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    Business Law - Contract Law

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    3. Contract Law “Is My Agreement an Enforceable Contract?” The Law of Contract involves answering 4 questions: (1) Is my agreement an enforceable contract? Are all of the elements of a contract present. (2) If so‚ what does it require me (and the other party) to do? - What “promises” have become terms of the contract. (3) Can I get out of it (without paying some form of penalty)? - Was the formation of the contract defective in some way (ie were there any ‘vitiating elements’ present)

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    War Prisoner Of War

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    The prisoners of war were not treated in accordance with the international agreements. They were complaining about starvation and malnutrition and there were some Japanese who were claiming that the Japanese Army had tried to do their best to service the foods to the Prisoners of War while they were in the camp. What is it like to be a prisoner of war? When you are a Prisoner of War you have to do everything that you are told to do. Often times the Prisoners of War were treated poorly by their captors

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    Wars

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    Essay on Wars – Destructive for Humanity. War is‚ without argument the worst collective experience of humanity. It has created new nations on the rubbles of destroyed cities and humans dead. It involves mass killing without humane feelings even if short and swift. Our recent experience with Kargil‚ which was not even not even a full-fledged war‚ reopened the sordidness of military action. Wars‚ when prolonged like the World Wars‚ result in human brutality‚ mass extermination of races and

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    "The law is the law": An analysis of law and justice in Antigone and Trifles Néstor Díaz Dr. Rosa Vallejo INGL 3012 LI1 March 19‚ 2011 "The law is the law": an analysis of law and justice in Antigone and Trifles “Objection!” The lawyer acts quickly in an attempt to disallow a certain piece of evidence. He or she considers the evidence unjust and opposes its use. The lawyer’s opposition may bear fruit in the form of a rejection to said piece of evidence. Much like a lawyer opposes an

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    Aviation Law and Space Law Aviation Law -Air space – customary law since First W.W. That aircraft from one state have right to fly over the high seas‚ but never over territorial sea of another state -Art.1 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation: “every state has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the space above its territory” -It is a serious breach of international law for a state to order to violate the air space of another state (for e.g. USA military aircraft attacked

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    Drug Laws and Drug Law Enforcement Since the late 19th century‚ the federal and states governments of the United States have enacted laws and policies to deter the use and distribution of illegal drugs. These laws and policies have not only deemed what drugs are legal and illegal‚ but have also established penalties for the possession and distribution of these substances and established federal agencies to control drug use and administer drug law enforcement. This essay will not only examine

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    International Law

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    | International Law | | In Completion of: | Government 202-01 Professor: Dr. Jones | Clifton R. Cooper Jr. 4/28/13 International Law For many years‚ Greece and Turkey have found themselves glaring uneasily at each other. Under the Aegean Sea between them‚ oil could be found. The question came up‚ “who owns it?” Both countries claimed the areas as being within their territorial waters. Billions of dollars were at stake. Wars have been started for less; and‚ the two countries

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    Evolution of Law

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    Evolution of Law The government our nation has established today has come a long way from its roots. Starting with the Napoleonic Code and eventually ending with the Ratified Constitution of the United States. Rome came to England bringing the Roman Code‚ thus law begins. The Roman Code was a rigid code that in reality did not change much. It required ample detail and was difficult to understand at times. For example‚ if there where five different murders all using five different colored knives

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    Natural Law VS. Positive Law Laws are rules established by a governing authority to organize and maintain orderly existence. It can generally be divided into two principles: Natural law‚ which is based on the divine‚ and Positive law which states that laws are what the lawmakers command. Throughout history many philosophers have come to be linked to either branch of law. Philosophers such as Aristotle advocated Natural law‚ while others‚ such as Thomas Hobbes‚ supported Positive law. Each

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    international law

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    Table Of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Effective jurisdiction of International law 3. Enforcement by States 4. Sources of implementation 5. Conclusion 6. Bibliography (1) 1. Introduction: International law after world war II grew by leaps and bounds due to absence of one International law regulating authority. For International law to be effective states must owe allegiance to an international organization and states are accountable of their actions

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