Name: Dareem KWG Antoine Subject: Law Topic: What makes Law valid? / Should the law be underpinned by social‚ moral and economic values? Although they vary from state to state‚ every country has rules‚ norms‚ values‚ beliefs‚ and‚ most importantly‚ laws. The ‘Oxford Dictionary of Law’ defines law as‚ ‘The enforceable body of rules that govern any society’. Just as the beliefs‚ values and norms‚ in order for law to be existent and functional in any society‚ there must be a social institution
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Scottish law recognises four sources of law: legislation‚ legal precedent‚ academic writings and custom. The Sources Of Legislation in Scottish Law Legislation affecting Scotland may be passed by Holyrood (Scottish Parliament)‚ Westminster (Parliament of the United Kingdom‚ made up of the House of Commons and the House of Lords) or The European Union (made up of The European Commission‚ The Council of the European Union‚ The European Parliament‚ The Court of Justice and The Court of Auditors)
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TORT QUESTION 1: A seven-year-old boy followed his dog into Mr. Howe’s backyard. The boy fell into a large hole dug by Mr. Howe in preparation for a tree that had been ordered. The boy broke his arm in the fall. At the hospital a doctor employed there for four years treated the boy. The doctor did not set the boy’s arm because he failed to see on the x-ray and indication that the arm was broken. The arm healed improperly. When the boy kept complaining‚ his parents took him to the family doctor
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biding is obiter dicta. Obiter dicta translates into "thing said by the way" and often include hypothetical examples. This is not a blinding precedent so lower courts don’t have to follow it. However‚ it can be a persuasive precedent. In the case of Howe the ratio Decidendi stated that duress cannot be used as a defence to murder but the judge also made an other comment (Obiter dicta) and stated that duress cannot be used as a defence to attempted murder either. The judge in Gotts used that Obiter dicta
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The common law constitutes the basis of the legal systems of many other generally English-speaking countries or Commonwealth countries. Such as England‚ America‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Hong Kong and so on. The Australian political system is based upon elements of the British and American systems. In 1788‚ when Australia was first colonized‚ British applied the English law in Australia. In order to explain this issue‚ it is necessary to define the concept of ‘common law’‚ ‘doctrine’
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THE CONCEPT OF LEASEHOLD AND FREEHOLD UNDER THE NIGERIAN LAND USE ACT OF 1978 Written by IMIETE‚ AKEBIN ONYIGHI INTRODUCTION The term estate as indicates an interest in land of some particular duration is of different kinds.1 There are different kinds of estates. Estates are basically divided into two: Freehold estate and Leasehold estate.2 Under the English common law doctrine of estate there are three estates of freehold: (a) fee simple‚ (b) fee tail and (c) life estates. Fee simple and life
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Table of Contents Question 1 1 1.1 Introduction 2 1.2 Offer 2 1.3 Counter offer 4 1.4 Option contract 4 1.5 Acceptance 5 1.6 Postal Rule 5 Question 2:. 7 2.1 What is Judicial Precedent? 7 2.2 Hierarchy of Precedents 8 2.3 Limitations and Types of Judicial Precedent 9 2.4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Judicial Precedent 10 2.5 Contributions of Judicial Precedent 12 3.0 References 14 Question 1 On 13 September‚ Fiona‚ a newly qualified dentist‚ receives the following
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Case Study Common Law Table of Contents case 1 3 Negligence 4 Donoghue v Stevenson. 4 Element of Negligence 5 Duty of Care: 5 The case of Ryan v Ireland 1989 5 Breach of the duty of care: 6 causation: 7 The Egg-shell skull rule 7 In the case of Vosburg v Putney 7 The type of the injury: 9 Contributory negligence: 9 Badger v. The minister of defence EWCH 2005 10 The limitation Period 11 Case two 11 David Walsh v. Jones Lang Lasalle Ltd [2007] IEHC 28. 12 Vicarious
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Practice Questions for NEBOSH Examinations – Management ANSWERS Paper #1 The answers given in these papers are in bullet form‚ you MUST pay attention to the key ACTION VERBS in order to give full answers. I take no responsibility for answers given in exams in the style portrayed in the PRACTICE questions and answers written by myself. Question 1 (i) Outline which factors to consider while carrying out the risk assessment Factors to identify: Activities being undertaken Hazards
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legitimate expectation is relatively new concept which gained standing after it was introduced Ridge v Baldwin and fashioned by Courts for the review of administrative action. In Schmidt v Secretary of Home Affairs Lord Denning delivered the obiter dictum on Legitimate Expectation as the ‘ right‚ interest‚ or legitimate expectation’ of an individual against an administrative action with regards to the right to be heard. A
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