prevention of crime by threat of arrest, conviction, punishment 2) prevention of crime by strengthening of moral norms 3) prevention of crime by stimulating law-abiding contact based on the impulse to conform. 4. Criticisms: 1) ineffective in cases where criminal is motivated by emotional concerns 2) one person might be used as a means to an end in order to deter others and benefit society as a whole ii. Retribution 5. Premise: humans act under free will and must be punished
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Introduction This report will be based on the following which is the process when making an act of parliament the different stages they have to go through when a new law is being brought out and also the rules of statutory interpretation. For the merit, the methods of law making will be compared and contrasted and also the applying the rules of statutory interpretation. For the final part of this report, the role of the Judiciary in the formulation and interpretation of legal rules. How (most)
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Law and 1. The stability and predictability created by the law is essential to business activities. ANSWER: t PAGE: 2 type: = 2. Law is a body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society. ANSWER: T PAGE: 2 TYPE: = 3. The natural law philosopher believes that formal law is inferior to universal moral and ethical principles that are part of human nature. ANSWER: T PAGE: 3 TYPE: = 4. Constitutional
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CONTENTS UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION-------------------------------------------------------------------1 1.1 Introduction--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 1.2 Law and Society: Mutual Relationship & Interaction-----------------------------------------------------3 1.3 Legal System: A System of Norms and Social System?---------------------------------------------------4 1.4 Role of Law in A Planned Socio-Economic Development------------------------------------------------6
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INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………4 CASE STUDY 1: OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE…………………………………………5 CASE STUDY 2: CONSIDERATION……………………………………………………..6 CASE STUDY 3: INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATION……………………..7 CASE STUDY 4: contractual terms……………………………………………...……7-8 CASE STUDY 5: exclusion clause……………………………………………………8-9 CASE STUDY 6: Tort of negligence …...……………………………………………9-11 CASE STUDY 7: vicarious liability……………………………………………………12. REFERENCE LIST………………………………………………………………………..13 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CASE STUDY 1: OFFER
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Introduction L on Fuller made an impressive observation in his response to HLA Hart’s Holmes Lecture . His observation was that “Throughout his discussion Professor Hart seems to assume the only difference between Nazi law and, say, English Law is that the Nazis used their laws to achieve ends that are odious to an Englishman.” Though Hart and Fuller completely agreed about the odiousness of the ends that the Nazis pursued and the disgusting means through which they pursued them: racial discrimination
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right to earn a living to all American citizens iii. NOTE: EPC not really used for these arguments because men and women were so separately situated iv. HELD: claim was denied (cited Slaughterhouse cases 1872 which
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paper is generally about the case analysis about the supreme court case Automobiles Workers v. Johnson Controls, Inc. based on the legal documents, such as the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, and Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1987. This case is focus on the primary prospective of the Pregnancy Discrimination between the employers and employees, providing the elaborate and personal comprehension of this case issues, and then describes the inspiration refined from this case.
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Indian Statute Law: Another main source of Indian Mercantile law is the Acts passed by the Indian Legislature. Pakistan Contract Act 1872, The Sale of Goods Act 1930, The negotiable Instrument Act 1881, The companies Act 1953 are some of the Acts passed by the Indian Legislature. 3. Judicial Decisions: Another important source of mercantile laws is the judicial decisions of the Courts. Disputes settled by the courts earlier have persuasive and guiding value. The judge has to decide the case; where
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standard for creativity extremely low. Rather than the completely novel ideas protected by the patent laws, copyright laws dictate that an idea only needs a minimal degree of creativity to be protected. The Copyright Act is seen as a compromise between the rights of the publishers and the rights of the authors. The extension protects the rights of the authors with respect to whether they can profit from their ideas, but the publishers now have certain rights that they can assert which they did not
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