15thFebruary 2010 Saira Banu MLS Tutorial: 3-4 pm Cases i) Strait Settlements Reception of English Law Case Kamoo v Thomas Turner Bassett In the Goods of Abdullah Facts Pf‚ a native from Bengal‚ had agreed in June 1806 to be employed by the Df‚ as a “khidmuggur” or a table servant in Penang at a salary of $6/mnth. Unfortunately‚ since his employment‚ the Pf had been severely ill-treated by the Df. On July 20‚ 1907‚ the Pf was whipped 20 times with a rattan by an order by the Df. Pf complained
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ADR Clause for Learning Team Charter Kimberly Lincoln‚ Adrian Torres‚ Amy Sorney‚ Victor Lewis ETH/321 April 20‚ 2015 Timothy Morris ADR Clause for Learning Team Charter While courts provide an essential service to our society‚ there are times when taking an issue before a court is not the best option. Litigation can be costly and time consuming; which is why Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has become a valued form of handling legal matters‚ as it can help resolve a case more quickly and economically
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FREE LEGAL AID INTRODUCTION India is a modern state that has accepted the concept of ’welfare state ’. Hence it has to work for the welfare of the general public. It is the function of the State to establish a just social order by enacting just laws and by providing equal opportunity to all to grow. Every Government is constituted to respond to the needs and aspirations of the people and to remove social inequalities among its citizens. This promotes social justice among poor and the downtrodden
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Speluncean a. Truepenny CJ i) Does the law exhaust the requirements of ’justice’? Depends on one’s view of Justice. Justice in Truepenny’s eyes is to extend clemency to the defendants and that if this is done then in his eyes‚ ’ justice will be accomplished without offering any encouragement for the disregard of law’. ii) Mercy may not be part of the law if it is followed to the letter of the law. iii)
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Litigation‚ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)‚ Or Criminal Prosecution For Different Scenarios. Litigation‚ ADR‚ and criminal prosecution are not appropriate for every case. I will identify every scenario and decide which response is the most suitable. So first we have Adele‚ a secretary for her company. She can write checks for the purchase of office supplies. One day‚ she takes the company’s money for herself. Although she intended to do it once‚ she does the same thing several times. Eventually
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What Is a Crime? Legal Dimensions Series This series stems from an annual legal and socio-legal research initiative sponsored by the Canadian Association of Law Teachers‚ the Canadian Law and Society Association‚ the Canadian Council of Deans‚ and the Law Commission of Canada. Volumes in this series examine various issues of law reform from a multidisciplinary perspective. The series seeks to advance our knowledge about law and society through the analysis of fundamental aspects of law. The essays
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ANALYSIS The principle of Separate Legal Entity has stood the test of time because it aims at giving the company a certain practical utility. The separate personality of a company as distinct from its shareholders and this was established by the House of Lords in Salomon v Salomon & Co [1897]. This led to the veil of incorporation; that a registered company is a legal person separate from its members . By separating the management from the investment‚ a company enables the investing public to have
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1. The "public comment" period closes on an OSHA proposed regulation‚ and your business had filed a public comment against the proposed regulation explaining that the regulation would not fix the problem that OSHA was trying to remedy‚ that the regulation would cost more than the problem itself‚ and that the regulation was a tax‚ not a safety change. List two arguments available to your company that may succeed in overturning the regulation. Answer: The proposed regulation would not fix the problem
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was not being pretty‚ defendant’s failure to promote the plaintiff and decision to terminate her employment. The court’s finding that there is not sufficient evidence to support the claim. “Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is granted.” The legal principles The plaintiff filed a charge against the defendant under Title VII and U.S. Code Section 1981. Title VII protects individuals against employment discrimination on the basis of race and color as well as national origin‚ sex‚ or religion
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1 Introduction The word system is derived from the Greek word "Systema" which means an or- ganized relationship among functioning units or components. System analysis is a structured approach to problem solving that breaks down a system into its compo- nent pieces to determine how these component work together by interacting with each other to achieve their purpose. Descartes emphasised that a problem under consideration should be divided into as many parts as possible and then examined
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