Option to purchase real estate contract (Residential)
Standard contracts - 3 pages - Other law subjects
Improvements: The house, garage and all other fixtures and improvements attached to the above-described real property, including without limitation, the following permanently installed and built-in items, if any: all equipment and appliances, valances, screens, shutters, awnings, wall-to-wall...
Notice of option to purchase real estate (Residential)
Standard contracts - 3 pages - Other law subjects
Assigns - The Optionee may assign and convey his/her interest in this "Contract" or any part thereof provided, however, that such assignment or conveyance should not result in any impairment of Optionor's position. Optionor, intending to bind Optionor, Optionor's heirs, successors and...
The Enlightenment Project and how it impacted Christian theology
Essay - 5 pages - Constitutional law
Typically identified as a movement among eighteenth century philosophers in France, Britain and Germany, The Enlightenment Project, also known as The Age of Enlightenment,' or simply The Enlightenment,' bridged the seventeenth century's Age of Reason' with the nineteenth...
Patent law essay - Interpretation of claims and infringement
Essay - 6 pages - International law
The intrinsic nature of patents has rendered interpretation of patent claims inherently problematic. The central issue that has exercised the courts is the appropriate method of interpretation, particularly on infringement claims. Bainbridge's observations of the intricacies of patent...
WTO: An introduction to the World Trade Organization
Essay - 6 pages - International law
The World Trade Organization is the most recent result of international efforts to reduce barriers to trade. It is an institution in which membership is voluntary, but it is also an organization with legal status. I will explain more about this later. In this paper I will explore the history,...
The PLO: Still a threat?
Essay - 6 pages - International law
When the historic "Gaza and Jericho" first agreement was signed in September 1993 at the White House in Washington, D. C., in the presence of Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Rabin and President Clinton, uproar and discontent were exhibited by all...
Title IX and college athletics: Noble intentions and faulty execution
Thesis - 6 pages - Other law subjects
On June 23 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was passed into law. The law states simply that No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education...
Battered woman syndrome and New York city
Essay - 5 pages - Other law subjects
Though domestic violence, as an issue, is important enough for the mayor of have an office dedicated to the phenomenon (Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence) and several local laws that protect victims of domestic violence, the city government remains largely silent on the concept of...
The impact of European Union Law on the world of sport and the Bosman decision
Essay - 7 pages - International law
Under European Union law, Article 81 of the EC Treaty provides that all agreements between undertakings, decisions of undertakings and concerted practices which may affect trade between Member States and which have as their objective or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of...
The contribution made to the concept of the supremacy of European Community Law by the judgment of the European Court of Justice
Essay - 5 pages - International law
The tension between European Community law (EC) and national law is arguably the most debated topic of constitutional law . The convention of Parliamentary supremacy is rooted within the British constitution as a fundamental limb of the separation of powers doctrine . Constitutional convention...
Child advocacy groups and class action lawsuits
Essay - 9 pages - Other law subjects
Children's Rights, Inc. is one organization dedicated to improving and reforming state-run child welfare systems, and ensuring that those state-run child welfare systems are held accountable for providing safe and adequate environments for the children under their care. Since the mid-nineties,...
Criminal Law problem question
Essay - 9 pages - Criminal law
This document provides an analysis in answer to a criminal law problem question relating to the law of murder and manslaughter. The problem is set out as follows: Alan and Betty are contestants in the Big Sister game show. They do not get on and Alan feels that Betty is two faced. Betty has put...
Company law
Essay - 5 pages - Business law
From Star Limited's perspective, the central issue is whether it can enforce the restraint of trade clause against Ramon notwithstanding the fact that he is using his company Equip Limited to solicit Star Limited's customers. Before considering whether the clause can be enforced against Ramon...
Critically analyse arguments for and against the introduction of a no-fault scheme for the tort of negligence
Essay - 13 pages - Civil law
The characterisation of a no-fault scheme is rooted in the principle of distributive justice, compensating victims without having to establish causation and fault. Conversely, current liability for negligence involves fault considerations based on legal theoretical concepts determined through...
Management report - Trade union recognition
Essay - 7 pages - Civil law
This report considers and advises on the legal and practical implications for the Company Board of Directors (the Board) of the invitation for voluntary recognition as a Trade Union (TU). The relevant law applicable to TU recognition is the Trade Union and Labour...
