AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW James Maurici‚ Landmark Chambers Introduction 1. This talk will look at: i. What is environmental law? ii. The sources of environmental law iii. Some key concepts in environmental law: the precautionary principle‚ the polluter pays‚ public participation and access to environmental justice iv. An introduction to the main areas of environmental law: a. air quality b. climate change c. contaminated land d. noise e. environmental permitting f. waste g. water h. nature
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Legal research is not only about discovering how the law applies‚ it is also about determining how strong case is. Using legal research we are analyzing strength and weaknesses of client’s case‚ and using counteranalysis we determine how opponent can use weaknesses against us. In this paper we will establish why counteranalysis is important and why do we use it‚ when we use it and where we can apply it. Analysis is application of law to the case. And when we know what analysis is it is not
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Dumb Laws Brian Lynch Every country has laws. Ever since the beginning of time‚ laws have been put into effect mainly to keep order. They ensure the safety of the land and those who inhabit it. Without theses normal‚ everyday laws people would just be allowed to run amuck‚ doing as they please. Unfortunately‚ as good as most laws are in keeping the country safe‚ there are still plenty of outlandish laws. Some are just stupid laws‚ which nobody really knows the point of. For instance‚ in California
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definition of “Civil Law” is? a. All legal action that occurs based on laws that were written before the Civil War b. Derived from common law c. Is interested in precedent‚ or what has been decided in previous court cases with similar situations d. A body of law created by government entities that are concerned with private rights and remedies as opposed to criminal matters 3) The body of law known as “Common Law” descends from? a. The founding fathers of our country b. The laws of Great Britain
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they carry on business by entering into contracts. The law relating to contracts is to be found in the Indian Contract Act‚ 1872.The law of contracts differs from other branches of law in a very important respect. It does not lay down so many precise rights and duties which the law will protect and enforce; it contains rather a number of limiting principles‚ subject to which the parties may create rights and duties for themselves and the law will uphold those rights and duties. Thus‚ we can say that
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Sociology of Law Prelim #2 Review Policing and Arrest Cop in the Hood- Moskos Police discretion Factors include: Time of shift Paperwork/processing Age of officer Suspect characteristics Political concerns Police culture Law on the Books v. Law in Action Legal entities as social institutions Legal actors as social actors Profiles in Justice? – Heumann Racial disparities in policing Driving while black Disparities in stops caused by profiling‚ bias etc. Criminal Process
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THE LAW OF CONTRACT IN GHANA (These notes have mainly been culled from Mrs. Christine Dowuona Hammond’s seminal work on the Law of Contracts.) INTRODUCTION Contracts are made by people every day‚ whether the parties recognise it or not. Each time one spends money on anything – a bus ticket‚ an airline ticket‚ a pair of shoes‚ a meal in a restaurant‚ laundry services‚ books‚ or signs a lease‚ etc. one concludes a valid and legally binding contract. Contracts may be oral or written;
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them to buy them at competitive prices. If it were not for the antitrust laws that the government put into effect there would not be much of a market. There would only be big businesses that produced everything and they would set the price consumers would pay. Antitrust laws protect companies from one another so they compete for business and are not forced out of business by a larger company. It is because of these antitrust laws‚ such as the Sherman Act (1890)‚ the Clayton Act (1914)‚ and the Federal
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Case Study Of The Contracts Act 1950 situations‚ there are three different contracts made between Allan and the bus conductor‚ Allan and Sally and Allan and Abu. Allan was trying to trick or lie to the bus conductor‚ Sally and Abu. The issue for the case Allan and the bus conductor and Allan and Sally is whether there is a valid contract between the two parties. For the case Allan and Abu‚ the issue is whether Abu can avoid the contract or not. The bus conductor‚ Sally and Abu can get compensation
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Supremacy of EU law The legal doctrine of supremacy of EU law means that EU labour law takes precedence over domestic labour law. The creation of a new legal order of EU law and its supremacy means that EU institutions may create rules affecting employment and industrial relations‚ even where some Member States oppose such rules and vote against them in those EU institutions‚ provided that a voting procedure based on a majority rule applies to that specific field. Where adopted‚ these rules must
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