Employment-At-Will Doctrine Texas is an “employment-at-will” state. Generally‚ employees without a written employment contract can be fired for good cause‚ bad cause‚ or no cause at all. In an at-will situation‚ either the employer or employee may terminate the employment relationship at any time‚ with or without warning‚ and with or without cause‚ unless there is an existing agreement with express terms and conditions covering its termination.1 Of course‚ the employment-at-will doctrine is not without
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Doctrine of Competence-competence The proper allocation of responsibilities between courts and arbitral tribunals for resolving disputes concerning arbitral jurisdiction – disputes about whether the plaintiff’s claim ought to be decided by an arbitral tribunal or a court – has been one of the most complex and controversial question of modern arbitration law. Although there is broad agreement on one general proposition that arbitrators are empowered to rule on their own jurisdiction and then proceed
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John Steinbeck George‚ one of the protagonists‚ decides to end the life of his companion Lennie. This is absolutely the right thing for george to do because Lennie was always a nuisance to george‚ and because Lennie would have no quality of life to look forward to otherwise. The first claim that Lennie was a nuisance was absolutely true because of all the mess he had gotten himself and George into. The first piece of evidence for this is from the town george alludes to‚ Weed. In this town Lennie
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Kennedy’s presidency the United States was seriously concerned with stopping the spread of communism throughout the world and there where hot spots that sparked the Kennedy administrations attention. Containment was the United States foreign policy doctrine that proclaimed that the Soviet Union needed to be contained to prevent the spread of communism throughout the world. This containment policy meant that the United States needed to fight communism abroad and promote democracy worldwide. During President
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Privileged Attorney Work Product To: Professor From: Date: November 3‚ 2009 Re: Alicia Carmody’s claim against her Neighbor‚ Mr. John Ellis‚ for a private nuisance claim. QUESTION PRESENTED Under Vermont Common Law does Mr. John Ellis’ recently created chicken coop in a residential neighborhood constitutes a private nuisance when Mr. Ellis’ rooster and the hens generate odors and noises that could be considered unreasonable and substantial interferences with Ms. Alicia Carmody’s enjoyment
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What is the role played in contract law by the doctrine of consideration 1. Controversies and challenges of consideration. For a contract promise to be enforceable‚ that promise must normally be supported by consideration. Any contractual promise must be supported by consideration unless an exception applies. A promise will be supported by consideration if it’s given as part of a bargain or exchange rather than a gift. Second‚ the promiser or 3rd party should receive some act forbearance
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as it imposes a personal obligation on the person who knows the information not to disclose it. This has been unanimously approved in the High Court Case Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd. President Kirby further developed this doctrine by listing factors which helps in determining whether information is confidential in Wright v Gasweld Pty Ltd. Factors which suggest that information is confidential are if it required skill and effort to acquire‚ whether the employer had guarded
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“DOCTRINE OF SALVATION” Romans speaks to Christians today just as powerfully as it spoke to believers of the first century. It speaks to moral‚ intellectual‚ social and spiritual issues. But most important of all‚ it lays the theological foundation for the Christian faith that Holy God has made it possible through Christ for sinner to be made right before Him. The theme of Romans is “The Righteousness of God”. In this letter‚ Paul tells how to be right with God‚ ourselves and others. Paul also
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The Doctrine of God What I learned about the Doctrine of God is God’s existence‚ first of all. God existence is definitely taken for granted in the Bible. The writers of the Old and New Testament knew God existed so they thought it pointless to put it in there. Jacobi said‚ “A God capable of proof is no God at all.” So if God had to prove He existed‚ then that would take all of the power out of God Being God. So‚ in the Bible God existing is an understood matter. The arguments for the existence
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Since the “employment-at-will doctrine’’ introduced in the 1900’s‚ the relationship between employee and employers is viewed as being on equal-foot in terms of rights to cease or terminate labor. Termination is the process by which an organization releases an employee from his duty against his or her will. Causes for termination include poor job performance‚ inability to perform job responsibilities‚ misconduct‚ relocation‚ absenteeism and so on. Concerns about “wrongful discharge’’ began to increase
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