience. Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co is a precedent setting case which is now
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COURTS This consists of the High Court of Malaya‚ the High Court of Sabah & Sarawak‚ the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court. The Federal Court is the highest court of the land. High CourtsThe High Courts have general supervisory and revisionary jurisdiction over all the Subordinate Courts and hear appeals from the Subordinate Courts in civil and criminal matters. They hear matters relating to the validity or dissolution of marriage (divorce) and matrimonial causes‚ bankruptcy and companies winding
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