Promissory estoppel dans les pays de la Common Law
Dissertation - 14 pages - Droit autres branches
Notre exposé porte sur la promissory dans les pays de Common Law. Mais pour les besoins d'un exercice de droit privé comparé, on étendra l'étude de la promissory estoppel à d'autres pays. - Le mot « estoppel » ne gagne pas à être traduit, et cela pour deux raisons : - tout d'abord, il...
L'opposition entre la culture romaniste et la culture Common Law
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit international
Pour régler les conflits et ordonner les sociétés, les Etats mettent en place des systèmes juridiques, c'est-à-dire des structures et des modes de fonctionnement des instances reliées à l'application des règles de droit ainsi que les services qui en découlent. Différents systèmes juridiques...
The legal system of common law in Anglo-Saxon
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit international
A contract is the most obvious manifestation of law in everyday life. In a legal point of view, not all agreements are seen as enforceable contracts. Indeed, each legal system introduced some rules in order to determine which agreement is enforceable; this corpus of rules is called "the...
Co ownership in Land Law
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit civil
In the year 2000, there were three sisters Hermione, Iris and Jocasta, who inherited their mother's house property. The house was transferred in their joint names and they simultaneously gladly occupied their respective portions. A squabble broke out between Hermione and Iris which resulted...
To what extent judicial intuitionism affects the judge's legal reasoning in Common Law?
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit international
The recent nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor by President Obama sparked once again the political debate on the objectivity of the appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Republicans, even though pretending to be unbiased, started to fear that this Obamanian judge would undermine President...
Conflict of laws, Exequature
Commentaire d'arrêt - 21 pages - Droit civil
Article 2412 of the civil code Difference between “exequatur” and “enforcement” even if it's the same etymology. Exequatur: suspensive effect CJCE, Deutsche Genossenschaft vs Soc. Brasserie du Pêcheur, 2 July 1985. CJCE, Hoffmann c. Krieg, 4 February 1988. The exequatur...
The Salomon case
Étude de cas - 3 pages - Droit des affaires
Since the Salomon case, the doctrine of separate corporate personalities constitutes the corner stone of British company law. Thus, a properly incorporated company is considered as having a legal personality of its own and ought to be treated as a legal entity distinct from its...
The Whistleblowers Protection under US Law
Dissertation - 1 pages - Droit civil
It is important to understand what whistleblower means. According to the dictonary - "A whistleblower is a person who alleges misconduct". Whistleblowers may report the misconduct to the lawyers, the media or state or federal agencies. In France everyone knows that this process can be extremely...
Women's difference in Law : essay on gender discrimination and Legal Equality
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit autres branches
In this document I will try to define the so-called differences between men and women, and see how they have been used to justify the discrimination against women. Secondly, I will analyze cases where gender differences are denied or not considered as strong enough to legitimate...
UK Company Law: Minority Shareholders Protection
Étude de cas - 7 pages - Droit international
Northwest Transportation Company Ltd v Beatty (1887): the case involving ratifying breach of duty regarding self-dealing. The courts held that controlling shareholder-director can vote in favour of ratifying the breach. However, there are two restrictions: (i) directors cannot commit...
Finnish administrative law: the administrative procedure in Finland from a French perspective
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit administratif
Finland has its own administrative judicial system. After the first decision by an administrative authority, the citizens can appeal to an administrative court system. It is composed of nine provincial administrative authorities, representing the first level of jurisdiction. Then, the top...
International business law - Simulation of a Company selling Cell Phones
Dissertation - 11 pages - Droit des affaires
In this assignment, we analyze and try to build some solutions for a typical business law case. In the general context, let us assume we are a 75-person company called "Company" in the fictional French-speaking country of Euphoria, whose capital is Anytown, and which has a legal...
Law making procedure in India
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Under the parliamentary form of government adopted by the constitution of India, the function of making law belongs to the legislature (art 107 -108). The law making procedure is a very important part of the democratic system. Indeed, it has to insure that the law passed does...
Les dommages-intérêts punitifs dans le droit de la common law
Étude de cas - 13 pages - Droit international
La common law est un système de droit jurisprudentiel, il n'y a donc pas de définition légale des dommages-intérêts. Aucun texte ne définissant ou ne limitant leur rôle et leur mesure, ce devoir n'a été attribué au jury. En effet, dans un ouvrage écrit en 1891, un traité sur « La mesure...
Breach of duty of care/ negligence in tort law: Mr J Madisson in Caparo v Dickman
Commentaire d'arrêt - 4 pages - Droit civil
The tort of negligence is one of the most important fields of tort law in modernized law. When a claimant suffers from an act or an omission on behalf of a third party, innumerable ways and means are proposed to impose liability on the defendant. It is essential and necessary for...
Cool Phone's Case Analysis
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit des affaires
This study involves a scenario where you are the vice-president of a 75-person company ("Company") in the fictional French-speaking country of Euphoria, whose capital is Anytown, whose legal system closely resembles that of France's, and which is party to the CISG. The company designs and...
