Legal Environment of Business Class Notes 8/19/13 2 Branches of Law Civil vs. Criminal Civil Criminal Burden of Proof (quantum/amount of evidence) b.o.p is on plaintiff who initiates a civil action (51% preponderance of evidence - over 50% of the believable evidence is in the plaintiff’s favor) **Can have both Civil and Criminal in a trial burden of proving the defendant’s guilt is on the prosecution‚ and they must establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt Remedies
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Grand Theft Auto V If you are a person who enjoys gaming and favors realism‚ then Grand Theft Auto V is the ideal game for you. This game is more similar to real life than any other game you will come across today. The realism in this videogame is so phenomenal‚ that the possibilities are nearly limitless. The interactions have many ways of enticing the players into an action packed‚ non-stop‚ highly thrilling gameplay. This game is the most realistic and interactive game ever developed. There
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SUD1 Business Law Assignment 2 Law of Tort and Negligence Business Law Assignment 2 Law of Tort and Negligence Memo To: Padmanaban Badri Narayanan. From: Doan Le Khanh Vy (Ivy). Regarding: Report On Common Law. Date: 9th December 2012. I am Ivy from class SUD11‚ Sunderland of University. I write this memo to you in order to aid you comprehend my work easier. I have spent a great deal of time for this assignment. This is the first time I study law‚ so there a great
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Collin Sherrod Gibson Business Ethics March 1‚ 2014 Apple v. Samsung Ethical Audit Part 3 UN Global Compact – The Global Compact’s operational phase was launched at Un headquarters in New York on July 26‚ 2000. Today‚ thousands of companies from all regions of the world and international labor and civil society organizations are engaged in the Global Compact‚ working to advance ten universal principles in the areas of human rights‚ labor‚ the environment‚ and anticorruption. http://www.unglobalcompact
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LAW OF TORT LAW2002-N 20011/12 Lectures 3 and 4: Trespass to the Person Lectures 5 – 12: Negligence TRESPASS TO THE PERSON Reading: Steele Chap 2 to page 81; Street Chap 3; Winfield Chap 4. ASSAULT AND BATTERY Introduction Battery: intentional application of force to another person. Assault: act of the defendant which causes to the claimant reasonable apprehension of the infliction of an immediate battery on him by the defendant. Battery 1. The character
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meaning behind mens rea lies within the mental element of the defendant in a crime. H.L.A. Hart states that “what is crucial is that those whom we punish should have had‚ when they acted‚ the normal capacities‚ physical and mental‚ for doing what the law requires and abstaining form what it forbids‚ and a fair opportunity to exercise these capacities. Where these capacities and opportunities are absent‚ … the moral protest is that it is morally wrong to punish because ‘he could not have helped it’ or
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LAW OF TORT PART– PART–ONE Objectives of this Topic By the end of the topic the learner should be able to: * D fi iti of tort and related t Definition f t t d l t d terms * The difference between tort and criminal law and tort and contract law * Understand the nature and liability of tort * Explain the functions of the law of torts * Explain the capacity to sue or be sued for various p p y individuals and entities * Understand the specific torts their defences and remedies available
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publisher’s duty in compliance with the law‚ for publication in LawNet and/or the Singapore Law Reports. BNJ (suing by her lawful father and litigation representative‚ B) v SMRT Trains Ltd and another [2013] SGHC 286 High Court — Suit No 432 of 2011 Vinodh Coomaraswamy JC (as he then was) 29–31 October 2012; 1–2‚ 5–9‚ 19–20 November 2012; 11 March 2013 Tort — Negligence — Breach of Duty Tort — Occupier’s Liability — Who is an Occupier Tort — Negligence — Res Ipsa Loquitur Tort — Breach
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08th October 2008 Tort-Obligations II Tutorial 1 1. What is Tort law for? ▪The law of tort- The word derives from the French for ‘Wrong’. ▪ The civil action for damages aims at compensation as opposed to criminal prosecution. Restoring the status quo. ▪Appeasement- the object of early law is to prevent disruption of society by disputes arising from the infliction of injury. The victim’s vengeance is bought off by compensation‚ which gives him satisfaction in 2 ways; he is comforted to receive
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where relevant. ISSUES Is Bob liable to Mary and to what extent? Does Bob have any defenses? Is Tom liable to Sam and to what extent? LAW In this case we are dealing with tort law and more specifically negligence in tort law. Negligence in tort law requires the plaintiff to prove the following: * The defendant owed a duty to the plaintiff (or a duty to the general public‚ including
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