. Methodology: Lecture, case study analysis, group in-class Assignments. . Course Objectives: This course is part of the BSBA degree program to provide students abilities to: • Demonstrate cognizant skills through case briefs and essays/reports. • Demonstrate successful, participatory team and peer performance. • Apply sound business processes to solve business problems and incorporate critical thinking skills to a series of integrated projects.
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Original text - Definition of Roman law “Between 753 b.c. and a.d. 1453, the legal principles, procedures, and institutions of Roman law dominated Western, and parts of Eastern, civilization. The legal systems of western Europe, with the exception of Great Britain, are based on Roman law and are called civil-law systems. Even the common-law tradition found in the English-speaking world has been influenced by it. In the United States, the Common Law has been paramount, but Roman law has influenced
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L I T I G AT I O N A N D A D R LITIGATION ARBITRATION Stock byte/G etty Im ages What Parties Might Be Giving Up and Gaining When Deciding Not to Litigate: A Comparison of Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation 48 MAY/JULY 2008 TION MEDIA Deciding whether to litigate, arbitrate, or mediate requires an understanding of three dispute resolution processes. The authors begin with the major characteristics of litigation, and then discuss whether these characteristics are present in
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ICTR's Akayesu Verdict SYNOPSIS The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) heard Jean-Paul Akayesu accused of vicious gang rapes and genocide that took the lives of 2,000 Tutsis. The trial court chamber of three judges, two men and one woman, had an unprecedented opportunity to clarify whether rape during internal armed conflict constitutes genocide as well as a crime against humanity. Nongovernmental organizations worked to "engender" the Tribunal while holding accountable the Hutu
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1. Introduction And Brief History The concept of conciliated settlement of disputes is not alien to the traditional Indian culture and social life. Nyaya Panchayats and Gram Panchayat provided seats for resolving the disputes in rural areas on an immediate basis. Generally, any crime or civil dispute used to be resolved within the village itself. Either village elders or caste elders or family elders used to facilitate the process. The introduction of Lok Adalats added a new chapter to the justice
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Supreme Court Case Brief: Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier Story: This case involved former East High School students who were members of their school’s newspaper. The petitioners filed suit in Federal District Court; the students alleged that their First Amendment rights were violated due to the deletion of two pages from a particular issue of the school paper, The Spectrum. The principal, Robert Reynolds, objected to a story on teen pregnancy and another article about divorce. After reviewing the page proofs
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counsel; Mr. Apruzzese, Sharon P. Margello, Richard C. Mariani, Warren, Jerrold J. Wohlgemuth, Westfield, and Daniel P. Murphy, Newark, on the brief). Bruce P. McMoran, Newark, for plaintiff-respondent and cross-appellant (Barry & McMoran, attorneys; Mr. McMoran, of counsel; Mr. McMoran, John J. Barry, Colleen D. Shiarella, and Carmen J. DiMaria, on the brief). The opinion of the court was delivered by Defendants Schering-Plough Corporation (Schering), James Reed (Reed), Ronald Martino (Martino)
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North Carolina which was the first argued case during their new term. This case presents the question of whether a police officer’s mistake of law can provide the individualized suspicion that the Fourth Amendment requires to justify a traffic stop (Brief of Petitioner 2). This case arose in 2009 when police stopped Nicholas Heien in North Carolina for driving with one broken brake light. The officer issued Heien a citation for his light and then proceeded to ask him if he could search his car, which
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Equal Employment Opportunity "There are no ‘white’ or ‘colored’ signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle" (John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Message to Congress, 19th June 1963). Two months after President John F. Kennedy assumed his role as the President of the United States of America he issued Executive Order 10925. This order first established the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The mission of the committee was to end discrimination in employment by government
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ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN INDIA In a rapidly developing society human needs are bound to multiply resulting into conflict of interests. People become more conscious about their individual rights and litigation becomes an inevitable part of their life due to rising incidence of disputes among them. The problem is further compounded when there is lack of discipline in the litigation process an judicial mechanism finds it difficult to cope up with the enormous caseload. Particularly
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