Introduction Criminal law is referred to as that branch of law concerned with crimes committed against the public authority. It is very different from civil law. An example is murder. It is very easy to put murder under civil law because it is a crime committed against another human being but the crime of murder is against the public interests. An example of civil crime is when a person does not honor a contract. Criminal law can be substantial or procedural. Substantial criminal law is concerned with
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Tort and Regulatory Risks This paper will address preventative‚ detective‚ and corrective measures for a company to manage regulatory risks. We will also review common business torts that occur in many businesses today. According to Jennings: Tort comes from the Latin term tortus‚ which means “crooked‚ dubious‚ twisted.” Torts are civil wrongs‚ actions that are not straight but twisted. This paper will also describe specific measures to manage torts and other regulatory risks that are identified
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Two Types of Employment There are two categories of employment available to people: to be an employee or to be self-employed. These two types of employment are known as a ‘contract of service’ and a ‘contract for service’. Someone under a ‘contract of service’ refers to a person who is‚ for example a person working in a supermarket as a shop assistant is under a ‘contract of service’. In contrast‚ someone under a ‘contract for service’ refers to a person who is self-employed (also known as an ‘independent
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Luis Armendia October 3‚ 2004 BUSINESS LAW UNIT ONE AND TWO QUESTIONS 1-4. Which source of law takes priority in the following situations‚ and why? a) A federal statute conflicts with the U.S. Constitution. A. CONSTITUTONAL LAW. Article VI‚ the Constitution is the supreme law; a law in violation of the Constitution will be declared unconstitutional and won’t be enforced. b) A federal statute conflicts with a state constitutional provision. A. STATUTORY LAW. A federal statute applies to all
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Tort of negligence Legal obligation on persons to exercise reasonable care not to cause harm to others in specified circumstances. In order to establish liability for the Tort‚ the victim has to show: 1. He is owned a duty of care by the tortfeasor; 2. The tortfeasor has beached that duty of care AND 3. The victim has suffered resulting damage Duty of care: The “Neighbor Principle” to establish whether or not a duty of care is owed in the context of the Tort of negligence. First one has to establish
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Torts Notes – Negligence Contents 1 Preamble 2 1.1 Concurrent Wrongdoers 2 1.2 Death 2 1.3 Apologists 2 1.4 Vicarious liability/non-delegable duties 3 2 Duty of care 5 2.1 Immunities 5 2.2 Omissions/failure to control third party 6 2.3 Atypical Plaintiffs 6 2.4 Unborn Child 6 2.5 Mental Harm/Nervous Shock 7 2.6 Statutory Authorities 8 2.7 Pure Economic Loss/Negligent Misstatement 11 3 Breach of Duty 12 3.1 Section 5C 12 3.2 Obvious risks 12 4 Causation 13 4.1 Res ipsa loquitur
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discount card so that makes me more drawn to the business. The first component of Wal-Mart is business commerce. Business commerce is when Wal-Mart exchange good and services with other businesses. For example‚ Wal-Mart has a hair salon service; I love to get my hair done every other week. Also‚ many Wal-Marts provide banking services and some fast food services. Wal-Mart has stock trades also. Another main component of Wal-Mart is business occupation. Business occupation is the acquired set of specialized
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implications does it have business professionals? Answer: Now a day technology is growing rapidly. Electronically communications (e-mail) is one of the technology we use it in our everyday life in business or personal life therefore; using technology has advantages and disadvantages. In this case low expectation of privacy mean to me it has less confidentiality. However‚ even if low expectation of privacy existed we still use all kinds of electronic communication. The implication in business professional use
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Wolley’s estate could continue the lawsuit and proceed with the case in the name of the plaintiff. If any damages were awarded they would be distributed by the executor to the family members. 3. The court here is changing the law of employment in New Jersey. It is making case law‚ and the rule here articulated governs similar future cases in New Jersey. Why did the court make this change? The court made the change to avoid having disgruntled employees sue their employers for no reason. An employer
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Nigeria Hunter 3/25/2013 Business Analysis Inventory Simulation: ABC Company When given this assignment‚ I began to make my assumptions about which option would be the best option. I did not take much thought into these guesses. They were just surface choices. I assumed that ordering 180 units would be the best option and ordering 170 units would be the worst option. All of my assumptions turned out to be incorrect. Knowing the range of possible demand‚ I expected that ordering 180 units would
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