Common Law Essay Examples

Yahoo should operate under certain conditions for it to be effective. There are certain terms and conditions which govern Yahoo operations which the company should legally comply to them. It is advisable that one understand these conditions before accessing any information from the site. The site has also some products and services which are personal […]

California has a strong racing culture.   In fact, according to an Internet encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Southern California is considered to be the birthplace of drag racing.  Yet, the state of California considers street racing an illegal activity.  This is because street racing leads to injuries and deaths, many a times of absolutely innocent people, including […]

Research Background General Overview of Crime in the world Crime is bound to happen anywhere and it happens all around the globe. Crime is the intentional commission of an act usually deemed socially harmful or dangerous and specifically defined, prohibited, and punishable under criminal law (Merriam Webster, 2013). Crimes run from trespassing up to committing […]

Introduction Odex is a Singapore-based company that licenses and releases anime for local and regional (Southeast Asian) consumption. It was registered in 1998, for the purpose of licensing and importing overseas drama and animation into Singapore, which it began distributing in 2000 (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. , 2008) . In 2007, Odex caused uproar among anime […]

Race the Strip, Not the Street. One of the fastest growing worldwide sports right now is racing. There are numerous forms of racing but Street Racing is one that is mainly performed by teenagers. Street racing originated from Drag Racing, on a quarter-mile strip. As the sport of street racing began to spread around the […]

By Aaron Larson Law Offices of Aaron Larson October, 2003 Contents Proximate Cause The Elements of a Negligence Action Gross Negligence Children and Negligence Comparative Negligence Contributory Negligence Mixed Comparative and Contributory Negligence Vicarious Liability In general terms, negligence is “the failure to use ordinary care” through either an act or omission. That is, negligence […]

Facts: On December 22, 1984, Darryl Cabey, James Ramseur, Troy Canty and Barry Allen were on the same subway car with Bernhard Goetz. Canty approached Goetz and demanded five dollars. At this point, Goetz stood up, pulled out an unlicensed . 38 pistol and fired four shots at the four boys, establishing a “pattern of […]

Introduction… When any company reaches out to the public to fund its visions, it is the prospectus that they send out –that ‘letter of offer’ that can turn dreams to reality. The prospectus could thus be visualized as the envoy of the company, sent to elucidate detailed information to woo potential investors from the general […]

Development of common law and equity Introduction I have been asked to write a essay on the development of common law and equity. Common law refers to the law created by judges that was historically significant but has been since replaced by parliament common law is the basis of our law today it is an […]

The Need for Tort Reform in the United States Tort law is a type of law that is designed to offer remedies to civil wrongs. Unlike contractual damages that occur, where responsibility is predetermined, tort law is designed for someone who is legally injured to be able to recover damages from the person who is […]

Majority Opinion – In this case, the petitioner, Larry Dudley Hiibel, was arrested by Humboldt County Deputy Sheriff Lee Dove for refusing to comply with an officer’s repeated request for identification. Hiibel was charged with violating a “stop and identify” Nevada statute, which enables an officer to detain a suspicious person only to ascertain his […]

Customs Customs are established patterns of behavior among people in a society group. Customary law refers to established patterns of behavior that are accepted wealth a particular social or commercial setting and that are of sufficient importance to be enforced. Rules Generally refer to prescribed directions of conduct. (What is allowed and what Is prohibited). […]

Contents Introduction I work as a legal advisor at Eastern solicitors, on behalf of the Head Solicitor I am going to create a detailed report for our new client Mr. Mitchell. I am going to be Informing him about the elements and various cases that need to be considered to assess a crime along with […]

After reviewing these decisions, the author argues that the approach to the duty of care in New Zealand, represented by the decision in South Pacific Manufacturing Co Ltd v New Zealand Security Consultants and Investigations Ltd , is at least as uncertain as that in Australia and Canada prior to these decisions, and that the […]

The claimant will be entitled to enforce the full mount of any judgment in respect of the in personae liability of the ship-owner. Where no such liability has been incurred, however, the judgment will still be limited to the value of the rest. ” Simon Vaughan, Shipping Law (4th Eden, Rutledge-Cavendish 2009), p. 383. Critically […]

The English-American colonies were autocratic and theocratic, with a patriarchal system of justice: magistrates and religious leaders, sometimes one and the same, made the laws, and the burden of obeying them fell on the less exalted—the tradesmen, soldiers, farmers, servants, slaves, and the young. That burden could be weighty.In his History of American Law, Lawrence […]

The statement above requires an analysis of the common law regarding the concept of practice statement and significant ways in which its ambit was tried to increase. To the core of law relating to judges and their role in hierarchy goes the debate between certainty and flexibility. In order to analyse the statement we would […]

In the film, “The Rainmaker”, Rudy Baylor is a young man who just graduated law school. Rudy is having a hard time finding a full time job, and has yet to pass the bar exam. He eventually finds a job as an ‘ambulance chaser’ for a personal injury lawyer named “Bruiser”. Rudy already has a […]

Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror The right to liberty and freedom are constitutional rights that are to be enjoyed by all the citizens of any country. This also applies to those who are alien to that country. For those who are imprisoned, they are denied all these rights in whole. This […]

Introduction Disparities have certain effects on certain groups, especially the blacks, who are given variable treatment in the justice system. It is said that racial disparity in a criminal justice system is exists when the percentage of a racial group controlling the system is bigger than the percentage of the ethnic or racial group in […]

The State, sovereign as such, has the power to exercise such rights as it may deem fitting and compatible with its being sovereign. Corollary to the exercise of sovereignty is its inherent obligation to protect its people within its territory. It is to be noted that the State acts though the government. The government therefore […]

Wikileaks exist to bring important news and information to the public… so that readers and historians alike can see evidence of the truth. In May 2010, US President Barack Obama signed legislation intended to promote free press around the world. It requires the US department of state to expand its scrutiny on news media restrictions […]