Common law versus civil law systems The two principal legal systems in the world today are those of civil law and common law. Continental Europe‚ Latin America‚ most of Africa and many Central European and Asian nations are part of the civil law system; the United States‚ along with England and other countries once part of the British Empire‚ belong to the common law system. The civil law system has its roots in ancient Roman law‚ updated in the 6th century A.D. by the Emperor Justinian and adapted
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University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: April 5‚ 2015 TO: Michael Carrozzo FROM: Tennile Massey RE: Niskanen‚ W. A. (2005). Congress Should Repeal the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Retrieved from http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6624 Melvin‚ S. P. (2011). The legal environment of business: A managerial approach: Theory to practice. New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ARTICLE SYNOPSIS This article is about
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Law 421/Week Two What are the elements of negligence? How does an intentional tort differ from negligence? Provide examples. Intentional torts can be described as deliberate acts to harm someone. Negligence can be described to deliberately choose not to act in order to fix a problem which ultimately results in someone being harmed. There are several elements that need to be present in order for a claim to be considered negligence (Melvin‚ 2011). According to our text these elements need to be present
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This pack of LAW 421 Week 3 BUGusa‚ Inc. Worksheet shows the solutions to the following problems: Use the scenarios in the BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. 1. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. 2. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc. (Janet) Has WIRETIME‚ Inc. committed any torts? If so‚ explain. 3. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc. (Steve and Walter) Discuss any liability BUGusa‚ Inc. may have for
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1. At what point‚ if ever‚ did the parties have a contract? The only agreement that was made between the two was at the start.. The 90 day period that was paid off by BTT for Chou. After this there was no actual contract. They did discuss about having a contract and making it go through email but in the end there came out to be no contract. As it came out to be with no legal signatures from either of the sides then there was nothing to keep. 2. What facts may weigh in favor of or against Chou
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Learning Team Weekly Reflection Law/421 University of Phoenix In Week one of Contemporary Business Law‚ Team A learned about substantive‚ procedural‚ criminal‚ civil‚ common‚ and statutory law. In the reading assignments for week one‚ we discerned the differences that separate the laws and how the courts enforce the laws. Corporations and businesses are awarded protections under the Amendments to the
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|LAW/421 | | |Contemporary Business Law | Copyright © 2011 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. COURSE SYLLABUS FOR CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS LAW/421 |Week One: Introduction to Law
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University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: TO: FROM: RE: Niskanen‚ W. A. (2006). Congress Should Repeal the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Retrieved from http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6624 ARTICLE SYNOPSIS The article was a proposal that tried to justify the reason that congress should repeal the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX Act) of 2002. The act is seen as a problem because individual felt that the act
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UCC Crystal Pierce Rasmussen College Author Note This assignment is being submitted on March 17th‚ 2013‚ for Rick Barrett’s B491 course at Rasmussen College by Crystal Pierce. UCC It has been a good year and you have decided to put an addition on the side of your house. You hire Bob the Builder to do the job and have a signed contract. You review the plans‚ make a sizable down payment‚ and Bob starts demolition. But then after a week‚ Bob seems to disappear. Several weeks go by‚ construction
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Discussion Questions One LaShanda Prejean LAW 421 Peter Derouen March 5‚ 2013 Discussion Questions One 1. To what extent does succession planning—such as for wills‚ estates‚ and trusts—affect business? How might these legal topics interact with your current or past job or industry? Every company succession plan carries the three bases that are will‚ trust and estate. The will‚ trust and estate provided a financial security and help plan the future. The purpose
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