Legal System of HK Seminar 2: Common Law System and Ideology (9/9/13) Substantive justice VS procedural justice Influence of external forces on legal system‚ they interact in the law making processes and affect what is morally right or wrong‚ law is not the only tool responsible for maintain social order‚ people have private life and other systems (social control‚ culture‚ religions…) to guide people’s life and behaviours LAW: Certainty‚ predictability‚ there should be an authorities to
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UCC Team Boys and a Chick Law/421 11/3/12 Mr. Marmo Uniform Commercial Codes 1) Does article 2 of the UCC apply to the contracts between Grocery Inc and their vendors? Yes. In the scenario Grocery Inc is in contract with multiple vendors‚ both private (individual) and corporate vendors. Article 2 covers the sale of goods. Goods meaning that they can be moved during the time of purchase such as food products (Lawinfo.com‚ 2012). The UCC does not cover services like a membership
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Module: Common Law Assignment 2: Law of Torts Submission date: 25.4.2012 By Anna Permall Contents Verity Smith runs a small printing business in Whitstable‚ Kent. Verity’s business has been thriving and she is looking to expand her business into other parts of Kent. She would like some advice regarding the following incidents: 1. (i) Lesley‚ the Office Manager‚ suffered serious injuries to her Hands and face when her IPAD2 provided by Verity exploded at her desk. (ii)
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Civil law is primarily contrasted against common law‚ which is the legal system developed among Anglo-Saxon people‚ especially in England. The original difference is that‚ historically‚ common law was law developed by custom‚ beginning before there were any written laws and continuing to be applied by courts after there were written laws‚ too‚ whereas civil law developed out of the Roman law of Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis (Corpus Iuris Civilis). In later times‚ civil law became codified as
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Assignment Common Law Common law is based on the bible‚ stare decisis and precedent. Basically what this means is that common law is recognized as law even if it is not actually written in the books. For example common law marriage is recognized when a couple lives together for so long even if they do not have an actual marriage license(Miller & Jentz‚ 2010). Jurisdiction Jurisdiction is the authority of the court to hear a case. For example federal court hears federal laws‚ where a state
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|LAW/421 | | |Contemporary Business Law | Copyright © 2011 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. COURSE SYLLABUS FOR CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS LAW/421 |Week One: Introduction to Law
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my classmates who that helped me through with these Assignment tasks. □ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……….. 2 □ TASK 1 INTRODUCTION……….5 ← Definition of Law ← Classification of Law & Classification of Civil Law ← Definition of Contract Law ← Types of Contract BODY………… 6-15 ← Essentials of A Valid Contract ← Definition of Vitiating Factors ← Types of Vitiating Factors ← Description of the different
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COMMON LAW ORIGIN OF THE 4TH AMENDMENT As is the case with the majority of the legal pronouncements that comprise the Bill of Rights‚ the Fourth Amendment is based on the English common law that was extant in England in the 1600s and 1700s. In fact‚ the Fourth Amendment was directly inspired by three British legal cases – two of which were adjudicated in England and one that was tried in the American colonies in the 1760s. The two cases tried in England‚ Wilkes v. Wood (1763) and Entick v
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Civil and Common law countriesContents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Introduction PAGEREF _Toc383004748 \h 4Historical development of Civil law PAGEREF _Toc383004749 \h 4The source of Civil law PAGEREF _Toc383004750 \h 5The historical development of Common law PAGEREF _Toc383004751 \h 6The source of Common law PAGEREF _Toc383004752 \h 7The main differences between Civil law and Common law PAGEREF _Toc383004753 \h 7Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc383004754 \h 8Reference List PAGEREF _Toc383004755 \h 9 Discuss the
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have studied and suggested what factors drive growth. Due to the important role played by the law in the finance sector‚ economist and policy makers argued that the legal system can have a major influence on a country’s economic prosperity. This leads us to the main topic of this research essay. The aim of this essay is to compare the strengths and weaknesses of the common law system with the civil law system with reference to economic prosperity. The first section will explain the connection between
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