LEGAL SYSTEMS What is a legal system It is an operating set of legal institutions‚ procedures and rules regulating a given society From a law perspective: restricted to where the ’sovereign’ commands different laws for different groups of the population From a non state perspective: includes the system of courts and judges supported by the state as well as non legal forms of normative ordering. Normative ordering - e.g. Written codes‚ security forces‚ tribunals etc which replicate the structure
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Unit Outline 2013 Faculty of Business‚ Government and Law Legal Systems G 6777 Page 1 of 16 Australian Government Higher Education (CRICOS) Registered Provider number: #00212K This Unit Outline must be read in conjunction with: a) UC Student Guide to Policies‚ which sets out University-wide policies and procedures‚ including information on matters such as plagiarism‚ grade descriptors‚ moderation‚ feedback and deferred exams‚ and is available at (scroll to bottom of page) http://www
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Business Law – Unit 15 Task 01-a A legal system in a country embodies both the law of that country and the mechanisms the country has in place for regulating and enforcing those laws. A legal system incorporates: * The country’s law * The legislature: the law making body * The judiciary: the body that sits in judgment on disputes about laws * The prosecution system: the system that seeks to ensure the criminal law in enforced and people who break the law are prosecuted * The
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Australia’s legal system is a common law legal system based on the: British legal system. Before we apply the law to solve a legal problem we need to: Locate the law applicable to the legal problem. Australia is a liberal democracy in that the executive government is made up of representatives: Elected by the citizens. Australia was initially regarded terra nullius at the time of British settlement‚ which means: ’Land belonging to no-one’. The notion of ’parliamentary supremacy’ provides
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The Essence of Our Legal System Spending time in the courtroom is definitely not like spending time in front of the television set watching Law and Order. In fact‚ the two are really nothing alike. A room full of observers and people invested in the case usually does not present itself in the actual courtroom. The attorneys are not amazing orators who know just what to say to change the entire outcome of the case. Media personnel are no where to be found. Sometimes one may even think that the
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Litigation and Alternatives Video LAW/531 October 10‚2012 Litigation and Alternatives Video Quick Takes Video was interested in an editing system by NonLinear Pro they saw at a trade show. After three weeks Quick Takes decided they were not interested in the product because it performance did not meet the company’s expectations. Quick Takes Video contacted NonLinear Pro that they could pick up their product only to learn that NonLinear Pro expected five thousand dollars as per the lease
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The Legal System Imagine you are the director of health information services for a medium-sized health care facility. Like many of your peers‚ you have contracted with an outside copying service to handle all requests for release of patient health information at your facility. You have learned that a lobbying organization for trial attorneys in your state is promoting legislation to place a cap on photocopying costs‚ which is significantly below the actual costs incurred as part of the contract
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Business Regulations Simulation Law/531 Business Regulation Simulation When conducting business whether it is local and global‚ big or small organizations have to abide by state and federal laws. Depending on the nature of the business different organization has to comply with certain laws and regulations. For example‚ retailers like Wal-Mart‚ Target and Kroger have to comply with the Department of Labor and a manufacturing company like LM Fiberglass and Toyota would
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DISPUTE Jaskamaljit Sahota LAW/531 Oct 03‚2013 Mr. Cornelius Perry Business Dispute To: Cornelius Perry From: Jaskamaljit Kaur Sahota Date: Oct 02‚ 2013 Subject: Preffered Method for State level Business Dispute. Mr. Cornelius Perry‚ It has come to my attention that there has been a state level business dispute which is submitted to ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution). So here‚ I will discuss about the various methods of ADR. Also‚ I will suggest/recommend
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resolution; some more drastic than others. Alternative Dispute Resolution or ADR is a less invasive way of dispute resolution‚ compared to going to court. It involves the use of third parties‚ who are impartial to the situation‚ in order to resolve a dispute‚ whether it be between two individuals or businesses (Melvin‚ 2011). ADR can be used in a variety of settings including the online learning experience. Mediation‚ a form of ADR‚ can be particularly effective when two or more members‚ of an online learning
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