government and protection of persons and property that derive their authority from the community customs and traditions that evolved over the centuries as interpreted by judicial tribunals. Common-law courts base their decisions on prior judicial pronouncements rather than on legislative enactments. Where a statute governs the dispute, judicial interpretation of that statute determines how the law applies. Common-law judges rely on their predecessors' decisions of actual controversies, rather than on abstract
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Spend Analysis Daniel Wheeler BUS 307 Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques Prof. Aaron Hensley January 26, 2014 Spend Analysis Because of today’s enormously competitive industry surroundings, spend analysis has turned out to be an essential strategic device. There are now a lot of foundations which use the spend analysis procedure; it becomes very important for the remaining associations to embrace this procedure in order to continue being competitive and contend in today’s
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CONTENT (50 points) | |Excellent: 9-10 |Satisfactory: 7-8 |Weak: 0-6 |Grade | |Thesis |Clearly stated and |Clearly stated but lacking |Thesis unclear or missing | | | |appropriately focused |sharp focus | | | | |
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Parents tell it to their kids and teachers tell it to their students: “Be yourself.” It’s easier to say it than to do it. Being an individual is more than just looking different; it’s in the way we talk, think, react, and the way we listen. It doesn’t mean following a crowd of rebels because they’re not mainstream. That would just lead to another crowd that has the same scheme. Individuality is the most powerful form of expression. It all starts with your name, better known as “the real first impression
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the significance of the health issues or the biological impact on the environment. The lawyer may have felt a conflict of interest, in that he was both a director and a paid counsel. In any event, his view was limited to current and past legal precedent, not to the future, or to non-legal perspectives. This is functional fixation which can mislead a corporation into short-range thinking. The result of this analysis should be the realization that to properly govern a company, the board should have
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OSCOLA Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities Fourth Edition Faculty of Law, University of Oxford www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent. Judicial precedent concerns itself with the influence and value of past decisions of case law and prior legal experience. The doctrine of precedent means that judges refer back to previous decisions to help them decide similar cases where the law and facts are alike. A fundamental principle upon which the doctrine of judicial precedent rests, is that a hierarchy of courts is needed if it is to operate. The concept of stare
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the $200,000 annual royalty paid by Hyper Games Ltd for the exclusive licence of the game they developed between themselves. However, if circumstances are analysed in conjunction with relevant partnership legislation, the Partnership Act 1963 and precedent case law it becomes less clear that there is a partnership between the three. The issues arising, that raise doubt as to whether Marco should be entitled to a one third share of the annual royalty are: • Jack and Jill had already developed an early
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Estate of Leavitt v. Comm Facts: As shareholders of VAFLA Corporation, an S corporation, the appellants claimed deductions to reflect the corporation’s operating losses. The commissioner disallowed deductions above the $10,000 bases from original investment. The appellants contend that the adjusted basis in their stock should be increased to reflect a $300,000 loan. The loan was obtained by VAFLA from bank and was guaranteed by the shareholder-guarantors. VAFLA made all of the loan payments, principals
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In the English legal system the doctrine of Precedent is based on the Latin maxim Stare decisis. Stare decisis is translated as “to stand by what has been decided and do not unsettle the established”.It is used to support fairness and to provide certainty in the law(Martin, J. 2013).Precedent can only function when the legal reasons of previous cases are known. When a judgment is being announced at the end of a case, a speech is given. This speech includes the reasons behind the decision, a summary
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