Creating a business in France : laws, processes and forms
Dissertation - 3 pages - Startup, entrepreneurship
Every year, many businesses are created in France. In 2020, despite the health crisis, more than 800,000 businesses were created. That is an increase of 4% compared to 2019. However, creating a company is not as simple as that. Indeed, there are many regulations to respect. We will see in this...
Brexit - latest agreements, consequences, related laws
Essay - 3 pages - European union
At the end of World War II, six states met to form the European Economic Community (EEC). Over the years, the EEC has become the European Union (EU) which included some other areas than the EEC did not address. In fact, the EU expanded its intervention and its application in other fields such as...
Isaac Newton's laws of motion
Essay - 2 pages - Physics
It is amazing how each new discovery in science and technology has allowed us as a society to improve our standards of living. What is even more phenomenal is that most of these discoveries were made so far before their time, and have so much influence on the fields of study that are used today....
UK revenge porn laws: Literature review
Essay - 5 pages - Other law subjects
Revenge porn is a type of illegal activity where a party exposes explicit images or other materials such as videos, of a person whom they had a relationship with but broke up in retaliation to the break up with the aim of hitting back at their significant others. It may also occur when hackers...
Use of Business Terms, Statutes, and Laws to Lorax, Fictitious Story
Case study - 3 pages - Management
The story of the Lorax is a famous children's literature written by Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel), who argued that his inspiration to write the book was as a result of the fret he had as a result of having read a lot of dull things on conversations that had a lot of preaching and statistics. The...
Sexual Predator Laws of Texas
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Texas law defines a predatory act as “…an act directed toward individuals, including family members for the primary purpose of victimization” (CSOT, 2007). Under the Texas Sexually Violent Predator Act, the State has the burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the...
Global litigation and conflict of laws
Case study - 5 pages - Other law subjects
As clarified in the Tatry case, “It should be noted at the outset that the English version […] does not expressly distinguish between the concepts of ‘object' and ‘cause' of action. That language version must however be construed in the same manner as the majority of the other...
Death Penalty Laws
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Death Penalty Laws was established back in the 18th century B.C in the reign of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, where the law was codified in 25 different nations. It was also in the 14th century BC in the Hittite Code, and in the 17th century BC in the Draconian Codes in Athens. This...
Same Sex laws in USA
Essay - 4 pages - Philosophy
Bowers v. Hardwick and Lawrence v. Texas are two landmark decisions of the Supreme Court of United State - made 17 years apart - that demonstrate the sea change in the attitude and outlook of the American judicial system and indeed the American life in general, towards homosexuality. In the...
Information systems management: Employment laws
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Making slave trade illegal, in the R v Knowles, ex parte Somersett, in 1772 and the subsequent abolition of slave trade through the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, acted as impetus to the death of serfdom, which stressed on employee subordination (Summers, 1969). This lend to a new era of employee...
Aquinas Distinction; Divine and Human Laws
Case study - 2 pages - Philosophy
Thomas Aquinas was a Catholic priest of the Dominic Order who lived during the medieval era. He was one of the most influential early Church Fathers and Doctors of the Catholic Church, and became very important figure as one of the greatest theologians and philosophers to live in that period....
The concept of privacy laws
Essay - 2 pages - Civil law
The concept of privacy rights emerged gradually. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948 stipulates, in Article 12, that "no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference of his privacy, whether it be related to family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks to his honor...
Sir Isaac Newton: Life, discoveries and the laws of motion
Thesis - 5 pages - Physics
Sir Isaac Newton laid the foundation of modern physics in the late seventeenth century. He described in mathematical terms, the fall and the movement of the body and defined the three fundamental laws of universal gravity. He also developed the calculus, pioneered important work in optics,...
Analysis of cases under the US constitution in relation to the laws laid by United Nations
Thesis - 8 pages - International law
Wanta B. Heard, the victim, filed a notification request form after indictment of the defendant for the crime of rape. The State and defendant worked out a plea agreement to plead guilty to second-degree assault with a one-year sentence. Heard requested to speak with the court regarding the plea....
United Kingdom Immigration Laws, asylum laws and anti terrorism Laws
Essay - 5 pages - International law
In recent years, public attention has been focused on asylum seekers, but their numbers have fallen sharply. They are now less than 40,000 a year of whom only a quarter are given permission to stay in Britain, yet only one in five is actually removed. Meanwhile, other forms of immigration have...
