commercial lawe.g : Codex‚Digesta and Pandectae‚institutiones | -Have statutes‚sometimes collected into codes.they have been derived more from an ad hoc process over many years .-rules developed through the judicial decision-making process | Existence of equity |
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account for the historical development of equity and consider (think about) the contemporary (existing) significance (implication) of equitable principles. In Roman mythology‚ Aequitas‚ also known as Aecetia‚ was the goddess of fair trade and honest merchants. Like Abundantia‚ she is depicted with a cornucopia‚ representing wealth from commerce. She is also shown holding a balance‚ representing equity and fairness. Aequitas is the source of the word equity‚ and also means "equality" or "justice"
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1. Outline the sources of Irish Law * History sources of law * Common Law * Equity Example of the many maxims: i. Those who seek equity must do equity. ii. Equity looks the intent rather than the form. iii. Those who come to equity must come with clean hands. iv. Equality is equity. * Legal sources of Law: There are five legal sources: a. Legislation (Statute Law) b. Subordinate Legislation c. The Irish Constitution 1937 (Bunreacht na hÉireann)
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Elizabeth Covington‚ who was sixty-five years old when her husband died‚ needed as much money as she could muster‚ decided to have a garage sale. Her husband had a baseball card collection but Elizabeth knew nothing about baseball or baseball cards. She displayed the cards along with many other items. Michael Ferrell‚ and eighteen year old‚ who lived in the neighborhood‚ attended the sale. What caught his eye was the baseball card collection and‚ specifically what appeared to be a 1952 Topps Mickey
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PART B: Historically‚ owning a piece of land meant that you would own everything above and below the soil‚ reaching from the ‘heavens’ themselves down to the deepest core of the Earth. The popular maxim "Cuius est solum‚ eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos” which translates to “the person who owns the land owns it from the heavens above to the centre of the earth below. This has been considered within the legal world as a traditional starting point of property law and shapes what is understood
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Describe the remedies available for breach of contract When signing a contract not only are you agreeing to the terms of this contract you are agreeing to the consequences if breach the contract. There are many remedies available if one of the party’s breaches the contract and if the party who breached the contract doesn’t agree to the consequences then the matter will be taken to court. A breach of contract can be defined as a party failing to perform‚ precisely and exactly‚ his obligations under
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lying. This is where Kant introduces the idea of maxims. Maxims are rules that are formulated as rules to follow as moral law similar to a divine commandment e.g. do not murder‚ do not lie. Kant claimed that in order for a maxim to be used as a moral law it must pass the test that is Categorical Imperative (CI). The CI consists of 3 formulations‚ the Universal Law‚ this is the test of the logical possibility of universalizability – “Act only on that maxim which you can at the same time will should become
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Natural Law – denotes a system of moral and ethical principles that are inherent in human nature and that people can discover through the us of their natural intelligence‚ or reason. Positive Law – Or national law (the written law of a given society at a particular point in time)‚ applies only to the citizens of that nation or society. Legal Realism – the idea that law is just one of many institutions in society and that it is shaped by social forces and needs. Constitutional Law – The
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This difference leads to the idea of justice being the most basic virtue. Plato believes that justice is balance. Justice‚ according to Plato‚ is avoiding chaos and keeping harmony in ones conscience. Kant believes that justice is based on our maxims. When being just‚ Kant believes that it is our duty to be truthful‚ preserve life‚ and develop or acknowledge our talents. Our society is not necessarily the most just society. There are many issues of inequality through out our communities and
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and the companies of the reaction degree. [http://wiki.mbalib.com/wiki/Potential_Competitors] • Where Our company is Café de Coral. Its actual competitors are Fairwood and Maxim. These three companies are all the Hong Kong style dim sum fast food. And they are all Hong Kong’s local enterprises. Fairwood and Maxim each with more than 70 shops in Hong Kong. Café de Coral’s potential competitors from the United States and Japan. They are Burger King‚ KFC‚ McDonald’s‚ Yoshinoya and Conveyor belt
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