Constitutional Law Test 1 Study Guide Three Categories of constitutions- Nominal Telos- gives certain rights but does follow through with the rights. Example is Cuban Constitution that gives rights such as healthcare and travel but does not carry them out. Tends to make a lot of promises but does not keep them. Façade Telos- similar to nominal by making promises in a way that seem more logical and achievable for that country but is still not carried out. Example is Iranian Constitution that gives
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ABSTRACT The nineteenth century decision of Rylands v Fletcher epitomises the continuing struggle between two opposing viewpoints of liability for industrial enterprises: strict liability based on the internalization of external costs‚ and a more laissez-faire fault-based approach. Subsequent confusion about the true nature of Rylands v Fletcher is due to the fact that the decision in fact contains two rules‚ a narrow one based on nuisance liability between neighbouring landowners‚ and a wider
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Monism and dualism in international law From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The terms monism and dualism are used to describe two different theories of the relationship between international law and national law. Contents[hide] * 1 Monism * 2 Dualism * 3 Examples * 4 A matter of national legal tradition * 5 The problem of “lex posterior” * 6 References | [edit] Monism Monists assume that the internal and international legal systems form a unity. Both
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Sociology of Law Prelim #2 Review Policing and Arrest Cop in the Hood- Moskos Police discretion Factors include: Time of shift Paperwork/processing Age of officer Suspect characteristics Political concerns Police culture Law on the Books v. Law in Action Legal entities as social institutions Legal actors as social actors Profiles in Justice? – Heumann Racial disparities in policing Driving while black Disparities in stops caused by profiling‚ bias etc. Criminal Process
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| Tort Actions | Week 3 Law 421 | | David Tiffany UOP | Shalandrea Jones | October 29‚ 2012 | Torts are civil laws that are broken and are rules for lawsuits. When these rules are broken they can result in injury and harm this is usually the basis for the claim. Torts are punishable by imprisonment but in most cases tort law is to provide relief for damages and to stop others from doing the same thing
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and Wales has a body which includes legislations‚ common law and other legal norms that are established by parliament‚ the crown and judiciary. The courts are organised in a hierarchal structure and England has no written constitutions like the US therefore giving parliament power of ’law-makers ’ especially after they made themselves a supreme body who represent the people of the country‚ they have unquestionable power (unlike the other law-makers) to add‚ remove and change legislations without
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------------------------------------------------- A REPORT ON ASPECTS OF CONTRACT AND NEGLIGENCE FOR EZ KOOKING ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- TITLE PAGE ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Prepared
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third party e.g. by entering into a contract or disposing of the property of the principal. Agency has been defined in different ways by different scholars. According to Fridman in his book ‘Law of Agency‚’ ‘Agency is the relationship that exists between two persons when one called the agent is considered in law to represent the other called the principal in such a way as to be able to affect the principal’s legal position in respect of strangers to the relationship by the making of contracts or 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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BLO 2205 Corporate Law Assignment Semester 1 2013 INTRODUCTION Under the Corporations Act 20011‚ all the directors and officers must be under Common Law duties and Statutory Law duties to exercise their powers in order to carry on one company. It is essential for officers and directors to impose the legal duties for purposes of minimizing wrongful or illegal behaviors’ risks. Briefly‚ the main fiduciary duties and statutory duties contains duty to act in good faith in the interests
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