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10 Oct. 2000
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General principles of the Canadian constitutional law

Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit constitutionnel

As a former member of the British Empire, Canada has been widely influenced by certain aspects of the English law. The Canadian parliamentary system finds its origins in the British institutions that were settled after the conquest of 1760 and more particularly with the 1791 constitutional...

16 août 2010
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Common law et civil law

Cours - 6 pages - Droit autres branches

- Les Etats de common law se distinguent par des Constitutions qui sont en fait à l'origine des lois votées par le Parlement de Westminster. Grande influence de l'agencement institutionnel né en Angleterre. - Pas de Constitution écrite au RU, cependant une série de grands textes...

24 Janv. 2009
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L'accusation : comparez les systèmes de Common Law avec le système français

Dissertation - 7 pages - Procédure pénale

Montesquieu, dans son ouvrage la Défense de l'esprit des lois, a écrit « l'équité naturelle demande que le degré de preuve soit proportionné à la grandeur de l'accusation ». La citation peut faire référence à la nécessité d'apporter une preuve quasi irréfragable lorsque l'accusation est de nature...

02 Janv. 2008
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"An English court should solve problems of characterisation by applying the only concepts with which it is familiar, namely those of the forum." Discuss the proposition critically with reference to decided cases

Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit autres branches

The English conflict of laws is a body of rules whose purpose is to assist an English court to deal with cases tried before it which contain a foreign element. It consists of three main topics: (i) the jurisdiction of an English court, in the sense of its competence to hear and...

09 Mars 2009
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Sécurité juridique et évolutivité en Common Law

Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel

La prestigieuse université d'Oxford accueille des étudiants anglais et étrangers ; ainsi que des professeurs qui logent dans son enceinte même, et sont soumis à un règlement intérieur. Ce règlement mentionnait notamment que la possession d'animaux de compagnie était strictement encadrée, les...

18 avril 2010
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Family Law: Comparison France Vs. China

Dissertation - 20 pages - Droit de la famille

During the last century, the Chinese government decided to abolish the old family system and establish a new family idea: the socialist family system (the Marriage Code of 1950). This marked a turning point in Chinese common law and the beginning of a new family way of thinking. With this...

28 avril 2010
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Conflict of laws and Crossborder litigation What is comity?

Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit international

Comity, first referred to as comitas gentium by Ulrich Huber in the 17th Century, literally translates to courtesy of people. It provides, in fact with an intellectual and legal justification, the recognition of a foreign law by a sovereign state without weakening the sovereignty of the...

20 Janv. 2013
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The major problem for European Union environmental law is that it has been marginalized by the failure to incorporate environmental requirements into other sectors of union activity. Discuss

Étude de cas - 13 pages - Droit autres branches

‘A healthy environment is essential to long term prosperity and quality of life and citizens in Europe demand a high level of environmental protection'. This quote from the European Commission and the introduction of the Sixth Environment Action Programme - 'Environment 2010: Our future,...

17 juin 2014
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Introduction to the Challenges of European and French Law in Legal Informatics

Dissertation - 15 pages - Droit européen

The " new technologies " which appeared thirty years ago and are characterized by a considerable development are subject to fundamental legal questions. The definition of new technologies remains vague and includes the information and communication technologies. The information and communication...

28 avril 2010
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Conflict of laws and Crossborder litigation - The slavery issue and the conflict of laws

Dissertation - 6 pages - Histoire du droit

In the field of the conflict of laws, slavery is often perceived as the most difficult question which the courts had to face. Indeed, it is hard to have an indifferent view on the issue, as it involves matters of philosophical, humanitarian, moral, political and economic considerations,...

03 mai 2010
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Le juge aux États-Unis - la "common law" et la "roman law"

Dissertation - 15 pages - Droit constitutionnel

Les observateurs extérieurs au droit des États-Unis ne le connaissent parfois que par le biais des représentations filmiques et télévisées. Ainsi, il n'est souvent pas nécessaire d'être juriste américain pour connaître le fameux droit de garder le silence qui revient à celui que l'on arrête. De...

17 Sept. 2003
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Competition law

Dissertation - 12 pages - Droit autres branches

Competition law has different forms of laws according to the causes of concern it has in various countries. The first aspect of its function is to protect individuals, consumers, against the power of monopolies or different corporations, and against agreements on various levels of...

12 avril 2007
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Discuss the analysis and significance of the abduction and trial of Eichmann from an international law perspective, with reference to legal writing

Dissertation - 8 pages - Droit international

First, we will discuss whether the principle known as "the fruit of the poisonous tree? in the United States must be applied to the abduction of Adolf Eichmann or not. The violation of International law was "clear? according to Louis Henkin in 1968 but one cannot deny that the end...

05 Mars 2008
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International business law, allied tows, inc. in utopia

Dissertation - 15 pages - Droit des affaires

As a potential multinational firm, Allied Toys wants to implement a business development strategy in a predetermined country, in order to see if this model could be applicable as a 'worldwide development strategy'. The fact is that the Republic of Utopia is a country where setting up a...

