LAW 531 Week 3 Knowledge Check Study Guide 1 Essay

1) Since the injured plaintiff was not wearing a seatbelt, why is Ford being sued for failing to test the seatbelt sleeve?

This letter is to inform you, that your tax appeal hearing has been scheduled for March 6, 2005, at 10:30 a.m. The hearing will be held at the County Office building located at 211 Race Road. The court room is located on the 5th floor.

This letter is to advise you that your tax appeal hearing is coming up on March 6, 2005 at 10:35 a.m. at the Office of the Tax Assessors of Lackawanna County. The office is located on the 5th floor of the County Office Building; 211 Ace Road, Clark, Pennsylvania 18111. Attorney Smith would like to remind you to arrive at the County Office Building at 10:25 a.m. with all of the pictures you have of the comparable houses in your area.

The specific aims and purposes of criminal law is to punish criminals, and prevent people from becoming future criminals by using deterrence. “Having a criminal justice system that imposes liability and punishment for violations deter.” (Paul H. Robinson, John M. Darley, Does Criminal Law Deter? A Behavioural Science Investigation, Oxford Journal of Legal studies, volume 24, No. 2 (2004), pp. 173-205). Criminal law

There are two general partners, each of whom contributes $5,000 in capital to a limited partnership. There are two

Widget Tech Inc. is in need of update the company’s current code of ethics due to growth of the company and the changing workforce. Research has been conducted to revise the current policy and address topics that were previously

The (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer is seeking the sum of $1 million from the (Defendant) Bobby Bandleader, for alleged copyright abuse of the song “Happy Birthday to You”. The (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer is the copyright holder to the said song. The (Defendant) Bobby Bandleader is a Bistro owner who performs the song in an altered version (his own words are used) to his customers on their birthdays and have been doing so for the past twenty years without obtaining any licensing or permission from the copyright holder (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer.

16) Harry sees an AK-47 automatic assault rifle in a gun shop window. He inquires about the price and is told that it is $2,500. Harry signs a contract promising to pay the $2,500 on Friday, taking possession of the rifle when payment is made. On Thursday, a law is enacted making the ownership, sale, or possession of an automatic rifle illegal. This contract

overseas. She traveled to China and met with Jun Chin, who is interested in the

With McCrudo destroyed by the storm and with no where else to go, Ricky and his crew join the warm welcoming Delta research facility - Who is run by a woman called Rebecca. As the crew members of McCrudo settle down in to their new home, they begin to pull their weight around the base by doing various chores. Ricky becomes suspicious of Delta’s operations, when he comes across a prison like science lab with an array of security features, such as cameras, locks and sensors. When asked what this lab is used for, and why is there so much security, Rebecca warns Ricky to stay out of her business.

“We have completed this assignment on our own and have not discussed it with any other individual or used any other unauthorized aids. We acknowledge compliance with the academic requirements (e.g. citation of sources) of the University of Toronto.”

Judicial precedent refers to the sources of law where past decisions made by judges create law for future judges to follow. An example would be the Donoghue vs Stevenson case, where Stevenson had bought ginger beer, and Donoghue had drank it after their been a decomposed snail in it, however their was no charge because she was not in a contract with

Q1.A review of the case reveals that Indri is the sole director and shareholder in his own company. The Australian law makes a clear distinction between a business and its owner. A business is therefore considered a separate entity from its owner. A company is regarded as a separate legal entity to its shareholders, directors as well as employees, all of whom have a limited liability. This principle was at one point affirmed by the House of Lords in the Salomon v Salomon case. In this case, a company is considered a new legal entity that is separate from all of its shareholders. The court did this is a one person company as is the case of Indri. Ramsay and Noakes (2001) noted that Windeyer J stated in a High Court case of Peate v Federal Commissioner of Taxation noted that a company represents new legal entity, a person in the very eyes of the law. This separate entity principle has persisted in the Anglo-Australian Corporate law for several years. Therefore whenever a company acts it does so in its own rights. Therefore the shareholders are never liable to the company's debt that lies beyond their initial investment as capital (Ciro et al,2009).

‘‘The Master of the Rolls instructed Lord Justice Jackson to ‘review the rules and principles governing the costs of civil litigation and to make recommendations in order to promote access to justice at proportionate cost’.

If you have ever taken a psychology or sociology class, you have heard of the film by Jean Kilbourne, Killing Us Softly 4, which maps out a variety of tropes found in advertisement with regards to gender roles in American society. Some of the themes are, but not limited to objectification, ageism, and dismemberment which are the tropes that I have decided to focus on for this research project. The laws surrounding women objectification is slim, and it is necessary to start implementing laws that protect women and how advertisements affect the minds of young women growing up today. Kilbourne states in the film that the majority of advertisement