The Law of the Sea In this paper I am going to give an overview over the Law of the Sea with an emphasis on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in connection with the examples of innocent passage and Exclusive Economic Zones. As well I am going to give a glimpse into the topics of the International Seabed Authority‚ and the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea. The law of the sea is a part of international law that deals with breaches of the public law on the sea. A
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1.0 Areas of law Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has long been a touchy issue for governments not just in Australia‚ but around the world as well. Companies in Australia are governed by the corporation’s act‚ which outlines the legal capacity and power of a company. The Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 57A1‚ defines a corporation as a separate legal entity‚ that includes any corporate body and unincorporated bodies that may sue‚ be sued or hold property in the name of an office holder appointed
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esteem and self-actualization needs. One must satisfy lower level basic needs to meet higher levels growth needs. Life experiences including divorce and loss of a job may cause an individual to fluctuate between levels of the hierarchy. Once these needs have been reasonably satisfied one may be able to reach the highest level called self-actualization. Maslow (1943) stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs when one need wanted to understand what motivates people they believed that individuals
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Law is a system of rules and guidelines‚ usually enforced through a set of institutions. It shapes politics‚ economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. For example‚ Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets and Property law defines rights and obligations related to the transfer and title of personal and real property and so on. Then‚ Natural law or the law of nature (Latin: lex naturalis) has
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enterprise. Law enforcement efforts are focused on responding to citizen request for service. Policing at the state and local level is structured to meet the demands for service. Ideas such as community policing as well as problem oriented policing have attempted to move policing into a proactive‚ future-oriented process. Policing will be greatly impacted by the rapid changing cultural dynamics of our communities. The most significant trend will continue to be the utilization of technology to law enforcement
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Phoenix 2008 The Role of Law Law is a system or collection of “principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people.” (Dictionary.com) In the past‚ people viewed law as an unchanging factor that was a part of the natural order of life. Today‚ most lawmakers view law as a flexible instrument that can be used to accomplish a chosen purpose. “One strength of this instrumentalist attitude is its willingness to adapt the law to further the social good
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in trust for stipulated purposes and may be created inter vivos or on death by will[1]. This implies that a trust is formed when a person transfers a property or rights to another person who holds it for a third party. There are many reasons why trusts are created. The most common reason is where the intended beneficiary of a right is not capable of holding it at a given point in time. An example of this is where the beneficiary is a minor. Trusts create three legal persons: the settlor or grantor
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the loan contract between ABC bank and Sambal Pty Ltd is invalid. State the law: Section 140 of the corporations act states that: “A company’s constitution (if any) and any replaceable rules that apple to the company have effect as a contract: (a) Between the company and each member; and (b) Between the company and each director and company secretary; and (c) Between a member and each other member; Apply the law: According to section 140‚ a company’s constitution is only an internal governance
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Different approach taken by the Court of Appeal in Williams v Roffey was it fair or not? It is commonly accepted within the English Contract Law that the models of contractual fairness must exist in contractual disputes. Essential to these models is the doctrine of consideration and the principles that comes under the doctrine of consideration such as laws derived from both Williams v Roffey (1990) and Stilk v Myrick (1809). Starting with the development of the doctrine of consideration and the
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Driving Under The Influence Laws‚ need to be more severe Driving under the Influence is a dangerous trend and is known to cause many critical accidents and deaths which could have been easily prevented. Even though the consequences for DUI arrests are strict‚ they seem to not be effective enough. The toll of alcohol-related deaths‚ repeated offenders‚ and accidents is still rising‚ leaving the streets dangerous and families devastated. Over half the drivers arrested for drunk driving in the nation
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