03 juil. 2007
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Abortion linked to international trade law

Dissertation - 12 pages - Droit international

There are different kinds and different methods of abortion nowadays. The spontaneous abortion, caused by natural causes, the elective abortion, the therapeutic abortion, which deals with the safety of the physical or mental health of women and the induced abortion, practices deliberately for...

14 mai 2008
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Difficulties of application of international law - Example of the Cambodia genocide

Dissertation - 13 pages - Droit international

This paper will show to the reader the difficulties which can appear in practice concerning the international criminal law. Indeed, several problems can occur. First of all, one has to know what the aim of the international criminal law is and we have to define what is the...

05 mai 2002
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Criminal law in European Democracy

Dissertation - 17 pages - Droit pénal

Criminal law refers to the need of justice in a society. The European region is called as a continent in geographical terms. However on a broader sense Europe is the Western fifth of the Eurasian landmass of the European Union. Criminal policy in democratic states should encompass the...

05 déc. 2004
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Discuss the use made by the European Court of Justice of Articles 10 and 249 EC (ex Articles 5 and 189) to increase the effectiveness of Community law for individuals

Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit européen

International Law, by its nature binds the State in its executive, legislative, and judicial activities, and no international tribunal would permit a respondent State to plead provisions of its law or constitutions as a defence to an alleged infringement of an international...

30 juin 2008
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The common law jury through the example of England and the United States

Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit autres branches

In the common law countries, the jury takes a more prominent part in the judicial process than in the romano-civilist countries. The roots of the common law jury are archaic, but it has managed to survive, and to a considerable extent to thrive. In many common law countries,...

22 août 2008
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International business law: final assignment

Dissertation - 16 pages - Droit international

I am the president of Natural Vitamins Inc ("Natural Vitamins?) which manufactures and sells all-natural vitamins and food supplements in the United States, mainly through chiropractors. I founded the company with David and Corinne, owning about 65% of the capital all together. Our company,...

25 Mars 2009
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There is no sense in maintaining different rules for tracing at law and in equity. One set of tracing rules is enough

Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit des affaires

In the administration of a trust, the trustee is the one that assumes a range of duties and responsibilities. When a breach of trust occurs, the trustee might be liable for both acts of omission and commission. There are several ways a beneficiary can pursue remedies for a breach of duty on the...

23 Oct. 2013
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Conflict of Laws

Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit civil

The recognition of same-sex marriage is becoming an issue in many countries, and there are today 14 countries allowing same-sex marriage, including Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Brazil, South Africa, Argentina, and 11 states of the United States. In Ireland however, as...

12 déc. 2000
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Civil law et common law

Fiche - 7 pages - Droit constitutionnel

Les pays régis par la Common Law sont, globalement, les pays anglo-saxons et les anciennes colonies britanniques. Mais il convient de ne pas négliger les formes intermédiaires, c'est-à-dire les pays qui ont emprunté une partie d'un système ou de l'autre, ou des deux systèmes....

10 juil. 2009
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The relationship between investment law and the human right: present provisions and proposals for the future

Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit international

Since 1945, the investment law became more and more important with the development of the transnational corporations and the direct investments abroad within the framework of the globalization of flows of capital. The relationship with the countries of the South sets a major problem in...

27 Oct. 2009
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The Law Reform Committee Essay: Murder (Rethinking the Mandatory Life Sentence)

Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit européen

Sir Edward Coke stated in the Third Part of his Institutes that "of all felonies, murder is the most heinous". As such, murder has always received the most severe punishment the law could give; a law of King Canute stated that Aberemord 'caedes manifestae' was punishable by...

23 juil. 2010
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The Selection of the Law

Fiche - 2 pages - Droit du travail

According to the article 3 (1) of regulation Rome 1: The contract should be governed by the law chosen by the parties. This law can be designated in the contract. The cases of express selection are the simplest cases. In these cases, the parties have inserted...

28 Oct. 2009
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Criminal law : consent

Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit européen

In criminal law, there exists a defense of consent. Within this defense, there is a general rule that a person cannot consent to his being caused actual bodily harm. No one can ever lawfully consent to his own death-R v Young . This opens the debate on issues related to euthanasia,...

16 Janv. 2008
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Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza case analysis

Commentaire d'arrêt - 4 pages - Droit autres branches

In the United Kingdom, where there is no written Constitution, the section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 has given the courts the prerogative to read and give effect to statutes “in a way which is compatible with the Convention rights ”. If it cannot be done so, the section 4(2)...

14 avril 2009
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Treasure trove in English Common law

Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit civil

In English Law, there is an uneasy distinction between a category of fixtures and chattels. According to Kevin Gray & Susan Francis Gray, the difference between fixtures and chattels is that fixtures are "physical objects which are regarded as acceding to the realty" in opposition with...

02 août 2012
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International human rights law

Étude de cas - 6 pages - Droit autres branches

The right to life has been interpreted as both permitting exceptions and imposing obligations with regard to the death penalty. Discuss. Through centuries, religions and philosophies have strongly condemned the act of killing human life. The extend of states violence during the Second World War...