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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The law of “Stand Your Ground” deals with a self-defense law which is for giving the individual rights for making use of deadly force which are for defending themselves without any kind of requirement of evading or retreating from any dangerous situation. Stand Your Ground is a law which places non obligation at all on the potential victims of any crime for retreating and calling the law enforcement personnel. This research is going to deal with the particular law of “Stand Your Ground law”; this
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MOSK GIVES US MOORE OF AN IDEA ABOUT PROPERTY Contents MOSK GIVES US MOORE OF AN IDEA ABOUT PROPERTY 2 INTRODUCTION 3 PROPERTY DEFINITION 4 ADAPTABILITY 5 LEGISLATIVE GUIDANCE 6 ETHICS AND EQUITY 7 WEAKNESSES OR STRENGTHS? 10 POST ‘MOORE’TEM 13 CONCLUSION 14 INTRODUCTION The question of property rights in human tissue has traditionally been relevant in matters concerning dead bodies. However‚ with the rise of Biotechnology human tissue storage is increasing rapidly
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LAW OF TORT LAW2002-N 20011/12 Lectures 3 and 4: Trespass to the Person Lectures 5 – 12: Negligence TRESPASS TO THE PERSON Reading: Steele Chap 2 to page 81; Street Chap 3; Winfield Chap 4. ASSAULT AND BATTERY Introduction Battery: intentional application of force to another person. Assault: act of the defendant which causes to the claimant reasonable apprehension of the infliction of an immediate battery on him by the defendant. Battery 1. The character
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3. Contract Law “Is My Agreement an Enforceable Contract?” The Law of Contract involves answering 4 questions: (1) Is my agreement an enforceable contract? Are all of the elements of a contract present. (2) If so‚ what does it require me (and the other party) to do? - What “promises” have become terms of the contract. (3) Can I get out of it (without paying some form of penalty)? - Was the formation of the contract defective in some way (ie were there any ‘vitiating elements’ present)
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Problem 1 Issue1 Is the La Rochelle website‚ including the slogan‚ protected by copyright law? Law Copyright law protects text‚ images and other forms of expression. The requirements for protection are as follows: (1) The creation is a ‘work’ or ‘subject matter other than works’; (2) The creation is original; (3)The creation is expressed in a material form. Application The slogan is not a ‘work’ or ‘subject matter’ because Single words‚ names‚ titles‚ slogans are too short to be protected
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The idea of the rule of law can be traced back to at least the time of Aristotle who observed that given the choice between a king who ruled by discretion and a king who ruled by law‚ the later was clearly superior to the former. In more recent times‚ it is Albert V. Dicey who is credited with providing the logical foundation upon which the modern notion of the rule of law is based. Dicey did not invent the idea of the rule of law but he popularized it in the late nineteenth century. His book‚ Introduction
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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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Customary International Law in the 21st Century: Old Challenges and New Debates 1. Roozbeh (Rudy) B. Baker* 1. *Adjunct Professor of Law‚ Pepperdine University‚ Malibu‚ Cal. BA‚ University of California at San Diego; JD‚ University of Illinois; LLM‚ University of California at Berkeley; PhD Candidate (Politics and International Relations)‚ University of Southern California. Email:Rudy.Baker{at}yahoo.com. Next Section Abstract This article will survey the new non-traditional scholarship which
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Lecture 2 1.0 Section 6-5 Ordinary Income 2.0 Residency Sections Detail Tax on Page 6-5 (2) Resident Test Worldwide Income 4 6-5 (3) Non-Resident Test Australia sources only 4‚5 6 (1) of ITAA 1936 TR 98/17 Determining Residency Status Four Tests: i. The Resides Test (Common Law test) ii. The Domicile Test (1st Statutory test) iii. The 183 day Test (2nd Statutory test) iv. The Superannuation Fund Test (3rd Statutory test) IN OUT IN OUT 6 7-9 10-13 14 14 3
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