“The Law of Intention‚ following the cases of Woolin (1999) 1 AC 82 and Matthews (2003) 2 Cr App R 30‚ is now satisfactorily defined in the criminal law”. Discuss. Mens Rea refers to the guilty mind required for criminal liability. Intention and recklessness are the two forms of Mens Rea that are part of most offences and have been the subject of judicial scrutiny. There is a vast volume of case law on intention and recklessness which demonstrates the problems that courts have had in perfecting
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"The formation of a contract is not to be confused with its legal enforceability" Discuss. A contract is put in place to provide a legal link between each party. Therefore it is important to understand on how a contract is formed and what are the steps and requirements to make sure the contract stays legally enforceable. In order for a contract to exist‚ there are four key elements to it. An offer must firstly be made by the offerer‚ followed by the acceptance of the offer by the offeree. Considerations
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NAME: FIN NO.: BATCH NO.: MODULE: BUSINESS LAW LECTURER: MR MAHADEVAN LUKSHUMAYEH Question: In early 2013‚ Beauty property developer negotiated with Stylish over a new house in the eastern sector of Singapore. Beauty and Stylish had various meetings about the cost and finish of the house. At one of their meetings‚ Stylish asked Beauty whether the price of the house included curtains‚ blinds and window coverings. Beauty explained that all window coverings were provided for in the contract
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Constitutional law 2013 Greg Lowndes 1. Constitutions and Constitutional Law. a). What is a Constitution? * The empowering structures of a government that allows them to govern. * Along with the limitation f the power that they can exercise. * In totalitarian systems of government a Constitution may place far more emphasis on the empowering of organs of the government rather than on the limits of power. * Emphasis on the democratic constitutionalism *
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Contracts- meeting of minds between two parties which takes place when anoffer by one party is accepted by the other; one or more persons bind himself or themselves with respect to another to the fulfillment of a prestation to give‚ to fo or not to do. Contract and obligation distinguished: Contract | Obligation | One of the sources of obligations | Legal tie or the relation to itself that exists after a contract has been entered into. | Contract and agreement distinguished: Contracts are
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COMPANY LAW MGMT3046 (MS37B) ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 WORKSHEET 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY LAW REGIME TYPES AND NATURE OF COMPANIES Learning objectives: The student should be able to: ✓ describe the various kinds of companies that may be registered under the Companies Act; ✓ explain the distinction between private and public companies with reference to the relevant provisions of the Companies Act; ✓ explain the concept of limited
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Ethics and Law: Basic Concepts‚ Cases‚ and Dilemmas Baruch College Zicklin School of Business Department of Law W. Ray Williams This compilation[1] is intended for use during “Ethics Week.” The Law Department is firmly committed to exposing its students to ethical considerations when making legal and business decisions. As a result ethics is a component of all its course offerings. To the extent that students
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India The Third Law commission of British India formed in 1861 under the stewardship of Chairman Sir John Romilly‚ with initial members as Sir Edward Ryan‚ R. Lowe‚ J.M. Macleod‚ Sir W. Erle (succeeded by Sir. W.M. James) and Justice Wills (succeeded by J. Henderson)‚ had presented the report on contract law for India as Draft Contract Law (1866). The Draft Law was enacted as The Act 9 of 1872 on 25th April 1872 and the Indian Contract Act‚ 1872 came into force with effect from September 1‚ 1872
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been the most vulnerable and convenient targets of social‚ domestic and sexual violence. This paper will examine the trend of sexual violence against women that emerged in Pakistan with the introduction of the Islamization process through the implementation of the Sharia laws since1979. The paper’s main focus will be on rape and the state legislation that governs it‚ namely the Zina Hudood Ordinance of 1979 and the Law of Evidence of 1984‚ and how the genderdiscriminatory nature of these laws serves
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Tort Laws | Tort Laws | Tort laws in the working world | | Janeen Abdo | Rasmussen CollegeNovember 04‚2012Authors Note: | This research is being submitted on November 04‚ 2012‚ for Larry Cooperman FAL12-6WS1-B371-04 Research and Report Writing course. | | Have you ever seen the commercials for a lawsuit based on a disease cause from working with asbestos or heard of law suit for unlawful termination; these are tort laws that make these lawsuits happen. The definition of a tort law
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