is an agreement which normally consists of an ’offer ’ and an ’acceptance ’ and involves the ’meeting of the minds ’ or consensus between two or more parties with the intention to create a legally enforceable binding contract. Therefore in this essay‚ the four core elements needed for the formation of a contract such as offer‚ acceptance‚ and consideration and intention to create legal relations will be discussed briefly. Offer An offer is a proposal whereby the parties are willing to contract
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McCarroll 1 Tiffany McCarroll Prof. Robert Roden English 37 McCarroll 4 July 14‚ 2014 Formal Essay 1 _Law Abiding Citizen_ _Law Abiding Citizen_ is an action-thriller about a man and his life after his entire family is abused and slaughtered before his eyes. Clyde Alexander Shelton‚ played by Gerard Butler‚ was an average guy with an average life until an unimagineable tragedy. The justice system fails Clyde by making a deal with one of the criminals responsible for his loss and he takes
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Evil is the force in nature that governs and gives rise to wickedness and the sin that harms even the holiest of people. In “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller‚ the nature of evil is revealed through the corruption of reverend Parris which ultimately leads to devastation of society and reverend Hales good intentions. During 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ the witch trials begin as girls who were caught dancing in the forest pretend that they are under the influence of the devil. When the court is introduced
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On 9th October 2012‚ UG will mark 50 years of independence. In a concise essay identify one key historical event from the 50 years period between 1935 and1985 and illustrate how it has impacted on or defined the course of constitutional development in Uganda. The impact of the abrogation of the 1962 constitution to the constitutional development in Uganda. “Convoluted” is a single word that can describe
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1. What did the "Vagrant Law" in the Mississippi Black Code prohibit? Look to the primary sources from chapter 15 in Voices of Freedom. Be specific and use several examples. The “Vagrant Law of the Mississippi Black Code was essentially designed to punish freed black slaves and mulattos from living their lives the way the seemed was right for them. Under the Codes freed slaves and mulattos were not allowed to be unemployed nor were they allowed to assemble together during the day or night. (Foner
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Laws requiring registration and community notification for convicted sex offenders are not constitutional. Megan’s Law deals with child molesters and sex offenders by requiring a public registration when they are released from incarceration. The concern with registering sex offenders has progressed to a nationalized level‚ with the government requiring every state to have some form of law that deals with Megan ’s Law (Menendez‚ 251). However‚ is this law constitutional? In this position paper the
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consideration. Promissory estoppel like proprietary estoppel is popular types of equitable estoppel. The importance of equitable estoppel was stated in Crabb V. Arun DC (1976) 1 Ch 179 that “equity comes in........ to mitigate the rigours of strict law.......... it prevents a person from insisting on his strict legal rights.... when it would be inequitable for him to do so having regards to the dealings which has taken place between the parties”. An example of promissory estoppel is where A promises
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Introduction One of the principal lessons of ‘The concept of law’ is that legal systems are not only comprised of rules‚ but founded on them as well. In contrast to Austin who had insisted that the sovereign makes all of the rules‚ Hart argued instead that the rules make the sovereign. In this essay‚ I would like to explain Hart’s theory and how the social rules are related to the legal system and rules of recognition. This essay has five parts. In the first part‚ I try to illustrate the practice
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and have to be taken with utter most consideration of the acceptance‚ however in order to understand in depth a binding agreement‚ we must first discuss‚ what determines a contract or binding agreement. These can be defined as “an agreement which the law will enforce” as well as a “promise or set of promises which the court will enforce”. To facilitate a binding agreement‚ an acceptance must occur and must be absolutely unconditional so that the contract may be considered as valid. As mentioned‚ the
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Trusteeship Tracing 1. MAXIMS This topic is usually examined as one part of a three part question‚ where candidates have to attempt two parts. It has always been a straightforward essay style question. In some years‚ the Examiner asked about their contemporary relevance‚ thereby catching out students who had rote learned mini essays which were short on modern caselaw. Therefore‚ you must be able to write about at least four maxims‚ you must have caselaw which highlights their contemporary relevance‚ and
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