Originally‚ common law was customary law‚ folk law‚ based on precedent. There was of course statutory law -- the king’s law -- but common law guided how it was enforced and administered. No real common law exists today‚ having been entirely codified as statutory law throughout the English-speaking world. There remains‚ however‚ what are sometimes termed common law rights. Now and again‚ a new situation arises where there is no law to guide a judge‚ but where there really is something to adjudicate
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West Side Story: The Romeo & Juliet Connection (Trivia Quiz at bottom of page) Character Analogies | Maria = Juliet |A-Rab = Sampson |Sharks = Capulets | |Tony = Romeo |Riff = Tybalt |Jets = Montagues | |Anita = Nurse |Bernardo = Mercutio |Det. Shrank = Escalus | |Baby John = Gregor |Doc = Friar Laurence |Chino = Paris
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Chapter 1 THE NATURE AND SOURCES OF LAW A. Nature of Law and Legal Rights 1. LEGAL RIGHTS 2. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS 3. THE RIGHT OF PRIVACY 4. PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY B. Sources of Law C. Uniform State Laws D. Classifications of Law Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied‚ scanned‚ or duplicated‚ in whole or in part. Licensed to: iChapters User 4 Part 1 The Legal and Social Environment of Business law – the order or pattern of rules that society establishes
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This case comes under Law of Agency. Agency Law is concerned with any “principal‚ agent and third party” relationship; a relationship in which one person has legal authority to act for another. Agency involves three parties : • Principal – Mr. Smithfield • Agent – U.K. Rail • Third Party – Pig resort/Care Centre Agency relationship may arise in five ways and one them which arise in this case is “Agency Of Necessity” and the requirements are : • Genuine necessity – there was a delay in delivering
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Law of Tort What is Tort? - The French word of ‘wrong’ - That set of rules specifying certain actions and omissions as wrongs which give rise to civil liability - Almost entirely based on case law Tort of Negligence - The “neighbour principle” o “The rule that you are to love your neighbour becomes in law‚ you must not injure your neighbour” Lord Atkin‚ Donoghue v Stevenson Who is neighbour? Persons who are so closely and directly affected by action that one ought reasonably to have
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MS EDUCONZ PVT. LTD. LAW& AUDIT What is Law? Law means a ‘set of rules’ which governs our behaviours and relating in a civilized society. So there is no need of Law in a uncivilized society. Why Should One Know Law? One should know the law to which he is subject because ignorance of law is no excuse. Sources of Mercantile Law in India English Mercantile Indian Status Law Judicial Decisions Customs and Usages STUDY NOTE – 1 : INDIAN CONTRACT ACT‚ 1872 Section 1:Short Title The
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Court of Common Pleas Citation(s) (1862) 11 Cb (NS) 869; [1862] EWHC CP J35; 142 ER 1037 Transcript(s) Full text of judgment Judge(s) sitting Willes J‚ Byles J and Keating J Felthouse v Bindley (1862) EWHC CP J 35‚ is the leading English contract law case on the rule that one cannot impose an obligation on another to reject one ’s offer. This is sometimes misleadingly expressed as a rule that "silence cannot amount to acceptance". Later the case has been rethought‚ because it appeared that on the
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There were lots of insights‚ points of view and arguments to whether martial law had negative or positive effects to politics‚ economy‚ society and culture of the Philippines. Some may say that martial law was the darkest episodes in the country’s very recent past and some may applauded Marcos for imposing such system that results to a more “disciplined Filipinos ”. But most of them who experienced martial law‚ considered it as one of the horrible memory of the past. Impressive at first‚ but
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LOUISE MERRETT TRINITY COLLEGE COMMERCIAL LAW LECTURES 2012 -2013 SALE OF GOODS (4) TRANSFER OF TITLE BY A NON-OWNER Context 1. The general rule as to priority in the case of personal property is clear and underpins all forms of transfer‚ whether by gift‚ sale‚ bailment or security‚ and it is that a person cannot give what is not his or hers to give. This basic rule is often expressed in the Latin maxim nemo dat quod non habet and if reflected in s 21 SGA. 2. In practice‚ a
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Adams (2013) also stated that since objective evidences may also be needed in determining the breach of good faith‚ it is easier to bypass the subject test and prove that such conduct failed to act for a proper purpose. Fiduciary duty cases at general law on the proper purpose rule are considered when determining the scope of ‘proper purpose’ in CA s 181 (2). That is to say‚ the two-step process proposed in Howard Smith v Ampol Petroleum should be used under such circumstance to prove the improper purpose
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