Legal Environment of Business Class Notes 8/19/13 2 Branches of Law Civil vs. Criminal Civil Criminal Burden of Proof (quantum/amount of evidence) b.o.p is on plaintiff who initiates a civil action (51% preponderance of evidence - over 50% of the believable evidence is in the plaintiff’s favor) **Can have both Civil and Criminal in a trial burden of proving the defendant’s guilt is on the prosecution‚ and they must establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt Remedies
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COMMON LAW V CIVIL LAW COMMON LAW(characteristics)for comparing or contrast purpose Common law systems are mostly found in former british colony and protectorate including US‚ it is less prescriptive than civil law system‚citizens are benefited by enactment and legislation in specific fields.more often are the implied terms usage. 1)represents the law of courts as expressed in judicial decision 2)based on precedents provided by past judicial decisions‚no written statues or prescribed texts
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explain the respects in which it needs to be qualified. This quote refers to the doctrine of frustration. In order to adhere to the essay question‚ it is important to establish what frustration is. The essence of frustration was identified in Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council[1] by Lord Radcliffe. He asserts that “Frustration occurs whenever the law recognises that without the default of either party‚ a contractual obligation has become incapable of being performed because of the
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system includes laws that are developed from two sources: common law and statutory law. Common law is created by judges in a court hierarchy‚ using an approach called the doctrine of precedent. Statutory law is law written in parliament by the leaders of the country or state‚ depending on where the power to legislate lies. Both common law and statutory law are components of substantive law‚ which concerns the actual content of law and procedural law‚ which concern the way in which law is constructed
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LAW 443 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW I NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SCHOOL OF LAW COURSE CODE: Law 443 COURSE TITLE: Administrative Law I 1 LAW 443 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW I Course Code: Course Title: Course Developer/Writer: Administrative Law I Law 443 Simeon Igbinedion‚ LL.B.‚ LL.M.‚ B.L.‚ PH.D.‚ Faculty of Law‚ University of Lagos. Professor Animi Awah Ifidon Oyakhiromen‚ LL.B‚ LLM‚ M.Phil‚ Ph.D‚ BL Course Editor: AG. Dean‚/Programme Leader: Course Coordinator:
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found that she had lost a business opportunity which resulted in her losing a considerable sum of money because she arrived in Melbourne too late. Advise Theresa. Issue: Can Theresa sue AirMalaysia for her damages because of the flight cancelled? Law and Application: On the fact Theresa booked the ticket from Kuala Lumpur fly to Melbourne on 1st December 2009 the flight was confirmed and paid‚ so Theresa was enter into contract with AirMalaysia‚ but on 1st December 2009 AirMalaysia cancelled the
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BUSINESS LAW ESSAY PLAN ➢ Acceptance must be communicated to be effective. ➢ Where the parties contemplate acceptance by mail‚ acceptance will be complete as soon as the letter is properly posted. Postal rule definition ➢ Actual communication versus constructive communication ➢ Actual acceptance (real) versus constructive acceptance (postal rule) (Graw p.89) ➢ Contract is an agreement which the law enforces. ➢ Contract law is the basis of business law ➢ Two main sources:
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registered under the law (if any) for the time being in force for the registration of such documents‚ and is made on account of natural love and affection between parties standing in a near relation to each other. In other words‚ an agreement made on account of natural love and affection is binding if the following requirements are present: It is expressed in writing; It is registered (if applicable); and The parties stand in a near relation to each other --- Tan Soh Sim‚ Chan Law Keong & Ors v
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09/10 Course: Advance Diploma in Adult Nursing Unit Title: Ethics and Law for Nursing and Social Work Unit Leader: Charles Koranteng Assignment Title: A Case study of Blood Transfusion Word Count: 2000 Introduction: This assignment focuses on Ethics and Law for Nursing and Social work which would be based on a Case Study. The case study which I have chosen is about Blood Transfusion. Nowadays Ethics and Law brings a huge impact on Nursing. The key of ethical principles underpins
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CLN4U Terms abettingthe crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence Aboriginal rightsrights that some Aboriginal peoples of Canada hold as a result of their ancestors’ longstanding use of the landabrogateto abolish or annul a law absolute dischargereleasing a convicted offender and erasing his or her criminal record after one year absolute liabilityculpability based on the commission of an actus reus without regard to the mens rea absolute privilegeprotection from legal action
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