Article Review-Part A Lora Carr LAW/421 July 29‚ 2013 Joseph Sette Article Review-Part A The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was put in to place as a way of preventing and deterring future accounting fraud‚ protecting shareholders‚ and increasing confidence in public company financial reporting. However‚ SOX has imposed tremendous new duties and costs on public companies and accounting firms. Some individuals may call it an object failure while SOX hoped to create more confidence in capital
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agreements‚ and trades. During these types of business relationships disputes are common (University of Phoenix‚ n.d.). If a dispute occurs one party may chooses to take legal action against the other party. Making the decision to take legal action businesses must make considerations prior to proceeding. Making the right decisions can build a strong relationship between parties. Considerations to take include contracts‚ local law‚ and local customs and culture. Steps may be taken to minimize risks in international
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International Issues Aimee Head LAW/421 September 9‚ 2013 Kathryn Harris Abstract No two countries have the same political and legal system. Each country has its own laws and regulations on business and products. When doing business in another country it is important to know the laws and abide by them. Culture plays a huge part in a business’s success when venturing into a foreign market. Being sensitive to the cultural and religious beliefs in that country is important to a business’s long
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Week Four Individual Case Scenario LAW/421 March 14‚ 2013 Week Four Individual Case Scenario By studying the situation‚ I don’t believe the 2 sides concerned ever had a deal. In the situation‚ the sides reached a deal just 3 days ahead of the conclusion of a 90-day time frame set in the initial negotiation deal. In the initial negotiation deal‚ it says that there would be no distribution agreement until it was on paper. As soon as the BTT manager posted the e-mail to Chou‚ he described
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In 421‚ Kant assets that to be a moral being‚ we can engage in actions or act according the maxim or principle in which that maxim could become by our will a universal law. This maxim or principal is applicable to everyone and I could not be of exception. According to the categorical imperative‚ we must comply with certain duties. Kant draws a distinction between perfect duties and imperfect duties. A perfect duty is a maxim‚ which one must always do. An imperfect duty shall not be ignored‚ but
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and the common law tradition Contents Introduction 22 2 1 Judging the operation of the legal system 23 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 The common law tradition and its influence upon the English legal system 27 Have we seen the historical rise and fall of the common law tradition? 31 Substantive law and procedure
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Outline the development of common law and equity. Before common law and equity came into existence‚ there were only customs that protected the people and their rights. Customs can be divided into general customs and local customs. General customs are said to be the basis of common law because it is thought that after the Norman Conquest‚ judges who travelled around the land making decisions in the King’s name based at least some of their decisions on the common customs. Local customs only
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COMMON LAW AS A LEGAL SYSTEM Common Law and Civil Law When defined in this way the term ¡§common law¡¨ is used to refer to a type of legal system called the common law legal system. The legal systems of various countries are modeled on the English legal system and these countries are said to have a ¡§common law legal system¡¨. This includes most of the British Commonwealth and the United States. The common law legal system involves such matters as trial by jury‚ presumption of innocence etc
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This situation between John and Mark is kind of unique. John signs a contract to sell some of his property to Mark on August 1st‚ but John delays the date until November 1st and we do not know the reason for Johns delay. This makes Mark must incur additional expenses for his national dog breeding company called Remington Sporting Dog Breeders. Mark must find a suitable alternate location to house his dogs until the new November closing date. Before I read the chapters this week I looked over this
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Civil and Common law countriesContents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Introduction PAGEREF _Toc383004748 \h 4Historical development of Civil law PAGEREF _Toc383004749 \h 4The source of Civil law PAGEREF _Toc383004750 \h 5The historical development of Common law PAGEREF _Toc383004751 \h 6The source of Common law PAGEREF _Toc383004752 \h 7The main differences between Civil law and Common law PAGEREF _Toc383004753 \h 7Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc383004754 \h 8Reference List PAGEREF _Toc383004755 \h 9 Discuss the
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