European Human Rights Law
Fiche - 3 pages - Droit européen
Article 2 of the European Convention of Human Rights, imposes a duty on States to protect and respect life, and has put to another level the importance of positive obligations on States. The lawfulness of intentional and unintentional killings as well as the level of effectiveness of the...
Le droit de la famille collaboratif (Collaborative Law)
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit de la famille
Nouveau mode alternatif de règlement des conflits, le droit de la famille collaboratif (Collaborative Law) se distingue de la médiation et de la négociation classique. Il repose sur un engagement contractuel matérialisé dans une Charte collaborative qui prévoit un engagement irrévocable...
Case brief - Karsales Ltd vs Wallis, 1956
Commentaire d'arrêt - 3 pages - Droit des obligations
An individual consumer, Mr Wallis, agreed to buy a car from Mr Stanton, but he had to have credit facilities in order to buy it. Consequently, he concluded an hire-purchase contract with a finance company, called Karsales, who bought the car from Mr Stanton. Before concluding the agreement, Mr...
Les options offertes aux créanciers en cas d'inexécution contractuelle
Cours - 7 pages - Droit des obligations
« On doit punir non pour punir mais pour prévenir ». Sénèque, philosophe stoïcien et dramaturge dans l'Antiquité romaine appuie sur l'utilité que doit avoir la sanction. Ceci s'applique assez directement à notre sujet en ce que les options offertes aux créanciers en cas d'inexécution...
West Virginia vs. Barnette : the flag salute case
Commentaire d'arrêt - 2 pages - Libertés publiques
Refusal to salute the Flag shall be regarded as an act of insubordination' are the terms in which the Virginia statute let us see a beginning of answer to the questioning about the reasons why the State require a flag salute. Indeed, we understand that the real deal is between the authority...
Cas pratique - le conflit de lois dans le cadre du droit international privé
Cas Pratique - 4 pages - Droit international
M Costa, citoyen de la république d'Uruguay, domicilié en France depuis de nombreuses années, vous soumet une affaire qui le préoccupe. Il y a quelques années, en vacances aux Maldives, il a provoqué un regrettable accident. Alors qu'il conduisait son automobile, tout en bavardant avec sa...
CASE No COMP/M.3099 : Areva / Urenco / ETC JV
Commentaire d'arrêt - 12 pages - Droit européen
The European Commission is vested with a responsibility of assessing compatibility between the markets and the various merging firms. In its decision of 6th October 2004, the Commission has assessed the compatibility with the common market of the concentration of two firms from the nuclear...
Cas pratique : juge administratif et normes supranationales
Cas Pratique - 8 pages - Droit administratif
L'ordonnance de 2007 n'est pas encore ratifiée par le Parlement. Il s'agit donc d'un AA règlementaire, susceptible de REP : CE, 1961, Fédération nationale de syndicats de police. Le contrôle de la conformité de l'ordonnance de 2007 aux normes internationales soulève la question de l'applicabilité...
Notes on the Carr v Beavan case
Commentaire d'arrêt - 2 pages - Droit de la famille
In this document, we discuss the case of Carr v Beavan. The case was dealt with in the High Court of Justice Chancery Division on 29th October 2008. The judgment was carried out by Mr Justice Floyd. The court had to focus on the testator mental capacity at the relevant time of...
Cas pratique sur les conditions générales de vente et la vente à distance
Cas Pratique - 26 pages - Droit des obligations
Sur le site web www.gadgetstoutdesuite.be, Jean lit une fiche décrivant le XYZ32, un téléphone portable « 3,5 G » quatre bandes avec GPS, lecteur MP3, décapsuleur et appareil photo digital. Dans un encadré bien visible figure la mention « super prix ! 499 euros (plus frais de port) ». Il clique...
Assessing the impact of parental marital status in relation to Irish child law: should Constitution be amended?
Étude de cas - 10 pages - Droit des affaires
“It cannot be contested that a person born outside marriage, is a human person, equal to one born within marriage” . In this statement, Justice Walsh points out the differential treatment between marital and non-marital children which is derived from the Irish Constitution. By letting...
Migration Law - A Human Right to Migration in International Law and European Community Law
Dissertation - 11 pages - Libertés publiques
To answer the question of the existence of the human right to migrate, the notion of migration and human right themselves must first be studied. Migration can be defined as a movement of persons from one country or locality to another one. Only international migrations, from one country to...
Contracts and tort law - Causation and loss of chance
Dissertation - 10 pages - Droit des obligations
When it comes to tort or contract litigation in the aim of obtaining damages, the most important aspect to take into account is the issue of causation. Indeed, without proving a causal link between the defendant's action and the claimant's harm, no liability can be held. This rigor is a means of...
L'opposition entre culture romano-germaniste et Common Law
Dissertation - 2 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Le droit issu de la culture romano-germaniste est un droit très codifié, c'est le droit civil ou droit continental. Il concerne les pays latins, la langue étant vectrice de droit, on constate de grandes similitudes entre les systèmes juridiques de ces pays. Il est surtout appliqué en Europe...
