Overview of the U.S Legal System • Constitution o Statutory law- written law • You want to know the law‚ you look it up !! • Written law deciphered by just looking it up !! o Common Law • Legislators make the law‚ judges enforce it. • Case law or precedent o Administrative Law (Agency regulations) • Body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government • Note the interaction between law and facts o Law=judge ; Facts=jury (most of the time) o Civil
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Judges do make law — it’s their job By Erwin Chemerinsky and Catherine Fisk Misleading and silly slogans about what judges do are dominating the debate about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. President Bush and Republican politicians constantly repeat‚ as a mantra‚ that Roberts is a desirable choice because he won’t "legislate from the bench" and will merely "apply the law‚ not make it." But every lawyer knows that judges make law — it’s their job. In fact‚ law students learn in the first semester
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Legal Decisions in International Law There is no international parliament to make and enforce laws thus international laws are created through a variety of ways such as legal decisions. Most international law disputes are dealt with by the International Court of Justice. The court‚ as part of the United Nations structure‚ has the power to make rulings to treaties that nominate the court to resolve the dispute. Legal decisions are considered subsidiary means of international law making. However
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word’s derivatives but it’s stuck with me! Having finished a Legal Secretaries Level 3 Diploma course in which I have an overall grade of a Merit‚ I have found myself privy to these ’secrets’ and the opportunity I wanted: to expand and specialise my skills in an administrative field. It has given me a goal‚ having not taken the most direct job path. It can be difficult to find the right next step to take in your working life. Law is a fascinating arena‚ even more so ’backstage’. It might at
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The brain’s complexity has always fascinated me. It is the most complex organ in the human body‚ with about 86 billion neurons‚ all in use‚ transmitting information‚ and impacting our body’s processes. I have always had a deep fond interest in understanding and learning about the different pathways in the brain‚ and the answers to why the body and brain function the way that they do. The complexity of the brain has been a driving force in my academic and professional pursuits‚ giving me the desire
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Introduction A law is an obligatory rule of conduct imposed and enforced by the sovereign[1]. Therefore the law is the body of principles recognized and enforced by the state in the application of justice. The law is mainly made by a parliament‚ a legislative body given power by the constitution to draft law. However in the last few decades there has been a notion that judges make law.A judge is a public official appointed or elected to hear and decide legal matters in court[2]‚ Judges exercise
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For a contract to be legally binding all of the following elements must be present. If one or more is absent the contract will be considered invalid or void. The first element of the contract is Offer and Acceptance. For a contract to be considered valid one party (the offer) must make an offer to another party (the offeree). Before an offer is accepted it must be communicated to the offeree. A offer is immediately made into a contract when the offeree accepts the offeror’s tender. An offer can be
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In coming to grips‚ the law needs to do more to tighten the borders in Texas to prevent illegal immigration from crossing over trafficking drugs. The White House stated that President Bush would have a debate on illegal immigration. White House officials said Mr. Bush had always understood the need to protect the border as a former governor of a border state‚ Texas Ruttenberg‚ J. (2006‚ May 13). Mr. Bush was considering a bill to increase law enforcements and military personnel patrolling the
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1) A well-designed activity-based costing system starts with __________. A. analyzing the activities performed to manufacture a product B. assigning manufacturing overhead costs for each activity cost pool to products C. computing the activity-based overhead rate D. identifying the activity-cost pools 2) "Generally accepted" in the phrase generally accepted accounting principles means that the principles __________. A. have been approved for use by the managements of business
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1-INTRODUCTION TO THE JAMAICAN LEGAL SYSYTEM Introduction to studying law Definition of Law Law may be defined as a body of rules‚ created by the State‚ binding within its jurisdiction and enforced with the authority of the State through the use of sanctions. (Adams; Law for Business Students) Breakdown of the definition: - Rules: are commands regulating behaviour; rules tell us what we can and cannot do. Legal Sources -Rules of law are derived from various sources in English Law. These include‚ The Constitution
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