Business Law What is Business Law? Businesses interact in many and varied ways. To name just a few types of business transactions‚ there are contracts‚ mergers and acquisitions‚ leasing‚ etc. How these transactions are carried out is overseen by Business Law. Additionally‚ how businesses are formed is a large part of Business law. This area of law is very wide-ranging‚ although it deals primarily with defining the rights and responsibilities of businesses‚ rather than enforcing these laws. Because
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was ‘unfair’ and ‘obtained through duress’. He said ‘I feel like this acknowledges Guantanamo Bay and everything is illegal.’ Critically evaluate David Hicks’ ENTIRE statement in light of whether or not Human Rights are adequately provided for in the Australian legal and political system. David Hicks an Australian who was detained in Guantanamo Bay as a terrorist‚ recently Hicks said ‘he was pleased the authorities seemed to have concluded that his conviction at Guantanamo was ‘unfair’ and
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For other uses‚ see Common law (disambiguation). Common law‚ also known as case law or precedent‚ is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals‚ as opposed to statutes adopted through the legislative process or regulations issued by the executive branch[1]. A "common law system" is a legal system that gives great precedential weight to common law‚[2] on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different occasions.[3] The body of precedent is
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When are we justified in breaking the law? In the case of Socrates I believe him breaking the law was justifiable‚ although I don’t believe what he did was really breaking the law especially today in modern government. Today we are free with our speech‚ press and free to do what we want within limitations of laws. According to Mill “The only freedom which deserves the name‚ is that of pursuing our own good in our own way‚ so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs‚ or impede
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M2- Compare and contrast the methods of law making Before any law and acts are made‚ there is a long procedure in the process of it being passed. If there are new laws it usually is chosen by majority decision usually in courts or the parliament. For example‚ the executive or the government form laws in the House of Commons by setting out bills. Sometimes it may come from their election mandate in order to be chosen‚ for example recently how labour vowed to ban fox hunting which can be shown as
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Kaing Her Professor Goldberg Laws 310 14 July 2013 Homework Questions 1.a) I believe that Toyota’s approach to cutting back on wages and other unnecessary expenses was the right thing to do. In doing so‚ it helps stabilize the company’s financial concerns and also insures employees of having a job and a place to work at. 2.a) I am indeed a socialist who believes in equality and fairness of the government. Whether someone is rich or poor‚ we should all be given the opportunity to make a living
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Employment Law Employment Law is about the legal relationship between an employer and an employee. It is based on the contract of employment. It protects both the employer and the employee. The laws on employment come from: • Statutes passed by the UK Parliament‚ such as the Employment Act 1990 and the equal pay Act 1970; • European Community in the form of regulations and directives. • Common Law‚ which is based on normal practice and includes things like
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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. The offer could be terminated either by revocation‚ rejection‚ expiration‚ or operation of law. Brian can argue that there was no agreement to begin with‚ and thus there was no contract. There was no offer made (the advertisement in the LA Times for the seminar was not an offer but an “invitation to negotiation”)‚ and reasonably definite terms
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Law What is judicial precedent? It is a judgment of a court of law named as an authority for deciding a similar set of facts; a case‚ which serves as authority for the legal principle represented in its decisions. A judicial precedent is a decision of the court used as a source for future decision-making. Latin terminology Stare Decisis The whole doctrine is based on “stand by what you decide” which promotes fairness‚ consistency and certainty. Simply‚ just stand by your own
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Laws requiring registration and community notification for convicted sex offenders are not constitutional. Megan’s Law deals with child molesters and sex offenders by requiring a public registration when they are released from incarceration. The concern with registering sex offenders has progressed to a nationalized level‚ with the government requiring every state to have some form of law that deals with Megan ’s Law (Menendez‚ 251). However‚ is this law constitutional? In this position paper the
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