Midterm Criminal Law State v. Doug Homicide: The unlawful taking of the life of one human being by another. Actual Causation : The defendant’s act must have been the “cause in fact” of the victim’s death. Without the defendant’s actions‚ the victim would not have died. “But for” Doug shooting and killing Tom‚ he would not have died. Proximate Causation: A defendant’s actions are the proximate cause of the victim’s death if the result occurs as a consequence of the defendant’s
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Employment Law Midterm 1. DePeters‚ Co. is sued for sex discrimination on the grounds that too few women are hired because fewer women than men achieve passing scores on a required manual dexterity and physical strength test. DePeters‚ Co. offers in its defense that even though fewer women score high enough on the test‚ a greater percentage of the passing women are hired. The company maintains that‚ as a result‚ the percentage of women in the workforce mirrors the percentage of available women
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client. He would like to claim for such economic loss of $50‚000. In addition‚ Peter expects to claim for medical expenses of $10‚000 and loss of income of $20‚000 for the duration of the injury. REQUIRED: Advise Peter of his legal rights under the law of torts. (Maximum word length: 1‚000 words) Question 2 (10 marks) On Monday‚ Aaron wrote a letter to Ben offering 300 bags of cement at $100 per bag. On Wednesday‚ Ben received the letter of offer from Aaron and posted a reply letter to Aaron in which
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Midterm Responses Question 1: The issue here is whether Brian Logan was required to pay the $20 fee for the seminar to cover the cost of the handbook to Expert Investments Corp (EIC). Was an agreement ever made between the two parties (Brian and EIC)? A contract requires 1) an agreement‚ 2) consideration‚ 3) legality‚ and 4) capacity. An agreement is made when there is an offer with the intent to be bound by the offer‚ reasonably definite terms‚ and communication of offer to offeree by offeror
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MGT320 5/19/2012 Conversion under Tort Law The layman’s definition for conversion is basically considered theft; according to our text “whenever a person wrongfully possesses or uses the personal property of another without permission” is considered conversion…..”deprives an owner of personal property or of the use of that property without that owner’s permission”. On March 28 of this
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Law Midterm Cases Citizens Insurance v. Parsons Citizens Insurance v. Parsons was an 1881 decision‚ which established the test to determine governmental jurisdiction. The constitutional issue in this case concerned the validity of the Ontario Fire Insurance Policy Act. Parsons owned a hardware store in Orangeville‚ which was destroyed by fire one evening. Insured by Citizens Insurance‚ Parsons asked the company to cover him for his loss. Citizens Insurance refused to pay out on the basis that
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TORT LAW REVISION GUIDE: LLB/LLM PROGRAMME 2014 General Guidance All topics covered on the Tort module are potential examination topics. This revision guide covers only those potential examination topics deemed core areas of knowledge in tort law. All students‚ whether studying toward the LLB or LLM‚ must have full command of these core topics for any assessment in tort law. Unless these notes expressly state otherwise‚ students can expect core examination topics to appear in either essay
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Business Law II Exam I Review ____ 1. As part of a loan to pay for improvements to her restaurant‚ Courtney executes a negotiable instrument in favor of Tim. They are the only parties to the instrument. A negotiable instrument that has only two parties is The promissory note is the simplest form of commercial paper; it is simply a promise to pay money. A promissory note is a two-party instrument in which one person(known as the maker) makes an unconditional promise in writing to pay
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Mount Kenya University Nairobi Campus Department of Law Bachelor of Law Law of Tort II Professor Manyasi (Lecturer) Adm./113/01151 Question: What is the relationship between easement and the law of tort? Discuss. An easement is an interest in land which is created by express agreement‚ prior use‚ or necessity that permits one person to make use of another’s estate. An affirmative easement gives one person the right to use another’s land; a negative easement prevents the
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Tort Law Lecture 1 Pre-lecture Lecture Preparation: Do the assigned readings before the lecture get most out of the lecture Know extracts of case know what happen Terminologies and definition Read ‘lecture outlines’ for reading assignments Review notes from previous lecture 5-10 minutes before lecture Read learning outcomes to understand lecture objectives Readings and lectures don’t perfectly overlap‚ do both Bring the book to each class For instructions on marking your book see
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