that a large majority of Caricom countries have signed on to the Original Jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) since its establishment on 14 February 2001‚ only three so far‚ namely‚ Barbados‚ Guyana and Belize have acceded additionally to its Appellate Jurisdiction. The Original Jurisdiction deals with the interpretation and application of the Treaty which established Caricom‚ and the Appellate Jurisdiction is meant to take over the role of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
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------------------------------------------------- Philippine Laws -Simplified | Free Legal Advice Welcome! I’m Giancarlo Enrico S. Pozon‚ a Wushu instructor‚ investor and Law Student... That’s right‚ Law Student. I created this blog to make Philippine Law easy to understand for the average person. It’s all about free legal advice. There are many law blogs. But the problem is that many of them are written for lawyers and law students. They use words that can’t be understood by ordinary people. Many
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Interpreting Laws and Court Decisions Interpreting labor and employment laws‚ as well as court decisions‚ can be a tedious task at best. The laws set in place are constantly changing and use language that is not easily deciphered by the average working American. The United States Labor laws cover the binding legal connection between the employers‚ their employees and the employee labor unions. Within the borders of the United States; it is generally know that employers
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disposing off the complaint. CASE LAWS ON THE ACT. Pecuniary Jurisdiction In Krishan Dass Chaurasia V. State Bank of India (1995) the total claim in a complaint did not exceed Rs. 1‚00‚000/-. It was held that the matter was not within the jurisdiction of the State Commission and such a claim was rejected by the State Commission. The Complainant could seek the remedy from the District Forum. Therefore‚ jurisdiction‚ which is vested in a district Forum cannot be created for State Commission
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Union Law in terms of this course are the following: Brussels Convention and Brussels I Regulation (i.e. 1968 Brussels Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters) (Schedule I to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) and Brussels I Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters) * Rome Convention on the Law Applicable to
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rise of crimes against Native women‚ including rape or domestic abuse‚ tribal jurisdiction is not granting women the justice they need. While the justice system is seen as the main reason for the absence of justice and protection for Native American women‚ some believe that Native women need to have roles in the justice system or the system needs to be changed. In this paper‚ I will analyze two articles‚ “Tribal Jurisdiction by Gender Parity” and “Will the Violence Against Women Act Close a Tribal Justice
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covers a specific geographic region. For example in the state court system‚ a court’s in personam jurisdiction usually extends to the state’s borders‚ whereas a federal court exerts power over a greater area (Kubasek‚ Browne‚ Giampetro-Meyer‚ Barkacs‚ Herron‚ Williamson‚ & Dhooge‚ 2011). Because this case involves multiple parties from multiple geographic areas‚ the statutes regarding in personam jurisdiction must be scrutinized for all three states involved (New York‚ California‚ and Florida) before
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Legal issues in outsourcing INTRODUCTION The last two decades have witnessed a significant trend towards ever-increasing outsourcing by firms in most developed economies. This trend reverses an earlier pattern in the evolution and growth of large industrial firms towards greater level of vertical integration that prevailed during most of the previous 100 years. What does Outsourcing mean? * It involves “takeover” and “transfer” of non-core function or entire business unit of an organisation
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persons always does so by personifying some real thing. The legal entity[1] known as the company. Corporate constitution In the world in almost every jurisdiction a company must have a corporate constitution‚ which defines the existence of the company and regulates the structure and control of the company. By convention‚ most common law jurisdictions divide the corporate constitution into two separate documents: i) The Memorandum of Association (in some countries referred to as the Articles of
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The legal system of the United States of America is very similar‚ almost to the point of being identical‚ to the legal system of the English-speaking Caribbean.”Discuss. The legal system of the United States of America and the English speaking Caribbean are predominantly common law legal systems. Both legal systems share a number of similarities; however‚ there are quite a number of pronounced differences that would make it impossible for one to conclude that both systems are similar to the point
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