indeterminate nature of Canadian obscenity law has been called “the most muddled law in Canada.” Recognizing that consistency and objectivity are important aspects in the running of any successful legal system‚ the Supreme Court of Canada has attempted to systematically clarify and modernize obscenity law. The ruling in R. v. Butler marked the transformation of the law of obscenity from a "moral-based" offence to a "harm-based" offence. The courts are now asked to determine‚ as best they can‚ what
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activity driver for power costs. The following data for the past eight quarters have been collected: [pic] .:. For the following requirements‚ round the fixed cost to the nearest dollar and round the variable rates to the nearest cent. Required: 1. Prepare a scattergraph by plotting power costs against machine hours. Does the scattergraph show a linear relationship between machine hours and power cost? 2. Using the high and low points‚ compute a power cost formula. 3. Use the method of least squares
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civil wrong that is outside of contract law and arises out of recognition that a person is responsible for their acts and omissions when dealing with others. The term ’tort’ refers to a number of different laws such as: • nuisance‚ • trespass and • assault Torts generally compensate the individual for personal loss or attacks on reputation‚ where the loss was caused by another person. Tort has as its basis common law. Negligence is now the dominant tort and the focus of this
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materials and additional work needed to construct the swimming pool. Principle The underline legal principle applicable to this situation is that ‘once an offer is complete‚ or in this case accepted‚ the offer cannot be revoked’. Doing so would constitute to a breach of contract. The offer shows a clear intention (to pay additional $5‚000 on top of the original agreed amount of $30‚000) of the offeror (Damien) that he intends to enter into a legal relationship with the offeree (Jason Miao). There
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ATENEO de Manila LAW SCHOOL LAW ON SALES OUTLINE[1] Dean Cesar L. Villanueva First Semester‚ SY 2009-2010 and Atty. Alexander C. Dy I. The Nature of Sale A. Definition (Art. 1458) Sale is a contract by which one of the contracting parties obligates himself to transfer the ownership[2] and to deliver possession‚ of a determinate thing‚ and the other to pay therefor a price certain in money or its equivalent. xCruz v. Fernando
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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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Tyler Womer Sports Law IRAC #1 9/9/14 Case 1: Moose v. MIT Issues: (1) Whether or not the defendants (MIT‚ Coach Taylor‚ & Coach Slovenski) were negligent with respect to their coaching techniques and the equipment they furnished to Garret Moose at the time he was injured. (2) Whether or not the harm was foreseeable. (3) Whether or not MIT was liable for the injured athlete. Rule: The jury found that each defendant‚ as well as the plaintiff‚ was negligent and that the defendants’ negligence
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Critical health issues might include the right to see a doctor and to be treated irrespective of gender‚ finance or religious views as by law. A patient is entitled to receiving treatment even while they cannot afford it just to keep them alive and healthy‚ though it is also a challenge to private health sectors because they have to follow some due processes before they could be reimbursed. Physicians tend to do what they feel is right‚ and what might feel right or makes sense from a business or
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Common law 1 Common law Common law‚ also known as case law or precedent‚ is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action. A "common law system" is a legal system that gives great precedential weight to common law‚[1] on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different occasions.[2] The body of precedent is called "common law" and it binds future decisions. In cases
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• CASE #1: SECOND DIVISION G.R. No. 175366 : August 11‚ 2008 J-PHIL MARINE‚ INC. and/or JESUS CANDAVA and NORMAN SHIPPING SERVICES‚ petitioners‚ v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION and WARLITO E. DUMALAOG‚ Respondents. D E C I S I O N CARPIO MORALES‚ J.: Warlito E. Dumalaog (respondent)‚ who served as cook aboard vessels plying overseas‚ filed on March 4‚ 2002 before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) a pro-forma complaint1 against petitioners
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