Controversy around memorial laws
Essay - 12 pages - Other law subjects
A controversy recently arose in France in which historians played a significant role. This controversy involves a number of actors: The French government, which passed the so-called “memorial laws”; the interest groups that lobbied the Parliament to pass them; the historians who...
The "Memorial Laws"
Tutorials/exercises - 13 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the first part of this paper, I give an account of a recent controversy that arose in France and in which historians played a significant role. This controversy involves a number of actors: the French government, which passed the so-called “memorial laws”; the interest groups...
Flaws in utilitarian theories of punishment
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
In law and ethics, there is a well known theory that the punishment should fit the crime. In other words, the severity of the punishment should be reasonable and proportional to the severity of the crime. This is the theory of punishment that much of the world adheres to, although the...
The concept of non-resident on international laws
Essay - 9 pages - International law
The tax situation of each person is defined in relation to his domicile tax. According to Article 1 of the law of 29 December 1976 applicable for the first time to the income for the year 1977 and codified in section 4A of the GTC, "people who have their domicile tax in France are liable...
Reviewing laws after September 11th
Thesis - 11 pages - International relations
After 9/11 attacks the law making bodies all over the world observed a tremendous alter in their playback, these changes mostly affected the legal documents for those who took down the laws imposed by the legislative bodies. In another way you can say that these changes made the...
Whereas the crucial importance of freedom of expression/freedom of the press cannot be in dispute, some feel that the development of the "Reynolds defence", has gone too far in relegating the role of libel laws to a position of secondary importance
Essay - 4 pages - Public liberties
In most areas where the tort law exists, the concentration is mainly with regard to the protection of personal safety against harm caused by physical interference. The tort of defamation is however concerned with protecting the claimant from harm caused by harsh words (harm caused...
Laws of forgiveness
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
The factors that drive immigration control policy outcomes are plentiful as numerous scholars have attempted to explain why. Each of these offerings explain more sufficiently than others depending on the context of the outcome, whether it be countries, political systems, or types of immigration....
Explain and assess this statement: "It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity" Kofi Annan
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
Since 1995 and the establishment of the WTO, the quick spread of new technologies, and the increasing interdependence between countries, supporters and detractors of globalization have been arguing about whether globalization actually exists and if its effects are positives or negatives for the...
National organization for the reform of Marijuana laws
Thesis - 6 pages - Civil law
Many people complain that the United States government is unresponsive to their issues. In order to assist all of the underrepresented people, and to educate legislators we have formulated many interest groups in our nation. NORML, the National Organization for the reform of marijuana...
A study on branding with reference to laws of internet branding
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
Time is money. And probably the quickest way to save time and create business, thereby generating income, is through e-commerce. But there is still a relevant question related to whether e-commerce business between consumer and the marketer would, in future, completely outplace the retail...
The utilitarianism of government gaming laws in the United States
Tutorials/exercises - 9 pages - Other law subjects
The current U.S. ban on sports betting goes back to 1961 when the federal “wire act” made the act of transmitting bets across state lines via the telephone illegal. The only state to offer legal sports betting has been Nevada. (Delaware and Oregon also have made attempts to offer sports...
History of the Common Law System on the English Legal System
Essay - 11 pages - International law
As a direct result of the colonization by the British, many of its states naturally acquired this common law system, being the English law in globo, maintaining its primary principles, procedures, actors and modes of proof. As a consequence of this adoption and utilization of...
Legal Proceedings in Common Law Jurisdictions and Civil Law Jurisdictions
Dissertation - 4 pages - Civil law
Common law and civil law jurisdictions are often regarded as antagonist interpretation of the rule of law in modern societies. Indeed, both constitute the dominant views of law in general, as they are "often made the basis of comparative law studies". The...
Business Law: Transnational commercial contracts
Course material - 15 pages - Business law
Parties can choose the law applicable to the contract and other should respect that choice. Recognized for the first time in France with the decision "American trading" in 1910. Today this principle is recognized by a lot of conventions and is a general principle.
The great common law and civilian law divide is a myth
Essay - 5 pages - Civil law
Common law and civil law are generally considered the two major legal traditions that developed in Western societies. Common law is based on judge-made law through precedents set in past court decisions. Civil law originated in Roman law and is codified...
