Chapter/Case Questions: 1. Chapter 12‚ Yunker V. Honeywell‚ pg 456-459‚ Questions 1-4 1. The court meant by its statement that negligent hiring and negligent retention “rely on liability on the part of an individual or a business that has been on the basis of negligence or other factors resulting in harm or damage to another individual or their property” (Luthra‚ 2011) and not on “an obligation that arises from the relationship of one party with another” (Luthra‚ 2011). The court meant that
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that the people know details about the professional and sometimes even personal lives of elected and selected officials. When the conviction in the Supreme Court’s Gideon v. Wainwright was reversed‚ news spread across the country and those who were convicted without given the right to legal counsel could petition to have their cases retried as well. The draw back to the information age is the accuracy and usefulness of the information that
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In Rochefoucauld v Boustead (1897)‚ Lindley LJ said ‘that the Statute of Frauds does not prevent the proof of a fraud; and that it is a fraud on the part of the person to whom the land is conveyed as a trustee‚ and who knows it was so conveyed‚ to deny the trust and claim the land himself’. Section 53(1)(b) of the Law of Property Act 1925 provides that ‘a declaration of trust respecting any land or any interest therein must be manifested and proved by some writing signed by some person who is
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Part 2 - Choose ONE of the options [pic] Part 1 - Choose one part of the assigned textbook question to answer An important concept this week is jurisdiction. As the text explains‚ a court must have subject matter jurisdiction to hear a case. Subject matter jurisdiction is rather straight forward - the court must have jurisdic tion to hear the particular type of dispute (see my video for further explanation of this concept). Now look at Question 2 (p. 71) and pick either b‚ c‚ or d
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Against Women Act (VAWA) was an unconstitutional exercise of congressional power. The holding of this case and the unconstitutionality eventually resulted in the “freedom” of Antonio J. Morrison‚ who evaded charges under the act that would provide a victim‚ Christy Brzonkala‚ of gender-motivated violence a cause of action against the perpetrator for the recovery of compensatory and punitive damages. This case was properly decided --- the statute off of which Antonio Morrison was getting sued was unconstitutional
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Brown v. Louisiana During the 1960’s‚ many African-Americans believed that civil rights should become a national priority. Young civil rights activists brought their cause to the national stage and demanded the federal government assist them and help resolve the issues that plagued them. Many of them challenged segregation in the South by protesting at stores and schools that practiced segregation. Despite the efforts of these groups and Supreme Court rulings that ordered the desegregation
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Cipla v Roche – Generics Industry Rejoices! For the last two years‚ the Delhi High Court has been the battle ground for a pharmaceutical war between Roche and Cipla over Roche’s patent for the anticancer drug ‘erlotinib’‚ sold by Roche as ’Tarceva’. On 24 April 2009‚ the Division bench of the Delhi High Court dismissed Roche’s appeal against the refusal of a single judge to grant an injunction restraining Cipla from manufacturing‚ offering for sale‚ selling and exporting its generic version of ‘erlotinib’
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audience is left pondering upon whether this masked man with the name of V‚ is truly a terrorist threatening the nation. Consequently‚ the ultimate
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“Symbols are given power by people. A symbol‚ in and of itself is powerless‚ but with enough people behind it‚ blowing up a building can change the world” (V‚ 2006). The movie V for Vendetta is set in present day London. Although the events which take place in the movie have no historical context‚ they are still relatable to modern day issues regarding government. The movie presents one of the main characters Evey‚ as a common person who is afraid and can’t act on her own decisions‚ which makes the
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The film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue uses key ideas and serval film techniques to illustrate the parallels between the two main characters. It portrays a futuristic dystopian society where the United Kingdom is ruled by a tyrant. The film displays two protagonists one a shadowy freedom fighter‚ known only by the alias of ‘V.’ The other a young woman called Evey‚ who becomes part of V’s plot against the government by chance. The director of the film uses key ideas and several film techniques
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