FOUNDATION IN LAW – 2013 English Legal System Assignment Yong Suan Kai Question 1 (a) Briefly explain the history of the English common law prior to the Norman Conquest in 1066. (5 marks) (b) State the developments of the common law after Norman Conquest in 1066. (6 marks) (c) Explain the drawbacks of the common law system in England and Wales. (7 marks) (d) What are the effective developments that have taken place to overcome the problems faced by the common law system
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Introduction: International law has been regarded throughout history as the main system of rules regulating players of the international community‚ it applies to all states and imposes specific obligations and rights on nations‚ just as domestic law imposes them on individuals. Its purpose is similar to that of domestic law that is to eliminate chaos in the International community and set standards of behavior which states must follow in their dealings with each other. Many controversies have
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Study hints ............................................................................................................................................. History of South African criminal law .............................................................................................. The sources of our criminal law ........................................................................................................ The onus of proof in criminal cases ...........................................
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Relevance of Sociology for the study of Law. If societies are based upon agreed upon laws‚ then they are very much interrelated subjects. They are symbiotic‚ interwoven‚ interconnected. When someone commits a crime against another person or their property‚ they will have to face the consequences in a court of law. Or reduce it to a smaller group such as a tribe. Even amongst members of a tribe‚ there are laws that may only be verbal‚ or perhaps not even as formal as that. They are followed because
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liability for negligence Product liability Liability for negligent misstatement Vicarious liability THE LAW OF TORT (民事侵權法) 1. What is Tort? One party suffers damage or loss as the result of the action of another No need for a contractual relationship The law of tort regulates the behaviour of individuals and legal persons 2 1. Introduction Tort: “Wrong” (a civil wrong) Three main types: • Intentional torts (Beating somebody up.) • Negligence (Recklessly driving a car
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Customary International Law in the 21st Century: Old Challenges and New Debates 1. Roozbeh (Rudy) B. Baker* 1. *Adjunct Professor of Law‚ Pepperdine University‚ Malibu‚ Cal. BA‚ University of California at San Diego; JD‚ University of Illinois; LLM‚ University of California at Berkeley; PhD Candidate (Politics and International Relations)‚ University of Southern California. Email:Rudy.Baker{at}yahoo.com. Next Section Abstract This article will survey the new non-traditional scholarship which
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BUSINESS LAW ASSIGNMENT ------------------------------------------------- “To create a binding agreement the acceptance must occur‚ and that ‘acceptance’ must be final and absolutely unconditional. This is clear under Australian contract law.” ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Discuss the accuracy of this statement. In order to discuss the accuracy of this statement we must first understand the concept of ‘acceptance’.
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Employment Law 1 Employment Law Employment Law 2 Employment Law Explain the constitutional basis for the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) with reference to the Australian Constitution and discuss the relationship with Australian common law‚ with reference to the National Employment Standards. The Fair Work Act‚ 2009 is a labour welfare legislation aimed at improving the relations between employees and employers so that productive workplace relations can be formulated which would further help in
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Employment Law Scenario LAW/575 February 11‚ 2013 David Walker Employment Law Scenario This paper will review the Labor Laws for employment at Barbara’s Bakery and to assist in making sure that all the hiring decisions fall within the law before the doors open. Barbara’s Bakery owner has hired our consulting firm to make recommendations to identify the correct laws the owner should comply with in their decision process in the employment hiring policies. The laws that Barbara’s Bakery LLC
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spring stretches the spring by an amount‚ ∆x‚ measured from the equilibrium position – the position of the free end when no force is applied. With the force applied to the spring‚ the spring now comes to rest in a new position. If we apply Newton’s Laws to the mass attached to the spring in the figure shown below‚ it is clear that the gravitational force of the mass on the spring must be balanced by a force from the spring in order for the spring-mass system to remain at rest. This force is called
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