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    Considerations in the early days are known to be difficult to be defined with simple words. However, in Bunn v Guy it is defined as “ loss or inconvenience suffered by one party at the request of the other ”. Furthermore, in Thomas v Thomas it is stated to be defined as “some detriment to the plaintiff or some benefit to the defendant”. It is also stated in a well known definition in Currie v Misa which is also the one that has drawn criticism that consideration is “some right, interest,…

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    Romanian Police Image

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    ROMANIAN LAW ENFORCERS PUBLIC IMAGE If the first part of the research followed an exploratory-descriptive pattern, the last one focused on an explanatory approach. It was based on cross-sectional design, by analyzing a sample at one point in time (Bachman, & Schutt, 2003 Maxfield & Babbie, 2008). The aims of the study focused on: identifying the factors related to the public image of the police, the assessment of the contribution of a number of variables in shaping the public image of Romanian…

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    the discretion allowances up to the limit specified by the law, failure to which decisions may be subjected to comprehensive vetting. For instance, the practice of discretion may be void judgement decisions in the event of bias, capricious practices, and the exercising…

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    this type cannot be achieved if any business that is adversely affected may seek compensation... As discussed above, that case concerned the application of certain tax laws by Mexico to…

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    CLSA Legal Case Study

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    Findings The LSA states the regulatory objectives of the legislation. These are set out at s1 of the Act: “(a) protecting and promoting the public interest; (b) supporting the constitutional principle of the rule of law; (c) improving access to justice; (d) protecting and promoting the interests of consumers; (e) promoting competition in the provision of services within subsection (2); (f) encouraging an independent, strong, diverse and effective legal profession;…

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    authority to hear and decide cases. These jurisdictions are composed of the original jurisdiction, which has the authority to hear the case when it is first brought to the courts. The appellate jurisdiction which reviews the cases for errors of the law and then there’s general jurisdiction that has the authority to hear any types of cases. The special jurisdiction courts have the authority to hear only specific types of cases. Personal jurisdiction is the authority of the courts over the parties…

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    Argument Rule-Making

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    The agency can make substantive rules as an act of statutory powers delegated by Congress. These rules could be formal or informal. Formal rules require the agency to conduct interviews, having written record, and a conclusive ruling. Although with an informal ruling, the agency needs to investigate, hold conferences, making compromises before reaching any final decisions. Therefore, all proposals must be supported by objective analysis, facts, and laws that are binding on the courts with…

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    However, there are broad exceptions applying to rules against discrimination which are inherent in the RDO. These exceptions might, somehow, render a discriminatory act, lawful. For example, in Section 11, “Being of a particular racial group is a genuine occupational qualification”. The genuine occupational qualification could be a common defence relied upon by employers. Section 11(2) of the RDO lays down 5 specific examples of what amounts to a genuine occupational qualification which could be…

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    Judicial Assignment 1. Describe the two judicial philosophies? First there is Judicial Activism, which is a doctrine holding that the federal judiciary should take an active role by using its powers to check the activities of governmental bodies when those bodies exceed their authority. (Bades, 2016) Then there is Judicial Restraint which is A doctrine holding that the courts should defer to the decisions made by the elected representatives of the people in the legislative and executive…

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    Canada is split into ten provinces and three territories. Yet, the boundaries that we have recently learnt in class prove that new regions can be formed, especially when creativity and logic is involved. The boundaries that we have focused on, are as follows: 1. The Climate Region Boundary 2. The Landform Region Boundary 3. The Soils Region Boundary 4. The Vegetation Region Boundary 5. The Discontinuous Ecumene Boundary 6. The Continuous Ecumene Boundary 7. The International Boundary Each of…

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