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    industry that reaches out to sponsor the athletic programs at universities all over the United States and some parts of Canada. It has been one of the wealthiest sport organizations over the years and continues to grow in revenue. The organization which is a nonprofit union is in charge of organizing the athletic programs of over 1‚000 colleges and universities. The corporate headquarters are located in Indianapolis‚ Indiana. The NCAA makes a vastly large amount of money off of the collegiate athletes’

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    Assignment 1 Common Law By: Tita Amalia V. 1. Jonathan and an international business transaction Two parties reach agreement on the terms of the sale of a product from one party to the other. The agreement was written and signed by both parties in the presence of their lawyers. a) Do the parties have a valid and enforceable contract? Before a contract is formed‚ there must be agreement consisting of offer and acceptance‚ intention to form a contract‚ and consideration. Without

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    BIPAS – UDAYANA UNIVERSITY Law Midterm test “The influence of Common Law and Civil Law on Indonesia´s Legal Tradition” Natascha Krauss 3.11.2014 Table of content 1. Development of Indonesia´s Legal Tradition 2. Civil Law 3. Common Law 4. Influences and Impacts of Civil and Common Law 1. Development of Indonesia´s Legal Tradition This paper is supposed to outline how civil law and common law influenced Indonesia´s Legal tradition. In order to be able to analyze

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    Common Law Assignment Answer 1: There is no enforceable contract between Joanna and Rita because under Contract Law it is stated that the first requirement for any valid contract to become existent is an agreement that contains the elements of “offer” and an “acceptance”. In the case provided‚ Joanna did put forth an offer for Rita who then laid a condition of accepting the offer‚ therefore a counter-offer; also Rita had not yet accepted the offer completely. She stated in her response‚ that

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    ANIMASI-ZOOM NOTES MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM+INTRODUCTION TO LAW   Sources of Law: statutes‚ law reports‚ text books‚ religious beliefs‚ local customs‚ opinion of jurists   Law & Morality:Overlaps/Differs from Society e.g-gayism/illicit samsu-S’wak/P’sular   Law & Justice:Uphold justice & depends on locality e.g rampancy   Federal Constitution (lex locci)/ Written Constitution   Highest Law of the land   Malaysian/human rights/liberty   Any laws against the Federal Constitution-null

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    application of English Law in our legal system. English Law is part of Malaysian law. The definition of law in Article 160 of the Federal Constitution includes ‘the common law in so far as it is in operation in the Federation or any part thereof’. That qualification concerns the extent to which English Law is applicable in Malaysia. First‚ we will discuss on the meaning of ‘sources’. Historical sources is the factor which influenced the development of law in religious and custom. Law can be found through

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    The legal system of the United States of America is very similar‚ almost to the point of being identical‚ to the legal system of the English-speaking Caribbean.”Discuss. The legal system of the United States of America and the English speaking Caribbean are predominantly common law legal systems. Both legal systems share a number of similarities; however‚ there are quite a number of pronounced differences that would make it impossible for one to conclude that both systems are similar to the point

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    LEGAL SYSTEMS What is a legal system It is an operating set of legal institutions‚ procedures and rules regulating a given society From a law perspective: restricted to where the ’sovereign’ commands different laws for different groups of the population From a non state perspective: includes the system of courts and judges supported by the state as well as non legal forms of normative ordering. Normative ordering - e.g. Written codes‚ security forces‚ tribunals etc which replicate the structure

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    Business Law – Unit 15 Task 01-a A legal system in a country embodies both the law of that country and the mechanisms the country has in place for regulating and enforcing those laws. A legal system incorporates: * The country’s law * The legislature: the law making body * The judiciary: the body that sits in judgment on disputes about laws * The prosecution system: the system that seeks to ensure the criminal law in enforced and people who break the law are prosecuted * The

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    characteristics of common law system? Do you think this legal system is good enough to protect the rights of individuals and organizations? Common lawsystem of law that prevails in England and in countries colonized by England. The name is derived from the medieval theory that the law administered by the king’s courts represented the common custom of the realm‚ as opposed to the custom of local jurisdiction that was applied in local or manorial courts. In its early development common law was largely

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