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Contemporary Business and UK Common Law's Advantages and Disadvantages

formed the basis of whet we now refer to as common law. The principle source of law currently is that of legislation....

Answering Questions on Directors Duties

Ch 656 it was established that a company could not prevent the ability to make alterations (Davies, 2001). However, this is not as...

Law as a Social Engineering Tool

guiding tool, pointing the way to what should be, rather than a reflective tool, reflecting opinion. The way the law is seen to ...

English Law, Common Law Concept, and the Binding Precedent Doctrine

may occur where there different facts or where there has been a change n the law applying to similar cases. The way that the decis...

Contract Law Application

of Goods by Sea Act 1992, this repealed the former Bills of Lading Act 1855 and was seen to bring English law onto the same level ...

Children and Legal Responsibilities

for decision making (Lexis, 2004). This approach also reflects the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Cretney , 1998). Ho...

Case Study on Agency and Contract Law

we need to ascertain if the title had passed when the goods were destroyed, if title had passed to the buyer then the risk has als...

Canada and Business Law

said, business law is really made up of many different topics. Within each of these topics arise pertinent issues. Yates (2001) w...

Labor Law Issues

("U.S. Department of Labor," 2006). Workers covered under FLSA must get a minimum wage of $5.15 per hour ("U.S. Department of Labo...

A Consideration of Ann Wells' 'Who Owns Information?: From Privacy to Public Access'

risks which currently exist in regard to information privacy and eloquently addresses the evolutionary trend toward information ma...

Child Labor Practices Among Farm Workers in Florida

Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Smith, 1995). At the same time, children who work all around the nation are being either hurt or kill...

Contesting a Will on Grounds of Mental Capacity

the family home, where Jill still resided, $150,000 in bank deposits as well as some antiques and personal chattels to her grandch...

Entrance Letter for Law School

NY, a diverse community that has a large minority population. Freeport is a community that has been negatively affected by drugs ...

Shadow and De Facto Directors

behaves, not just the directors or the officers of a company. Individuals that are not on the board may still be at...

Are Safe Haven Laws Safe?

In a paper of three pages, the author considers the issue of safe haven laws, including those without age limits, and the implicat...

The Need for Reform and Three-Strikes Sentencing

not violate the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment (Samaha, 2011). Ewing was sentence to 25 years to l...

Directors Duties in Australia - The Influence of the Centro Case

and the Centro Retail Group. In the former $1.5 billion of liabilities which should have been classified as short term liabilities...

Twenty First Century Policing

Policing today shares many similarities with policing of any particular era. At the same time...

21st Century Intellectual Property Laws

easier than ever to pirate and illegally distribute the same material. This paper provides an overview of intellectual property in...

Questions on International Law Answered

is all very clear, if the documentation is not correct that the title to the goods and the risk has not yet assed. Although it is ...

Drug Testing and the Constitution

right to work doctrine is not necessarily the rule of employment. For instance, in Texas, an employee challenged her employers man...

Israelites and Codified Law

codified into groups of laws, established the basis of laws established in future cultures. While punishments were severe, they re...

3 Student Posed Questions on the Law

usually with regard to common law. It is most commonly used where there is a parent company defending an action against a subsidia...

Law of Prgnanz and Productive Thinking of Max Wertheimer

like a star, however, the mind does not see the dots for themselves and only perceives the holistic value of the star. The law o...

Canada, Ethics, and Cheating

cheat. They cheat with timesheets, for example, as well as cheat on financial statements which might include a deduction for a bus...

Consumer Protection and Business Law

topic does tend to support the consumer, although sometimes the consumer has to appeal. For example, in Leipart v. Guardian Indust...

Brazilian Rubber Plantation and Estates Ltd [1911] 1 Ch 425 and United Kingdom Company Law

their duty of care, they had done their best and exercised the skills that they had. These had obviously not been up to the job, b...

Meaning of Hate Crimes

are placid and do nothing, allowing these they of crime to continue. If we consider the way that those in society are...

Operational Discharges, the Law, and Marine Pollution

pollution. Maritime law has recognised the need to protect the environment for many years. However, there are still many breaches...

Courts and Communications

deceptive pricing, comparative superiority and safety-related claims (FDA Consumer, 1993). Media Access to the Courts The ...