Law and morals Part A Law has been defined by Sir John Salmond as the body of principles recognised and applied by the state in administration of justice. There are two theories on what law is‚ the natural law theory and the positivist law theory Lloyd a natural law theorist defined the law as the constant assertion that there are objective moral principles which depend upon the natural of the universe and can be discovered by reason Natural law theorists believe that for law to be valid it
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School of Accountancy BACHELOR OF BUSINESS STUDIES BACHELOR OF BUSINESS INFORMATION BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTANCY 155.203 Law of Business Organisations Semester 2 2008 Wellington Week 7 Lecture 2 21 DIRECTORS (1) 21.1 Who is a director? Section 126. gives an extended meaning to the term director in order that the persons who actually run the company are liable as such in law. 126 Meaning of “director” (1) In this Act‚ director‚ in relation to a company‚ includes— A person occupying the position
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Name: ___________Naomi Scharf___________________________ Date: 3/17/11________________________ Student Exploration: Boyle’s Law and Charles’ Law Vocabulary: absolute zero‚ Boyle’s law‚ Charles’ law‚ Kelvin scale‚ pressure Prior Knowledge Question (Do this BEFORE using the Gizmo.) A small helium tank measures about two feet (60 cm) high. Yet it can fill over 50 balloons! How can such a small tank contain enough helium to fill so many balloons? _The tank is compressing the helium into a denser
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The Law of Trusts Consultation Times: Tuesday (9.30-10.30) WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION TO TRUSTS What is a Trust? Where one person is legally obligated to hold an asset for the benefit of another person Incomplete description; trusts can arise where one person is legally obligated to hold an asset for a specified purpose and not for an individual person…e.g. trusts for charitable purposes (don’t raise obligations to benefit any one person as such‚ but raise benefits for a specific purpose)
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statutes. The primary source of US tax law is Congress. Power to initiate tax legislation is vested in the House of Representatives but all tax bills must pass both houses and be signed into law by the President. Many times the details of the legislation are not dictated by Congress‚ but left to the Treasury Department which adopts regulations (that have the force of law) to spell out the details as well as interpret the statutes and provide guidance on the law. In addition‚ the Internal Revenue Service
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BUS203 Company Law and Corporate Governance Assignment 2 - Group-Based Assignment July 2012 Presentation BUS203 Group-based Assignment Group-based Assignment This assignment is worth 30% of the final mark for BUS203 Company Law and Corporate Governance. The cut-off date for this assignment is 14 October 2012‚ 2359 hrs. This is a group-based assignment. You should form a group of 3 members from your seminar group. Each group is required to upload a single report to MyUniSIM via
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employer/self-employed contractor. Social Security benefits; Health and Safety provisions; Benefit of employer’s duty of care; Certain statutory rights: Notice periods – s.86 ERA 1996; Sick pay/holiday pay; Redundancy pay Unfair dismissal Employment contracts contain implied terms; Tax and NI reasons; Question 2 – Four Tests Common Law tests: – Control Integration (Organisational) Mutual Obligation Multiple/Economic reality Question 3 – Advice of the Court of Apeal in Hall v Lorimer No decisive
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Lecture VI Legislative Power and LegCo Contents LegCo: Historical Evolution Powers and functions‚ and Prerogatives Issues raised under the BL Case Law • Article 66 • The Legislative Council of the HKSAR shall be the legislature of the Region. • 2 I. LegCo – A Brief Retrospect • A. Generality – From 26 January 1841 to 30 June 1997‚ • Hong Kong was a British colony and its first constitution‚ in the form of Queen Victoria’s Letters Patent entitled the Charter of the Colony
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damage is whether or not there was a contract between John and Bildit Stores. Young gives the definition of a contract as an agreement (usually between two persons) giving rise to obligations on part of both persons which are enforced or recognised by law. (Young‚ 1997: 1). By this definition it shows there was a contract because John parked his car and paid the parking charge which meant that he entered into the contract and agreed to the terms willingly. This means therefore John is bound by this contract
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adhere to the essay question‚ it is important to establish what frustration is. The essence of frustration was identified in Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council[1] by Lord Radcliffe. He asserts that “Frustration occurs whenever the law recognises that without the default of either party‚ a contractual obligation has become incapable of being performed because of the circumstances in which performance is called for would render it a thing radically different from that which was undertaken
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