1. Corporations are juristic entities. According to the Canada Business Corporations Act Section 15 (1), “A corporation has the capacity…the rights, powers and privileges of a natural person. Soloman v. Soloman was a landmark case in the establishment of company law. Through this case, the emergence of a new legal identity, a separate legal personhood for the incorporated company was developed. This case was the first of its kind that saw the corporation as a separate legal identity.
2. Among the problems created through industrialization in the 19th century, was the challenge that corporations faced in establishing themselves in relationship to the state. Providing corporations with the same rights as a natural person, posed a unique problem in that corporations were in seen as natural expressions of the desires of their members rather than purely as state entities or entities fully subject to state rule. To navigate this new territory a relationship based on autonomy that demanded respect and restraint by the state, with regards to operations was developed. Similarly, the industrial revolution brought with it a new need infrastructure. This necessity to expand development provided the need for a modern market system …show more content…
In the cases involving human burial that we studied there is conflict regarding the intent of the deceased, the responsibilities of the executor and the desires of the family. In Williams v. Williams the deceased stated in his will that he desired to be cremated. The executor ignored this request. Williams had the body dug up and cremated and then tried to sue for damages. Williams lost her case because she did not have the right to exhume the body. In Abeziz v. Harris the deceased requested via his will, to be cremated. The executor was instructed move forward with the cremation as per the instructions in the will. The deceased’s mother an Orthodox Jew challenged the will for her own religious reasons. The cremation was however
2. Among the problems created through industrialization in the 19th century, was the challenge that corporations faced in establishing themselves in relationship to the state. Providing corporations with the same rights as a natural person, posed a unique problem in that corporations were in seen as natural expressions of the desires of their members rather than purely as state entities or entities fully subject to state rule. To navigate this new territory a relationship based on autonomy that demanded respect and restraint by the state, with regards to operations was developed. Similarly, the industrial revolution brought with it a new need infrastructure. This necessity to expand development provided the need for a modern market system …show more content…
In the cases involving human burial that we studied there is conflict regarding the intent of the deceased, the responsibilities of the executor and the desires of the family. In Williams v. Williams the deceased stated in his will that he desired to be cremated. The executor ignored this request. Williams had the body dug up and cremated and then tried to sue for damages. Williams lost her case because she did not have the right to exhume the body. In Abeziz v. Harris the deceased requested via his will, to be cremated. The executor was instructed move forward with the cremation as per the instructions in the will. The deceased’s mother an Orthodox Jew challenged the will for her own religious reasons. The cremation was however