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    Law of Tort

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    liability in the exact same way that they apply to negligence claims. Liability can arise on occupiers for omissions since their relationship gives rise to duty to take action to ensure the reasonable safety of visitors. The law relating to occupiers’ liability originated in common law but is now contained in two major pieces of legislation:   Occupiers Liability Act 1957  - which imposes an obligation on occupiers with regard to ’lawful visitors’ Occupiers Liability Act 1984 - which imposes liability

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    Definition of Law a. Law is defined as a set of rules and principles by which a community regulates its activities. b. Law is different and yet similar because it can be applied differently across various borders. c. Unlike law‚ internal rules and regulations of clubs‚ societies and other organizations may only be enforced within the group that governs them. d. Law is therefore concerned with the legal rights and obligations of individuals‚ business organizations‚ various entities

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    UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI FACULTY OF LAW TAPE RECORDED LECTURES THE LAW OF EVIDENCE LLB II 2003 LAW OF EVIDENCE Lesson 2 RELEVANCE & ADMISSIBILITY RES GESTAE ‘Res Gestae’‚ it has been said‚ is a phrase adopted to provide a respectable legal cloak for a variety of cases to which no formula of precision can be applied’. The words themselves simply mean a transaction. Under the inclusionary common law doctrine of Res Gestae‚ a fact or opinion which is so closely associated in time‚ place

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    spewed forth its smoke and ash.  The rhetoric and ideology of the rule of law and the criminal Nazi state do not allow for such complications. The [sic] is the lie of law after Nuremberg‚ just as it is the lie of law after Auschwitz.  Law continued while six million died. (p.145) David Fraser’s thesis‚ in LAW AFTER AUSCHWITZ‚ is that there is little to distinguish between our fundamental understandings and practices of law and those of German lawyers and judges between 1933 and 1945. He aims to refocus

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    Supp. 1490 (S.D. Iowa 1991). The summary must not exceed 500 words. 3. Explain the basic rules of vertical and horizontal stare decisis. Team Homework No.2: 1. Present two judgements from the same case - Donoghue v. Stevenson [1932] A.C. 562 (House of Lords) - one majority and one dissenting. Answer the question: Which one you prefer and why? 2. Present two judgements from the same case - Escola v. Coca Cola‚ 24 Cal.2d 453 [1944] - one majority and one dissenting. Answer the question: Which one

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    Environmental Law

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    “Environment” Ambiguous definition Natural resources E.g. nature‚ bio-diversity‚ climate Not looking at human-made‚ artificial environment Most landscape is seen as human made There is no one single treaty on environment but instead many different laws that address several different issues‚ both domestically and internationally 1970s – Environmental issues pop up Stockholm Conference (1972): First UN conference on environmental issues On the “human environment” Seen as a starting point on

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    Cases - law and justice Page 1 that promise binding on him until such Bournemouth and time as he gives reasonable notice of his intention to resume those rights. Poole College Sixth Form Law Bournemouth and Poole College Text Only Privacy & cookies Change Text Size Denning J (obiter dicta) said that had Central London sued for the arrears for the years 1940-45‚ it would have failed. It would have been estopped from going back on its promise [as set out in the 1940 agreement]

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    Sources of Law Constitutional Law (Federal and State) Statutory Law at the Federal Level Statutory Law at the State Level Local Laws of Cities‚ Countries and Towns Common Law Court Decisions-provide interpretation or clarification of the law stare decis Custom Federal Court U.S. is a party Federal question-arising under federal law Diversity of Citizenship Jeff Bauman v. Dzhokar Tsarnaev – Civil or Criminal? If Jeff Bauman was to sue‚ it would be a civil case because the individual

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    3 Laws Of Motion Laws

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    Newton came up with three laws of motion laws that describe how forces and objects relate to each other. the statement means that in every interaction‚ there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting objects. The size of the forces on the first object equals the size of the force on the second object. The direction of the force on the first object is opposite to the direction of the force on the second object. Forces always come in pairs - equal and opposite action-reaction force pairs.

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    without a warrant‚ Suzy swallowed two ‘uppers”. Portions of the capsules were recovered by the police with the use of the stomach police. What constitutional issues will be raised by her attorneys? Explain. The fourth amendment protects citizens from illegal search and seizure. Her attorney would probably argue that the police officer had violated her right that is protected by the fourth amendment. A search warrant is only granted with in an event where there is a probable cause. The warrants

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