Environmental Law; BP &Deepwater Drilling BP P.L.C. is a company that has been in the energy business for more than a century. This corporation has been improving its operations in different parts of the world thanks to its constant research‚ and it has become a world leader as an oil and gas producer. Also‚ it is one of the pioneers in deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico‚ and it is the largest lease holder in the United States with more than 650 lease blocks in waters greater than 1‚250 feet
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NATURAL LAW ROBERT P. GEORGE* Oliver Wendell Holmes‚ the legal philosopher and judge whom Richard Posner has‚ with admiration‚ dubbed “the American Nietzsche‚”1 established in the minds of many people a certain image of what natural law theories are theories of‚ and a certain set of reasons for supposing that such theories are misguided and even ridiculous. While I have my own reasons for admiring some of Holmes’s work—despite‚ rather than because of‚ the Nietzscheanism that endears him
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 1. To what extent have the principles of environmental law been incorporated in the Environmental Protection Act 2000 20TH MARCH‚ 2004. Introduction The environment is made up of the physical‚ biological and human elements. These three are different facets of one and the same environment. Not only in recent years‚ the human environment has begun to impinge and burden the physical and biological environment. It is only in recent years that the public has been made aware
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Laws are created to maintain equality‚ stability‚ and structure. To maintain order in society‚ laws are established as is punishment for disobeying these laws. Laws are broken down by classification and to some degree‚ may interact with one another. Substantive law sets the ground rules for individuals whereas procedural law is the policy on how to carry out the rules. Criminal law is for the protection of society and civil law is to serve the purpose of compensating someone for a loss due to the
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THE LAW OF CONTRACT IN GHANA (These notes have mainly been culled from Mrs. Christine Dowuona Hammond’s seminal work on the Law of Contracts.) INTRODUCTION Contracts are made by people every day‚ whether the parties recognise it or not. Each time one spends money on anything – a bus ticket‚ an airline ticket‚ a pair of shoes‚ a meal in a restaurant‚ laundry services‚ books‚ or signs a lease‚ etc. one concludes a valid and legally binding contract. Contracts may be oral or written;
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THE COUNSELLOR AND THE LAW The law would seem to affect the counsellor predominantly over issues of confidentiality which cause ethical dilemmas in a variety of areas. It would seem the counsellor tends to end up torn between their responsibility towards their clients and the law or doctors/other health officials/organisations and society in general. The counsellor must weigh up client confidentiality against that of public interest and the guidelines of what is or is not in the public interest
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OHM’S LAW INTRODUCTION Ohm’s law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the potential difference or voltage across the two points‚ and inversely proportional to the resistance between them provided the temperature remains constant. The mathematical equation that describes this relationship is: where V is the potential difference measured across the resistance in units of volts; I is the current through the resistance in units of amperes and
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Cyberbullying Protection by Law in California and Alabama Cyberbullying has caused rampant damage all across America. It is a crime that can destroy its victims. In fact‚ the cyberbully often has more power than a regular bully. Because of the damages incurred through cyberbullying‚ individual states have created their own laws about cyberbullying. However‚ America is a democracy‚ and the federal government has not yet issued laws over the whole county. Though cyberbullying is a prevalent and potentially
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The Formation of Islamic Law In pre-Islamic time law lacked a formal structure as there was no set of laws that united the Arabic world. Towns‚ cities and rural areas all held different laws that were based on tribal tradition. With the revelations of the Prophet‚ a new religion was born: Islam. The Prophet began to introduce the word of Allah to the people and with that came basic laws that provided an introduction to law. The formation of Islamic law was based on three things‚ the Qur’an‚ the
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Questions Learning ResourcesTextbook: Business Law Seventh Edition‚ 2010 Henry R. Cheeseman Prentice Hall 1) According to Judge Jerome Frank‚ uncertainty in the law: a. is an unfortunate accident b. should be avoided whenever possible c. is of immense social value d. does not exist in the U.S. legal system 2) Which of the following is most consistent with the Natural Law School of jurisprudence? e. Law is based on moral and ethical principles of
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