Concept of Law – what do you think is the best descriptive concept of law‚ what do you think is the purpose or value of law? Have your views changed over this semester‚ if so how?" Most people’s concept of law is limited‚ their view on law is commonly based on a set of rules which they do not want to break because of either fear of a bad image in society as well as fear of being penalized and incarcerated legally. This point was emphasised by the legal philosopher John Austin whose theory on law suggested
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What Is Law? Although “the law” may seem to be abstract and far removed from everyday life‚ it actually is a framework for much of what you do. Perhaps you get a traffic ticket or want a local store to replace a defective toaster you purchased. Perhaps you have been called for jury duty or must testify as a witness to an accident. Perhaps you want to stop a road widening project near your home‚ ponder the issues of prayer in school or abortion‚ or must see that the provisions of a will are carried
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History: In the Beginning of Law The earliest writings of law were destroyed during the Dark Ages‚ so the concept of crime and punishment and where it all began starts in the year 500 AD. It was governed mostly by superstition and local laws and stayed pretty much the same up to the year 1000 AD. After the Norman conquest of England in 1066‚ common law started to develop and helped standardize law and justice. Until then the legal system among the early English or Anglo-Saxons and everywhere
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of Contract Reading: George Shenoy and Loo Wee Ling (eds)‚ Principles of Singapore Business Law (“PSBL”)‚ (Cengage 2013)‚ Chapter 18. We will concentrate in class mainly on Damages. Note that PSBL chapter 18 addresses the topics in a different order from this Outline; we will in general follow the order of the Outline Note: References below to Poole are to Jill Poole‚ Casebook on Contract Law (10th ed‚ 2010)‚ which is available at Course Reserve in the Library. References to previous
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of Law Law performs many functions and plays a central role in business and society. Melvin (2011) stated "A generally accepted generic definition of the law is a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority‚ and having legal binding force." (p. 4). Law is comprised of statutes and precedents‚ leading to rules that tell us how to act in business and society. Law continues to grow and expand and is open to reason and interpretation. There are several types of law: constitutions
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Common law and equity: the reasons behind the creation of equity. What is it and how is it different from common law? What is the present relationship between common law and equity? Methodology In order to provide a broader image of the principles applied by equity and the common law‚ secondary research was carried out. The process involved both gathering information from the internet websites and Business Law textbooks. Findings The development of English
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Law and Society : Chapter One Notes We live in a world governed by law. No matter what we do‚ the legal system and its laws are part of everyday life. Our legal system strives to represent principles Canadians believe in and each generation influences the legal system by changing existing laws or bring in new ones. In 1982‚ for example‚ the Government of Canada enacted the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that guarantees certain rights to all Canadians‚ regardless of their age‚ race‚ ethnicity
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The Formation of Islamic Law In pre-Islamic time law lacked a formal structure as there was no set of laws that united the Arabic world. Towns‚ cities and rural areas all held different laws that were based on tribal tradition. With the revelations of the Prophet‚ a new religion was born: Islam. The Prophet began to introduce the word of Allah to the people and with that came basic laws that provided an introduction to law. The formation of Islamic law was based on three things‚ the Qur’an‚ the
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CHAPTER- 2 CLASSIFICATION OF SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 2.1. Classification of Sources of International law Source is found in the process by which it becomes identifiable as a rule of conduct with legal force and from which it derives legal validity. The various sources of international law are inferred from Article 38 of ICJ. Article 38 of ICJ states: The Court‚ whose function is to decide in accordance with international law such disputes as are submitted to it‚ shall apply : A. international
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Discuss the connection between natural law theory and fundamental human rights as articulated in Commonwealth Caribbean constitutions. (Dec. 2009 #2) Generally‚ natural law theorists have purported that law comes from a body of rules or precepts that are distinct from human created legal systems. These rules are heavily influenced by morality and it centrally claims that there are moral principles1 of universal applicability‚ and principles of political morality in which human communities ought
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