Tort Law p2 * The difference between contract law and trot law is that: （这个可以不用写下来） At the core of contracts, we have agreed with specific others to do or not to do things. With Tort law, it’s much broader than that. In the agreements that we make, are not necessarily so specific and identifiable. They are much more general. * Contract law is the law that enforces agreements that I reach with individual people. There are parties to a contract. 例：I agree not to build on my property
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Jay Carter Business Ethics Business Law Ethics are something that we in some way or another and especially as working adults have either faced or will face at one point in our lives. When dealing with ethics it comes down to the choices and decisions that people and organizations make that affect others. Now whether it’s for personal gain or to move a corporation along its solely dependent on the circumstance. For example usually when
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Business Law By Andrew Burnett (20131219) A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Business Law Course of Study School of Computer Studies Excelsior Community College, Jamaica December 2, 2014 The postal rule The postal rule states that where it is agreed that the parties will use the post as a means of communication the postal rule will apply. The postal rule states that where a letter is properly addressed and stamped the acceptance
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section 26, section 28, and section 9. Body Under section 26, an agreement without consideration is void unless it is in writing and registered, or in a promise to compensate for something done, or is a promise to pay a debt barred by limitation law. So, Olander Contracting Co is right, developer Gail Wachter should pay for the pipe. In their water and sewer construction contract, it state that “among other things, connecting a IO-inch sewer line from Wachter’s housing development to the city’s
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Principles of Business Law Case 1. Introduction: Maria saw the John’s announcement about the selling of 1999 Bedford van and became the potential buyer. After making a thorough inspection and test drive, she entered into a contract to buy John’s property. Situation 1. Issue: Maria found out that the vehicle was made from two different models of Bedford van and that the car is in dangerous condition. Principle:
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the laptop computer, Sarah could be committing Petit (Misdemeanor) Larceny if it is valued under $1,000 and Grand (Felony) Larceny in the Fourth Degree, if its value exceeds $1,000, but is less than $3,000, (http://theftdefenseattorney.com/larceny-law-resource/misdemeanor-larceny-vs-felony-larceny/). In Scenario #2 where Sarah sees Makoto with a laptop, holds him at gunpoint and forces him to give up the computer, Sarah is committing Aggravated Robbery. Aggravated Robbery, because she used a deadly
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said that: all laws in Australia are made by the Federal Parliament. However, this statement is not true. The reason for this becomes clear in the next section. The source of law making in Australia divided into two descriptions: common law and Acts of Parliament which declared by courts and parliament respectively. The Australian legal system is based on the English legal system and is known as a common law legal system. Common law in known as precedent, case-law and judge-made law. At the same
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between substantive and procedural law. Substantive law is the statutory or written law that defines rights and duties of people as they act in society and it deals with the legal relationship between people. Substantive law is an independent set of laws that decide the fate of the case and cannot be applicable in non-legal contexts. So substantive law underlines the essential substance of a trial. Procedural law provides the machinery to enforce the substantive laws on the government bodies. It comprises
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explosion. The explosion caused scales at the end of the platform fall on plaintiff. However employees were not negligent in relation to the plaintiff, who was far away from the accident. Is passenger at the other end of the platform protected by the Law against the unsuspected hazard concealed beneath the waste? If not, is the result to be any different, so far as the distant passenger is concerned, when the guard stumbles over a valise, which a truck man or a porter has left upon the walk? The conduct
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Business Law One source of American law is Administrative law, which: • consists of rules, orders and decisions of administrative agencies • Now affects almost every aspect of a business’s operations • Is both state and federal Regarding case law, which is one source of American law, which of the following is NOT true? Case law is: • Based on a particular case decided in 1787 One particular uniform law which promotes commerce was first issued in 1952, and has been adopted by all fifty states
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