The Australian Legal System Introduction All countries are a reflection of their histories and this is very much the case with governmental structures and the associated legal system. The Australian legal system is based on a fundamental belief in the rule of law‚ justice and the independence of the judiciary. All people—Australians and non-Australians alike—are treated equally before the law and safeguards exist to ensure that people are not treated arbitrarily or unfairly by governments or
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Natural and legal person A natural person is a living human being. This definition is meant to set a natural person apart form a legal person which is a group of people acting in a unified‚ often commercial enterprise but are considered by law to be acting as a single virtual individual. Companies‚ partnerships and similar entities are considered legal persons. Natural person start his or her life as unborn baby. Person‚ even if it is not born‚ has rights and duties as any other natural person
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Legal Drinking Age The legal drinking age has been a huge controversial issue for an extremely long time (Meldon). Some people say the legal drinking age should be left alone at age 21. Others believe it should be lowered to age 18; the age when someone is considered an adult and given many responsibilities (ProCon.org). I believe the legal drinking age should be kept at age 21. Alcohol is the number one drug problem in the United States. Americans spend a slightly under 100 billion dollars
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realistic sense rather than a formal one‚ which views law as a set of mechanical and abstract principles. A legal realist approach on law takes into account extra-legal factors which help shape how law is used within a social context. This approach does not view the discipline of law as a literal set of principles to be formally detected and applied‚ but recognizes that the interpretation of law by legal actors is manipulated by situational factors. BrianTamanaha in Law as a Means to an End: Threat to
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You can help Wikipedia by including appropriate citations‚ | | |which can be found through legal research. | |[pic] |Please help improve this article by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (July 2007) | Socialist law is the official name of the legal system used in Communist states. It is based on the civil law system‚ with major modifications and additions
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Assignment Three Part One: Legal Issues – These are laws set by the government. That are essentially rules that a business must follow. They are designed to keep both the consumer and the business happy and ensure that everyone is treated fairly. Vue must follow these rules or they may be prosecuted and faced with a punishment such as a fine or‚ I extreme circumstances‚ forced closure of a business. Data protection Act –The Data Protection Act is set up to stop businesses unlawfully sharing customers
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International Journal of Legal Information the Official Journal of the International Association of Law Libraries Volume 36 Issue 2 Summer 2008 - Global Challenges & the Indian Legal System 3-2-2009 Article 8 The Indian Legal System B. N. Srikrishna Chairman of the Sixth Pay Commission of the Government of India Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/ijli The International Journal of Legal Information is produced by The International Association of Law Libraries
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Organizational Ethics Shannon McDougall ETH/316 February 9‚ 2015 Ryan Busch Organizational Ethics The Healthcare industry today has changed so much over the years. In today’s healthcare industry compared to the industry in the past‚ has become much more accessible to the people. With more accessibility to the people causes for the industry to change many operational and business practices to be able to take on more. Unfortunately
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A GIANT SIZE ENVIRONMENT EXTENDED RESPONSE IN RESPONSE 2A BROAD/GENERAL QUESTION …. Evaluate the effectiveness of the legal system in protecting the global environment. INTRODUC-TORY IDEAS Some key ideas we can consider: the need for global environmental protection change over time global problem – interdependence of nation states types of environmental problems faced? Climate change‚ biodiversity issues‚ deforestation‚ loss of species etc. Making a judgement on effectiveness
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The legal concept of vicarious liability and the Doctrine of Respondeat Superior occurs when the employee commits a tort or civil wrong within the scope of employment and the employer is held liable although the master may have done nothing wrong( Regan 2002). Physicians and other healthcare providers need to be aware of this doctrine in the supervision of their staff and their day-to-day medical practice. The legal relationship between an employer and an employee is called agency. The employer
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