The differences between English case law and the French concept of « jurisprudence »
Dissertation - 2 pages - Droit autres branches
To begin, we can notice two concepts concerning the value granted to the decisions delivered by the jurisdictions of a state: indeed, states which use Common law (like the Great Britain or the United States of America), the concept of case law is preferred whereas in states...
Three Case Studies of Business Law
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit des affaires
In the first situation, we can identify three main issues. First of all, the order arrived a few days late. Then the Buyer asserts that the MP3 Players were damaged by moisture by the ship's hull. These two problems are linked to each other: the Buyers wants us to cut the sell price from...
Evaluate the developing case law of the Court of Justice with respect to its application of the principle of State liability to situations in which a Member state has failed to fulfil its obligations concerning the transposition of a Directive into nation
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit européen
In the first part, I shall debate that the immediate consequence of the directives and article 228 were the first steps taken by the court with respect to the application of a state liability. In the second part, I shall explain the context and consequences of the application of the state...
International Business Law : three cases
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit des affaires
This paper talks about a buyer, located in Miami, who ordered 2,500 cell-phones from company for a total amount of $150,000 (including the shipping charge). But there were several problems with this order: the order was delayed and the phones were damaged by moisture during shipping. One of the...
International business laws, fictive case
Étude de cas - 22 pages - Droit des affaires
In the report, we should keep in mind the future international development of PI and its necessary entry in stock exchange. Considering the data, we could say that PI has to penetrate the international market by considering different laws and juridictions. Even if the KU is a corrupted...
Comparative Criminal Law: comparison between the French and the American system by studying Brenton Butler case
Dissertation - 2 pages - Droit international
In this document, we present the Brenton Butler case, where Mary Ann Stephens, who was a holiday, is shot in the head in front of her husband. Later, Brenton Butler, a 15 year old Black citizen, was arrested just because he was in a street near the place of crime and it was confirmed that...
International business law: the "Peach International Inc" case
Étude de cas - 10 pages - Droit international
The Peach International Company is a start-up specialized in the "high tech communications" domain. The firm deals with the ?higher level of technology' and specializes in the domain of "standard mobiles". The company provides phones that contain all the advantages of an actual mobile, such...
U.S. law - Examples and cases of violations of Article 82 (abuse of dominant position)
Fiche - 2 pages - Droit européen
Article 82 of the consolidated version of the 1997 EC Treaty, prohibits the abuse of dominance by one or more companies located in the EU or in a substantial part of it. In order to be considered, this abuse must affect trade between the member states. Article 82 is currently being reviewed by...
Implementation of European Law in a federal state: The Belgian case between coherence and autonomy
Fiche - 9 pages - Droit européen
‘Ultimately the impact of EU rules depends on the willingness and capacity of Member States authorities to ensure that they are transposed and enforced effectively and fully and on time' (Graver) . This statement from the European Commission in its White Paper on Governance deals with the...
La distinction entre le système romano-germanique et le système de Common Law a-t-elle encore un sens ?
Dissertation - 1 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Un système juridique se définit comme le mode de fonctionnement juridique d'un territoire, avec sa forme, sa codification propre. Le système romano-germanique se distingue par l'importance du droit écrit. En revanche, les systèmes de Common Law insistent sur l'importance...
Common Law
TD - 2 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Dans la common law, le mode raisonnement est un raisonnement par analogie. Ce raisonnement permet aux juges d'établir des ressemblances ou des similitudes entre deux affaires. Dans un tel raisonnement, on établit la ressemblance entre une affaire posée et une affaire déjà tranchée.
An Introduction to the study of the law of the constitution - Albert Venn Dicey (1885)
Commentaire de texte - 2 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Le texte que nous allons étudier est "An Introduction to the study of the law of the constitution" de Albert Venn Dicey. Albert Venn Dicey est un juriste britannique, théoricien des lois constitutionnelles. Dicey est un diplômé du Balliol College d'Oxford et a été professeur à...
Global litigation and conflict of laws
Cours - 5 pages - Droit international
Whether A can have the Belgian court cease the proceedings pending before it on the basis that parallel proceedings are pending in France depends on whether the case at hand fulfills the criteria of parallel proceedings, which is that the proceedings must involve “the same cause of...
Etude de cas portant sur le droit anglo-saxon
Étude de cas - 5 pages - Droit international
Cette étude de cas, portant sur le droit anglo-saxon, traite des aspects juridiques et commerciaux en droit anglo-saxon, de la stratégie d'investissement direct au Royaume-Uni, du schéma des juridictions au Royaume-Uni, des impacts juridiques et commerciaux à l'éventualité d'un Bréxit...
