Hopes of precedent The lawsuit was brought on behalf of 30‚000 Ecuadoreans‚ in a case which dragged on for nearly two decades. The plaintiffs said the company’s activities had destroyed large areas of rainforest and also led to an increased risk of cancer among the local population. The trial began in 2003 after almost a decade of legal battles in the US. At that time‚ a US appeals court ruled that the case should be heard in Ecuador. Environmentalists hope the case will set a precedent‚ forcing
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Miller v. Alabama (2012) Supreme Court Case Introduction The Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of mandatory life sentences without parole enforced upon persons aged fourteen and younger found guilty of homicide. The court declared unconstitutional a compulsory sentence of life without parole for children. The states have been barred from routinely imposing sentences based on the crime committed. There is a requirement
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Additionally‚ there were no facts of independent public significance‚ such as safety and health issues to justify condemnation. Because there isn’t an obvious public purpose‚ which is what eminent domain is centered around‚ the courts went against case precedent‚ saying Poletown did it wrong‚ letting the nineteen people stay on their property‚ and proving that the power of eminent domain is not a power that is always abused by officials‚ and the restraints put on it to determine whether something is a sufficient
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Indiana Law Journal Volume 27 | Issue 4 7-1-1952 An Introduction to Legal Logic Lee Lovevinger Member of Supreme Court Bar; Member‚ Minnesota Bar Follow this and additional works at: http://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ilj Part of the Legal Education Commons Recommended Citation Lovevinger‚ Lee (1952) "An Introduction to Legal Logic‚" Indiana Law Journal: Vol. 27: Iss. 4‚ Article 1. Available at: http://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ilj/vol27/iss4/1 This Article is brought to you for free
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7-Felthouse v Bindley (1862) 11 CBNS 869 (CCP) Summary: • “For a contract to come into existence‚ the offeree had to communicate his acceptance of the relevant offer to the offeror.” • This means that for a contract to come into play it has to be a bilateral agreement. One party cannot decide to enter someone else in a contract. Also‚ the case implies that changes in a contract nullify prior acceptances- if the contract changes‚ you need to agree the terms again. The Case: • F[elthouse]
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS A1. The stability and predictability of the law is essential to business activities. ANSWER: T PAGE: NAT: AACSB Analytic B1. 2 TYPE: AICPA Critical Thinking = An important function of the law is to provide jurisprudence. ANSWER: F PAGE: NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking 2 TYPE: AICPA N Critical A2. Law is a body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society. ANSWER: T
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Common law 1 Common law Common law‚ also known as case law or precedent‚ is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action. A "common law system" is a legal system that gives great precedential weight to common law‚[1] on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different occasions.[2] The body of precedent is called "common law" and it binds future decisions. In cases where
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COMM 315 Business Law and Ethics 07-Jan-08 |Law: |Ethics: | |if it’s not written it’s not law |norms | | |cultural values | |
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2-1. Present a summary of what employers can and cannot legally do with respect to recruitment‚ selection‚ and promotion and layoff practices. Individual Knowledge and Skills. When conflict occurs because members of the organization have different backgrounds‚ different values because of different socialization experiences‚ or different time spans of feedback from their work‚ exposure to these differences by cross-training or job rotation can help to reduce the conflict. Interpersonal communication
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The Fourth Amendment to the constitution protects United States citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures. Our forefathers recognized the harm and abuses that occurred in the colonies to innocent people by the British‚ and they made sure to write protections into the U.S. Constitution. Fearing the police state that any nation has the potential to become and recognizing that freedom and liberty is meaningless when victimization by the police is a real and foreboding threat the Fourth Amendment
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