To what extent does the law on defamation achieve a balance between a person’s right to defend their reputation and the right to freedom of speech? Introduction needed... According to the leading tort expert‚ Professor Winfield had defined defamation as: “the publication of a statement which tends to lower a person in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally‚ or which tends to make them shun or avoid that person.” The difference between libel and slander is an important
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1.Rule of LawThe rule of law‚ upheld by an independent judiciary‚ is one of Hong Kongs greatest strengths. This refers to some of the fundamental principles of law that govern the way in which power is exercised in Hong Kong. The rule of law has several different meanings and corollaries. Its principal meaning is that the power of the Government and all of its servants shall be derived from law as expressed in legislation and the judicial decisions made by independent courts. At the heart of Hong
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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE BENEFICIENT AND MOST MERCIFULL RESEARCH TOPIC: CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES IN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA. Property Development is adjudged to be the second most important need to human beings after food(Dugeri 1997 & Nwuba 2009).This perception is influenced as buttressed by (Leramo 2006) on the premise that Nigeria is the most Densly populated in Africa with an estimated population of 150 million people as released by National census
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References: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)‚ Retrieved on 19 February 2011 from http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cla2002161.txt Defamation Act 2005 (NSW)‚ Retrieved on 25 February 2011 from http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/da200599.txt Gibson‚ A. 2005‚ Commercial Law in Principle‚ Thomson Lawbook Co.‚ Sydney. Jackman‚ B.‚ Phillps‚ A.‚ Greaney‚ J.‚ Lee‚ K. &Irwin‚ A. 2011
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DELAY IN DISPOSAL OF CIVIL LITIGATION IN BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE Historical Background:- The age old adage ‘Justice delayed Justice denied’ has control significance for meeting the ends of justice. Delayed justice in the means of inflicting injustice through process of law. Speedy disposal of case is an important condition of ends of justice. The laws contained themselves to protection of the weak against the economically strong. The fisc against corruption‚ the ignorant against the knowledgeable and
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Lake Concepts and Nature of Law John Austin 1) PHILOSOPHER’S VIEW John Austin’s philosophy of law was that “where there is law‚ there are patterns of commanding and obeying. His definition of commanding was a general one rather than specific to a given occasion or an expression of one person’s wish for another person to act a certain way. He believed that any expression of an intention did not count as a command‚ only the expressed intention of a superior or sovereign who has the ability and
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Equity has brought benefits to many litigants who would otherwise have been severely disadvantaged by the common law. Discuss‚ with reference to decided cases. William the Conqueror found England with no single system of law common to the whole country. The law was mainly sets of customary rules which differed from area to area. For example‚ in one area you could get away with stealing‚ in another it would be seen as crime. There was no such thing as ‘ The English Legal System” until William’s
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When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to disobey the tyrannical and oppressive laws set forth by the government‚ doing so peacefully with full ownership of the consequences‚ a decent respect to humankind requires that they should declare the constitutional and moral obligations to do so. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal- yet in modern day American society‚ discrimination and injustice appears to prevail. To secure citizen’s unalienable rights
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The Sources of English Law compared with their French counter parts Introduction The Sources of English Law are many and varied‚ however there are four main types‚ which have different roles and importance in the British Legal system. According to The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (2013) ‘The four principal sources of UK law are legislation‚ common law‚ European Union law and the European Convention on Human Rights.” French Law also includes two of these four sources‚ as the France
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The source of English Law is broad‚ with the real starting point at the Norman Conquest in 1066. During that time‚ England was mostly ruled by customs prior to the Conquest. It wasn’t until William the Conqueror took throne that modern English law started to develop‚ under the common law. Fast forward to 21st century‚ and now the law has been a lot more developed‚ with its sources divided into two‚ the primary source and the secondary source. The primary source being case law‚ legislation‚ and European
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