“Environment” Ambiguous definition Natural resources E.g. nature‚ bio-diversity‚ climate Not looking at human-made‚ artificial environment Most landscape is seen as human made There is no one single treaty on environment but instead many different laws that address several different issues‚ both domestically and internationally 1970s – Environmental issues pop up Stockholm Conference (1972): First UN conference on environmental issues On the “human environment” Seen as a starting point on
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Latimer defines consideration as “something for something” or the exchange of promises from each party-from the promisor to the promise-which turns the agreement into a contract. Contracts are the basis of the business and therefore understanding the law of contract is essential for persons wishing to engage in business. There would be no business without contracts. To make a contract legally enforceable six prerequisites should be followed. They are intention to create legal relations‚ agreement‚ consideration
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Chapter-1 DEFINITION AND CONCEPT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1. Definition: International Law or the law of Nations as it was called‚ have been given many definitions. The understanding and the definition changed with the development of time. Here is the small effort to carve out certain important definitions as given by certain very famous scholars of their times. Oppenheim “Law of Nations or International Law is the name for the body of customary and treaty rules which are considered as binding by the
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Business Law & Bankruptcy Assignment #4 Aquaman is president of a marine research company called Underwater Leagues‚ Inc. When his company conceived a dramatic new invention‚ he held off announcing the discovery until he bought 50‚000 shares of Underwater Leagues at $10 per share. After the announcement‚ the share price skyrocketed to $50 per share. The shareholders of Underwater Leagues‚ Inc. bring a derivative action suit against Aquaman claiming breach of fiduciary duty for violating 17 C.F.R
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IMPROVING AUSTRALIA’S LAW AND JUSTICE FRAMEWORK A discussion paper to explore the scope for reforming Australian contract law 2012 © Commonwealth of Australia 2012 All material presented in this publication is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en) licence. For the avoidance of doubt‚ this means this licence only applies to material as set out in this document.
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LAW AND ETHICS IN MEDICAL PRACTICE: AN OVERVIEW Dr. HAU Kong-lung‚ Consultant Forensic Pathologist (Kowloon) Forensic Pathology Service‚ Department of Health Introduction Obviously‚ this was to protect the public from quackery. Fees for the doctors were paid by the State. If unsatisfactory results followed a course of treatment that had departed from the orthodox‚ the doctor responsible would be liable to punishment‚ which could be very harsh. Similar legal restrictions on medical practice
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08th October 2008 Tort-Obligations II Tutorial 1 1. What is Tort law for? ▪The law of tort- The word derives from the French for ‘Wrong’. ▪ The civil action for damages aims at compensation as opposed to criminal prosecution. Restoring the status quo. ▪Appeasement- the object of early law is to prevent disruption of society by disputes arising from the infliction of injury. The victim’s vengeance is bought off by compensation‚ which gives him satisfaction in 2 ways; he is comforted to receive
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influences like the British‚ there were changes that not both were existing in their colonies but there were some changes that were occurring in both. For example‚ economics‚ religion‚ government‚ and politics shared some similarities but also some differences did occur as well. Economically the North and the South were similar in a few ways. “Squatting was a way of life among the
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RUNNING HEAD: Computer law Computer “Law” Edward A Celaya September 5‚ 2012 Regis University Abstract In the world of Information Technology the one thing that is king above all others should be the security of the device or network a person is on because if they feel that they can’t trust the network or device it is more than likely not going to be used. And even with cultural and corporate interests abound it is clear that intellectual property needs to be protected in order to insure
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Paper F4 (ENG) CHAPTER Corporate and business law 8 Companies and legal personality Contents 1 2 3 The features of a limited company Types of company Advantages and disadvantages of incorporation: the veil of incorporation © EWP Go to www.emilewoolfpublishing.com for Q/As‚ Notes & Study Guides 199 Paper F4: Corporate and business law (English) The features of a limited company Comparison of companies with other forms of business The meaning of separate legal personality
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