Discuss critically the current international legal position on the patentability of software and business method inventions
Essay - 7 pages - International law
The question of available protection for new products which are software is a complex issue. Under UK law, the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988 (the Act), software is protected by the law of copyright. Although this is a powerful form of protection against an authorised copying...
Tearing the tag off the mattress :Why over-criminalization is an escalating epidemic
Essay - 6 pages - Criminal law
Many law scholars and experts in the area of law and society can argue and disagree on many different issues. However, many can also agree on one thing and that is that the justice system suffers because of over criminalization. With outdated offenses, too many laws, and new crimes appearing,...
Family law - Problem question assignment
Essay - 4 pages - Other law subjects
Maria and Homer are not married and in order to apply for a protective order Part IV of the FLA Maria will have to come within the definition of associated persons as prescribed by the FLA (A Diduck., & F Kaganas., 2006). Section 62 of the FLA defines associated persons...
How should we punish offenders?
Essay - 9 pages - Criminal law
Criminological debate has propounded polarised theorem as to the most efficacious method to punish offenders within the criminal justice system. Whilst academics agree on the concept of punishment as a necessary means they disagree on the underlying reason that makes punishment...
Land law: The Land Registration Act
Essay - 6 pages - Constitutional law
The Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA) came into force on 13th October 2003 implementing an overhaul of the organisation of registered land system, repealing the Land Registration Act 1925. The Law Commission Report Number 271 highlighted the central objective of the LRA 2002 being to create a land...
The impact of European Union Law on the world of sport in the context of sport regulation and restraint of trade since the Bosman decision.
Essay - 7 pages - International law
Under European Union law, Article 81 of the EC Treaty provides that all agreements between undertakings, decisions of undertakings and concerted practices which may affect trade between Member States and which have as their objective or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of...
How can we balance the need of protection for vulnerable witnesses and the rights of the accused?
Essay - 10 pages - Other law subjects
The tension between the rights of the accused and a vulnerable witness has remained a problematic balance to address through the criminal justice system. The enshrined presumption of innocence imposes a burden of proof set beyond reasonable doubt , further bolstered by the European...
Nature of aggression and the law
Essay - 6 pages - Criminal law
The nature of aggression has always been troublesome to settle as a legal concept, especially as it is intertwined with political elements . The concept of aggression as a criminal offence was fuelled by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg in the wake of the Second World...
A critical examination of current law of divorce and the need for change
Essay - 9 pages - Other law subjects
There is no one branch of the law more important, in any point of view, to the great interests of society than that which regulates the formation and the dissolution of the nuptial contract. No institution indeed more nearly concerns the very foundations of society .than...
Equitable tracing discussion
Essay - 5 pages - Other law subjects
Equity has a more sophisticated method of tracing than that of common law. The rules assisting in the location and preservation of traceable property have been developed and applied in relation to fiduciaries and often in the context of the bankruptcy of the fiduciary. In common law, the...
How disability rights will be protected in England and Wales after 1st October 2007
Essay - 8 pages - International law
The main legislative framework addressing protection of disability rights in the UK has been the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) as amended by the Disability Act 2005 to widen the definition of disability in order to confer stronger protection rights. However, a consistent...
Co-Ownership and joint tenancy problem question
Essay - 5 pages - Other law subjects
In order to advise Phillip, Claire and New Ventures plc in relation to enforceability of their rights in the property (the Property), it will be necessary to consider the complex legal system governing co-ownership of land.With regard to property ownership in law, section 1(6) of the Law of...
Applied criminology - How are we best to describe the actions of a serial killer?
Essay - 4 pages - Criminal law
The definition of serial killing has proved problematic within the confines of narrow legal definitions of murder. Moreover, serial killing adopts multifarious forms brought on by many different states of mind (D, Wilson. 2001). Holmes attempted to define serial murder as consisting...
Criminal law - prison industrial complex - too complex? Criminal law - prison industrial complex - too complex? Criminal law - prison industrial complex - too complex?
Essay - 8 pages - Criminal law
A third party has entered the scene of the U.S. prison system: the private sector. A handful of for-profit Wall Street corporations are currently making millions of dollars from what some critics call dungeons for dollars. Such corporations claim they can build and run prisons more...
The Supreme Court: America's judicial body of power
Essay - 9 pages - Constitutional law
This paper analyzes the ways in which the Supreme Court's function has transformed, its current structure, and the issues that presently surround the Court. In order to maintain freedom and prosperity for the American people, the founding fathers explicitly divided up government responsibilities...