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    Introduction: The creation, interpretation, and application of laws and policies in society is guided in large part by the morals and values of the society in which they are implemented. Within this idea, however, it is necessary to realize that there are numerous perspectives from which to approach and address legal issues. This becomes especially pertinent to bear in mind when examining contentious subjects like domestic violence. This paper will examine the issue of domestic violence as a…

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    this nature can possibility question the facts; as a result the appellant alleges that the magistrate or judge has generated a decision, which can be produced from incorrect information. However questions of law can arise which, the appellant contends that the magistrate or judge has implied law in an incorrect manner. The three-tier model provides efficiency too deliver the correct expertise too each legal matter discussed within the courts. Compromised of its own handling of various matters…

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    Business Law The English Legal System This assignment will look at the English legal system. It is fairly complex and there is a hierarchy between civil courts and criminal courts. As far as the past 500 years the system has keep evolving, such as the law of precedent. In order to complete the essay successfully, this essay will find out what is law and how the law systems work in the country. It will attempt to understand the difference between public law and private law and the…

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    Law Dynamics: A Case Study

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    The dynamics of Law dynamics are not always clear-cut. The complex entanglement of rules and exceptions to the rules illustrate the value of a legal education. For example, the hypothetical situation presented is complex. A renowned self-defense expert, Bond, prepares a blind simulated real-life scenario to illustrate to his students the gap between the classroom and reality. This simulation ends in a domino effect of chaos. Knight, a new student, attempts to defend Bond by stabbing his…

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    The general rule says, company has approved or endorsed an act or contract that has been done or made except prior authorization. (PRBL Week 5 2015) As Karen and Jones were two legal directors so they were legal authority by law to take decisions. They thought it would be a good expansion opportunity for Delish and took the loan. So Karen and Jones contracting with bank get legal. And they are being company representatives so it is Delish’s duty to repay to the bank. So being two legal…

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    In Ancient Law, Sir Henry Maine explores the development of law and social structures while simultaneously examining historical findings and their implications. His famous claim, “the movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract” (Ancient Law, final sentence of Chapter 5), posits the stark contrast between law in the archaic world, which is based off “status” and law in modern world whose epicenter is “contract.” These differences aided in explaining…

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    One difference is that judicial leaders in Victorian Era were able to “Ignoring certain laws or precedents,” but today there are copious laws in place to protect people from being abused, consequently “the judge would have to break two rules in order to accomplish this” (LaMance, 2017). A huge difference between the Judicial systems 200 years ago and today is that juries were not required in every case, as in Oliver…

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    The law relating to domestic enquiry is very vast and varied. It is scattered over number of statues, orders, standing orders and decisions of courts. To understand and appreciate it we have to carefully go through the concepts of rights and obligations and duties, a worker has acquired certain rights and it is the manifestation of these rights, which had culminated into this branch of law. The concept of hire and fire has lost its recognition altogether in the last decades of development and…

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    Law’s Empire, the myth of the grand judge Hercules is ‘encapsulated by the metaphor of an ideal judge, Hercules is immensely wise and with full knowledge of legal sources. Acting on the premise that the law is a seamless web, Hercules is required to construct the theory that best fits and justifies the law as a whole in order to decide any particular case. Hercules, Dworkin argues, would always come to the one right answer.’(Dworkin) In contrary to the Greek demigod, the question is prose…

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    the Western Europe states whose law is based entirely on written civil law (Terrill, 2015). This is in contrast to England and the U.S. whose laws are mainly derived from the common law. Civil law can be defined as “the set of legal rules regulating the organization and functioning of courts of law competent disputes affecting private citizens” (Cadiet & Amrani-Mekki, 2008, p. 307). France’s legal system was mainly obtained from Roman law and is based on codified laws that were drafted in 1804…

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