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    Lemon Law

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    | The Lemon Law | In Ohio | | | | | | | In 1994‚ the National Association of Attorneys General conducted a nationwide survey that placed problems with automobiles as the number one consumer complaint. Somewhere between 2 - 30% of all new domestic and foreign vehicles sold each year have substantial performance or safety problems that cannot be readily repaired. State lemon laws provide consumers with courses of action they can take when they have purchased a defective

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    Sources of Law

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    * CHAPTER 1 LAW AND ITS SOURCES Introduction Man is by nature a social being. He comes into contact with other individuals in different capacities. These contacts or associations are the inevitable consequence of modern civilization. In all these associations‚ he is expected to observe a Code of Conduct or a set of rules. The object of these set of rules is to make human associations possible; and ensure that members of the society may live ; and work together in an orderly and peaceful manner

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    Law of Tort

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    remoteness apply to occupiers liability in the exact same way that they apply to negligence claims. Liability can arise on occupiers for omissions since their relationship gives rise to duty to take action to ensure the reasonable safety of visitors. The law relating to occupiers’ liability originated in common law but is now contained in two major pieces of legislation:   Occupiers Liability Act 1957  - which imposes an obligation on occupiers with regard to ’lawful visitors’ Occupiers Liability Act

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    The Laws Of Attraction

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    If somebody asked you about the laws of attraction‚ you would probably think about the documentary film‚ and book‚ The Secret‚ that talked about the metaphysical law of attraction‚ but laws of attraction can be found in science‚ sociology‚ as well as philosophy. Between 400 & 500 BC‚ Empedocles‚ the ancient Greek philosopher‚ spoke of "philia and neikos;" (attractive & repulsive forces.) Empedocles postulated that strife brings about repulsion and love results in attraction. He said that the physical

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    Conflict of Laws

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    Business Law Project Topic: Conflict of Laws Introduction: What is Conflict of Law? Conflict of laws is that part of the law in each state‚ country‚ or other jurisdiction that determines whether‚ in dealing with a particular legal situation‚ its law or the law of some other jurisdiction will be applied. An alternative term‚ widely used in Europe‚ is "private international law May arise because of differences between the law of the country of nationality of a person and that in which that person

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    Law Mcq

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    An unregistered firm can institute a criminal proceeding for | 1. | Incorrect | Which of the following types of damages are NOT available in contract cases? Your answer: Equitable remedies The correct answer: Pecuniary damagesINCORRECT. The major form of relief in contract cases is monetary damages. Other potential types of damages are equitable‚ and tort damages‚ including punitive damages. | | 2. | Incorrect | Cecil has a contract for $2000 to paint Buck’s house so that Buck can place the

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    Business Law

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    Definition of Law a. Law is defined as a set of rules and principles by which a community regulates its activities. b. Law is different and yet similar because it can be applied differently across various borders. c. Unlike law‚ internal rules and regulations of clubs‚ societies and other organizations may only be enforced within the group that governs them. d. Law is therefore concerned with the legal rights and obligations of individuals‚ business organizations‚ various entities

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    Law of Partnership

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    LAWS OF MALAYSIA REPRINT Act 365 KIDNAPPING ACT 1961 Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION‚ MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD 2006 2 Laws of Malaysia ACT 365 KIDNAPPING ACT 1961 First enacted … … … … … … 1961 (Act No. 41 of 1961) & 1963 (Act No. 5 of 1963) 1989 (Act 365 w.e.f. 13 April 1989) Revised ... … … … … … … PREVIOUS

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    Law Application

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    my secondary education having the initial careers advice of what I aspired to do in the future‚ I came to realise that Law was an area of which I was extremely interested in and wished to peruse this as possible career. In recent years‚ I’ve read several fiction books and watched TV programmes which featured the legal system and also involved criminology - this sparked my interest even more. Once it came to deciding my A Level choices‚ Law was a clear choice for me; I felt it would give me a great

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    Abortion Laws

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    Abortion in Iranian Law By: Farokhzad Jahani‚ January 2004‚ (Iran Persian Daily) In general‚ abortion might happen in a few ways: medical (therapeutic) abortion‚ unintended abortion‚ criminal abortion‚ and intentional abortion. In many countries there are no criminal intentions in getting a medical abortion and it can be performed with the permission of a doctor to save the mother’s life. With this calculation‚ a medical abortion is legal in these countries. In Iran‚ where laws are based on the

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