Memorandum From: Marie-Alice Morel To: Senior Partner Date: 22th September 2015 Re: Primary Analysis of the Case Sophie Hess vs. Antoinette Royan In the case between Sophie Hess and Antoinette Royan, I would like to describe the role of law in a memo. It is structured in a short definition about the macro and micro function, followed by six important facts from the case and it ends with a detailed explanation about how law from a macro and micro perspective response to these facts. The…
Moonbeam and Tang both have rights and obligations regarding the June instalment as one buyer’s right is a seller’s obligation and vice versa. Both parties are contracting states and thus the Contracts for International Sale of Goods (CISG) is applicable to this question. A contract is formed when acceptance of an offer is met according to the CISG. As per Art14 Moonbeam clearly accepts Tang’s offer to purchase the hairdryers as Moonbeam’s intent to be bound is evident through agreeing to sell…
1) Fines, fees and forfeiture are the different mode of punishment for criminal and civil offences under criminal law. Fines are a type of financial punishment for mostly civil offenses. Fees are a typical source of funds used for rehabilitation purposes that include treatment costs and for covering administrative expenses. Forfeiture is the action taken by the government by seizing the property of offenders. These offenders have earlier owned their property through illegal means. The situations…
In the English Legal System, there are many different areas of law. Usually, the English Legal System separate into two branches, which are civil law and criminal law. Criminal law is a type of public law where the government or the state will take up an action against the accused of crime. Conversely, civil law is a form of private law where the victim will sue a wrong dual who is also a citizen. Therefore, there are differences between criminal law and civil law. The objective of criminal…
According to Professor Ernest J. Weinrib, corrective justice is the idea that liability rectifies the injustice inflicted by one person on another. This idea is based on the fact that the parties are considered to be in an initial equilibrium stage before entering the contract but when this contract is breached one party (usually the defendant) gains while the other (usually the plaintiff) suffers from the contract. Corrective justice is the notion of correcting this inequality by giving back…
Summary The essay, “The Potential Unintended Consequences of The O’Bannon Decision,” by Matthew Parlow, seeks to provide an analysis of the potential effects of the O’Bannon court decision. Specifically, Parlow discusses the effects that the ruling could potentially have on Title IX, athletic opportunities, and the values of the NCAA amateur sports system (Parlow, 2014, p. 203). Parlow begins with a brief description of the O’Bannon v. National Collegiate Athletic Association case, and its…
We as humans are much more similar to chimpanzees than we believe. While reading through the book by Jane Goodall, “Through a Window, My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe”, I noticed many references as to why humans and chimpanzees can be of comparison with one another. Another source that I got information about chimpanzees and them being so similar to humans is the video clip watched in class, “Monkey in the Mirror”, this video explains the cognitive learning of chimpanzees and it…
In “Legal Realism, Critical Legal Studies, and Dworkin”, realism highlights the challenges and negative qualities that Positivism encompasses, not only through criticism but a detailed explanation of an alternate perspective of how the law should be. Hart then responds to these criticisms that point out underlying flaws in the realists views, which indicate his modern view on Positivism and how it has evolved from a better known classic version used previously. Even though Hart does defend Legal…
This case was in between John Michael Malins and the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The appellant in this case is a solicitor specialised in construction law. On 1st of May 2013 he was part of Bond Pearce LLP, on that day Bond Pearce LLP merged with Dickinson D which then became Bond Dickinson. After the merge, the appellant decided to become a partner in a new firm. The solicitor did appeal against a decision that was made by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The tribunal found the…
WITNESS PROCTION IN INDIA- NEED FOR LEGISLATION - Pranjali P Devurkar & Reddy Pawan Kumar INTRODUCTION A witness is an indispensable part of a justice delivery system playing a pivotal role in determining the final outcome of a case. According to Bentham, witnesses are “eyes and ears of justice”. Often these “very” witnesses turn hostile, become untraceable or simply eliminated. In…