Civil law (common law) Civil law is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals or organizations‚ in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. For instance‚ if a car crash victim claims damages against the driver for loss or injury sustained in an accident‚ this will be a civil law case.[1] Civil law differs from criminal law‚ whose emphasis is more on punishment than in dispute resolution. The law relating to civil wrongs and quasi-contract is part of the civil law.[2] -------------------------------------------------
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EMPLOYMENT LAW Introduction The aim of this Assessment is to demonstrate an understanding of employment regulation and how it is enforced. Other areas covered include; how to manage recruitment‚ manage issues relating to pay and working time lawfully and how to ensure that staff are treated lawfully when they at work. Finally it will cover managing performance and disciplinary matters lawfully. Activity 1 The purpose of Employment Law is to provide legal protection to employees and employers. Employment
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| State Laws That Contradicts Federal Laws | Which One Must We Fallow? | | | State Laws That Contradict Federal Laws Abstract: This Paper explains using proof and some facts from researched sites and articles on the internet using sites like Google as a research source.This also going to show some views that the people have on this subject. We will see information and ideas on this topic (How state Laws Contradict Federal Laws) there all going to be different opinions because
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Essay #3 (Final Draft) Seeing Is Believing The law of attraction is the name given to the belief that “like attracts like” and that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts one can bring about positive or negative results. This belief is based upon the idea that people and their thoughts are both made from pure energy‚ and the belief that like energy attracts like energy. For example‚ if a person opened an envelope expecting to see a bill‚ then according to the law of attraction would
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and have to be taken with utter most consideration of the acceptance‚ however in order to understand in depth a binding agreement‚ we must first discuss‚ what determines a contract or binding agreement. These can be defined as “an agreement which the law will enforce” as well as a “promise or set of promises which the court will enforce”. To facilitate a binding agreement‚ an acceptance must occur and must be absolutely unconditional so that the contract may be considered as valid. As mentioned‚ the
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Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________ ID: A Business Law Mid-Term (Chapters 1-4) Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. 1. Select the best definition of ethics: a. c. the right of all persons to have the same access to the law and courts. b. ____ a fundamental principle of fairness in all legal matters. a set of principles of right conduct. d. group
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Contracts Summary DAMAGES – REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT THE INTERESTS PROTECTED Fuller and Perdue‚ “The Reliance Interest in Contract Damages” There are three principle purposes in awarding contract damages: restitution interest – object is the prevention of unjust enrichment by the defaulting promisor at the expense of the promisee reliance interest – object is to put the plaintiff in a good position as he was before the promise was made expectation interest – object is to put the
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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI FACULTY OF LAW TAPE RECORDED LECTURES THE LAW OF EVIDENCE LLB II 2003 LAW OF EVIDENCE Lesson 2 RELEVANCE & ADMISSIBILITY RES GESTAE ‘Res Gestae’‚ it has been said‚ is a phrase adopted to provide a respectable legal cloak for a variety of cases to which no formula of precision can be applied’. The words themselves simply mean a transaction. Under the inclusionary common law doctrine of Res Gestae‚ a fact or opinion which is so closely associated in time‚ place
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BIBLIOMETRIC LAWS Bibliometrics is a type of research method used in library and information science. It utilizes quantitative analysis and statistics to describe patterns of publication within a given field or body of literature. Researchers may use bibliometric methods of evaluation to determine the influence of a single writer‚ for example‚ or to describe the relationship between two or more writers or works. One common way of conducting bibliometric research is to use the Social Science Citation
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LAW OF AGENCY The law relating to agency in Kenya is contained in the Factors Act 1889 and the common law as modified by the doctrines of equity. Agency may be defined as a legal relationship that exists between a person called the agent is considered by law to represent another known as the principal in such a way as to affect the principal’s legal position in relation to 3rd parties. It has also been defined as a relationship where a party expressly or implied consents that the other should
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