employees’ property that was in the building); and murder (in respect of Klaas’ death). You are the judge in this case. Evaluate if any of the following is a valid legal defence and‚ if not‚ explain briefly what category (type) of mens rea is present in each instance. 1. In respect of the charges of arson and fraud‚ Jake’s legal representative argues that the reason for his actions was laudable: he wanted to obtain money for
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INNOVATIVE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE LEGAL FRAMEWORK DPBA 180 T1 – Definition of Law What is the Law? The Law of a particular state is the body of rules designed to regulate human conduct within that state. This can be defined clearly as an organised system of principles and rules designed to control and influence the conduct of individuals and groups. The aim of most legal systems‚ officially at least‚ is to provide a means of resolving conflicts in a fair
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P5: Explain the legal and ethical issues in relation to the use of business information In this task I am going to explain about each of the legal issues and the ethical issues individually and explain how businesses use these. What is the Data Protection Act 1998? This Act came into force in 1998 and this aims to protect an individual’s right to privacy of their personal data of which is taken and handled by businesses. Personal data does not just mean personal information; it means any data
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Legal Philosophy Positive Law Law as the Sovereign’s Command – John Austin * the subject of jurisprudence is positive law * law set by political superiors to political inferiors Command – a significance of desire In commands‚ unlike in other significations of desire‚ the one commanding has the power to inflict evil or harm upon the one commanded‚ once the command is ignored. Command and Duty are correlative terms (parang games lang‚ haha!) * wherever a duty lies‚ a command
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Whirlpool Legal Responsibility The legal responsibility component of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) definition is an expected responsibility. Whirlpool is expected to obey laws and regulations that affect their stakeholders: employees‚ consumers‚ owners‚ community‚ and others. The official company statement in regards to the basic code of conduct is “There is no right way to do a wrong thing.” (Whirlpool Corporation‚ 2006) To begin with‚ Whirlpool has an established and published Code
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Licup 1 Metaphor‚ Tone and Antithesis in "Legal Alien" "Legal Alien‚" a collection from "Chants‚" is a short free versed poem written by Pat Mora. The poem explores the lives of Mexican-Americans and the cultural tension they have to face. The poet discusses a bi-cultural person whose parents are from Mexico but the person was born and raised in America and is an American citizen by law. Although he can speak fluent English and Spanish‚ he still has a hard time being accepted by both or one race
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Course: Legal & Ethical Environment Professor: Dr. Libertella Chapter 16 Business Ethics Perspective P419 1. Stewart was not an insider of ImClone and she received the tip from her stockbroker. Does she have an ethical obligation to ask where the tip came from or why the broker was recommending selling the stock? Does the fact that Stewart was an officer and director of a publicly traded corporation require her to use higher ethical standards when buying and selling stock of other companies
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Legal Process MGT/434 May 20‚ 2013 Clint Heiner Legal Process Unfortunately‚ in society discrimination occurs quite often in the work environment. Discrimination is judging someone based on different characteristics including age‚ disability‚ gender‚ religion‚ and race. Although discrimination exists‚ employees do not have to subject themselves to this behavior. Employees receive protection against discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to Bennett-Alexander
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give-and-take of a negotiated settlement and a contract specifies the minimum acceptable standard of performance. b) Intention to create legal relationship: - One of the essential elements in the creation of a binding contract‚ this intention is implied by the fact that it is not expressly denied. Intention to bind the other party with the involved legal obligations. c) Free and genuine contract:-Two parties must give their Free and genuine contract to the term of agreement. Such
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laws of the land and promote respect for law and legal process. 5. Re: Financial Audit of Atty. Raquel G. Kho 6. Chua v. Mesina 7. Soriano v. Dizon 8. Stemmerik v. Mas 9. De Ysasi III v. NLRC 10. Cordon v. Balicanta CANON 2 – A lawyer shall make his legal services available in an efficient and convenient manner compatible with the independence‚ integrity and effectiveness of the profession. CANON 3 – A lawyer in making known his legal services shall use only true‚ honest‚ fair‚ dignified
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