International competition law: extraterritoriality matters, conflicts of decisions
Cours - 6 pages - Droit international
One criterion in Europe: effect doctrine. Competition rules exist on the European scale, but we don't have a worldwide competition law. In the past, the WTO tried to set up a worldwide code with antitrust rules: the Munich Group. It was hard to reach an agreement between countries,...
Summarized family law
Fiche - 2 pages - Droit autres branches
Family matters are dealt with in the Family Division of the High Court, and by district judges in County Courts. These magistrates undergo special training, according to Family Proceedings rules 2010. Also, recently the Government has supported and developed for mediation schemes which offer an...
Cas pratique de droit européen de la concurrence - Les ententes
Cas Pratique - 10 pages - Droit européen
En l'espèce, le groupe Intel est un fabricant de produits électroniques pour le grand public qui détient une part supérieure à 20% sur le marché français et réalise dans l'ensemble de l'UE un chiffre d'affaires annuel de 40M€. Le groupe est formé par une société mère de droit...
Méthodologie du cas pratique en droit international privé
Cas Pratique - 13 pages - Droit international
Dès lors que le litige présente un ou plusieurs éléments d'extranéité, un problème surgit: le juge ne peut appliquer cumulativement à la même question de droit deux règles qui ne la résolvent peut-être pas de la même façon. Il y a conflit de lois et le juge doit choisir entre elles. Définition du...
European Labour law: Compare and contrast the role and concerns of International Law with those of European Law in the field of Employment
Thèse - 7 pages - Droit européen
Employment law is a contract between an employer and an employee; it is issues regarding employment, workplace discrimination and other private law issues. With the evolution of the International and the European law, Employment law has evolved in parallel and must...
Common law, statute law et equity - structure et articulation des diverses sources du droit américain
Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit international
Le système juridique américain semble à première vue quelque peu curieux pour une personne issue de la tradition civiliste du droit. Il se dit être un système de common law, c'est-à-dire où le droit est celui fait par les juges (plus précisément l'on parle de case law)....
English legal system: the Sources of English Law
Cours - 87 pages - Droit constitutionnel
The judicial decisions are the first to be found to develop a system. Today, they are still influencing the system as a whole. Judicial decisions have a weight that their continental counter part does not have. In England, under certain requirements, decisions are biding the judge with the...
Contract Law : A review
Fiche - 8 pages - Droit civil
What is a Contract? A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties with mutual obligations. It's essentially a case law subject, i.e.,interpretations are made by judges while deciding on the legal issues....
What are the main differences between the civil and the common law systems ?
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit européen
The majority of legal authors divide the legal systems of the world into two mains groups : the common law on one hand, and the civil law on the other hand . The most interesting is that when you try to find definitions for those words, you often find the basic definition, and then,...
Has the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 gone far enough in reforming the English law of privacy?
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit des affaires
Under the doctrine of privacy, which became entrenched in English law in the latter half of the 19th century , contractual rights and liabilities are limited to the parties to the contract. The mounting criticisms and arguments for reform have led to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)...
A critical analysis of the provisions made in family law for homosexual couples in Scotland and France with particular reference to adult relationships
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit pénal
The Homosexuality is not anymore a painful problem and in our days people speak easily about their homosexuality. The Homosexuality is severely condemned in sacred texts that approach questions link to procreation, the family model, filiations and for which, homosexuality is against nature. For...
Human Rights Law: Essay on the Human Rights Act
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit autres branches
The State's "margin of appreciation" doctrine is a fundamental component of the European Convention system of Protection of Human Rights. While human rights are not a state's private area of jurisdiction, the idea of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is that this statute...
How European Law Is Made?
Fiche - 1 pages - Droit européen
The European Union was created in 1992 by the Maastricht treaty. It is a structure which includes the European Community and its law which is by far the most important of EU laws and deals with economic and social rights. In addition to it, other sources of law complete the...
Droit écrit et Common Law
Cours - 4 pages - Droit autres branches
Les rapports « Doing Business » publiés par la Banque Mondiale en 2004 et 2005, en considérant que le système de droit écrit était moins favorable au développement des affaires que le système de Common Law, ont entraîné de vives réactions et fait resurgir l'opposition entre ces deux...
Public international law - the problems associated with the proliferation of international judicial bodies
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit international
Since the end of the Cold War, a new phenomenon in international law has surfaced: the proliferation of international judicial bodies as a consequence of the increasing number of treaties. More than just a numeral observation, there have been changes concerning the nature and competences...
Constitutional and administrative law
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit constitutionnel
The rule of law' is a system of rule in which the relationship between the State and the individual is governed by the law, protecting the individual from arbitrary state action.The rule of law is better understood by translating it into French as 'primauté du...
