Misrepresentation in Contract Law
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit des obligations
Jemma, was a restaurant owner. She decided to shift from London to the countryside. In order to execute this move, she attended an auction in Borehampton with an idea of purchasing ?lot 69.' This ?lot 69' is described in the auctioneers' catalogue as ?a perfect...
The role of economics in legal practices: "market power abuses"
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit de la concurrence
On May 18th, 1998, the US Justice Department of Justice alleged Microsoft Corporation had abused monopoly power by bundling together its web browser (Internet explorer) with the Windows operating system. According to the Department of Justice, Microsoft used its market power in the...
Treasure trove in English Common law
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit civil
In English Law, there is an uneasy distinction between a category of fixtures and chattels. According to Kevin Gray & Susan Francis Gray, the difference between fixtures and chattels is that fixtures are "physical objects which are regarded as acceding to the realty" in opposition...
Violence, memory and amnesia : political conflicts in XXth century Chile
Dissertation - 2 pages - Droit civil
It was Bonfire Night (5th November 2008), Damien and Nicolas were out playing in the field next to the university. As it was Bonfire Night, they decided to go buy some fireworks. When returning back to the field they saw a cat and thought it would be funny to scare it with a firework....
Privacy and surveillance society in the UK
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit international
"We live in a surveillance society ". This is the opening sentence of the Report on the Surveillance Society for the Information Commissioner published in September 2006. It states that Everyday life in the U.K. is monitored through the use of credit card, mobile phone,...
Evaluate the Importance of the Supreme Court in the US Political System: In What Ways Is It a Political Actor?
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit constitutionnel
The Supreme Court, the highest court in the American judicial system, is one of the three branches of the US national government. In 1803, a mechanism was put in place to ensure that governmental officials and governmental institutions would respect the limitations prescribed...
Jury selection in the United States of America
Dissertation - 6 pages - Procédure pénale
In the United States, when a trial takes place, it begins with the jury selection, which is the process whereby, according to law and precedent, members of a particular trial jury are chosen. The right to have a jury dates from the Magna Carta and it is incorporated in the Sixth...
Struggles for Recognition in the Democratic Constitutional State, Jurgen Habermas
Commentaire de texte - 3 pages - Libertés publiques
Jurgen Habermas, a German philosopher and sociologist born in 1929, has propounded theory inscribed in the tradition of the significant theory and American pragmatism. He has written several pieces about communication, social identity, Europe and multiculturalism in the...
The Gacaca jurisdiction : What do you think of the Gacaca justice procedures in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide?
Étude de cas - 5 pages - Droit international
After decades of widespread racism under the influence of the Belgian colonization, a huge conflict took place in Rwanda in the form of a genocide against the Tutsis and the Hutus and causing about 80 000 deaths according to the UN report in 1994. Since then, the main...
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...
The judiciary in the US political system
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel
The Constitution provides that federal judges, including judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, are appointed by the President "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate." In 1803, the power of Judicial Review in the U.S. Supreme Court was established with the case...
The application of the European Arrest Warrant in the United Kingdom and its use in the fight against terrorism.
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit européen
The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is a judicial decision issued by a Member State with a view to the arrest and surrender by another Member State of a requested person, for the purposes of conducting a criminal prosecution or executing a custodial sentence or detention order.' The EAW is...
Trade Unions in the United-States
Dissertation - 2 pages - Droit du travail
The twentieth century witnessed major evolutions in the American workplace, from mass production, to automation, and all the way to the digital economy we know now. Workers' lives have evolved similarly, mostly gaining from the benefits during the century. American workers mostly have...
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...
Constitutional law applicable in the Anglo-Saxon - parliamentary sovereignty
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit constitutionnel
One of the key characteristics of British Constitution is the dominance of the Parliament. The Parliament is the main legislative body in British Constitution. It is bicameral; and is composed of two chambers, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The main functions of the...
Comparative study of the cohabitation contract in Greece and the PACS (Civil solidarity pact) in France
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit de la famille
We are going to see the differences and the similarities between the recent cohabitation contract in Greece and the PACS in france which are forms of civil union, marriage. This comparative study will be based on the greek bill about the cohabitation pact and the french bill...
The Protection of Geographical Indications in the European Union
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit européen
According to the definition that can be found on the website of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a geographical indication (GI) is 'a sign used on goods that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities, reputation and characteristics that are essentially...
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...
Commentaire d'arrêt, chambre commerciale, 8 janvier 1991: les conditions strictes de l'obligation in solidum
Commentaire d'arrêt - 5 pages - Droit des obligations
Dans cet arrêt, rendu par la chambre commerciale en date du 8 janvier 1991, la Cour de Cassation, après avoir rappelé les conditions strictes de l'obligation in solidum, affirme que la seule obligation indivisible ne saurait, par elle-même, conduire à une qualification d'obligation...
Labour unions in the United States
Fiche - 2 pages - Droit du travail
Trade unions in the United States were first organized in the early nineteenth century. The main purpose of a trade union is to collectively bargain with employers for wages, hours, and working conditions. We can define labour union like an association, combination, or organization...
Free Movement of Capital in Europe
Dissertation - 2 pages - Droit européen
According to Article 56 of the European Community Treaty of Maastricht, within the framework of the provisions set out in this Chapter, all restrictions on the movement of capital between Member States and between Member States and third countries shall be prohibited. A vital article that...
Dérogations et exceptions en droit du marché intérieur et en droit de la concurrence
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit européen
Début 2019, la Commission européenne annonce son opposition ferme au projet de fusion entre Siemens et Alstom. Ces dernières ont pâti d'une interprétation stricte du droit concurrentiel, de la pertinence des marchés, du capital économique par la Commission européenne. Pour les deux...
Commentaire d'arrêt de l'Assemblée plénière de la Cour de cassation du 22 novembre 2002 : le principe de rétroactivité in mitius
Commentaire d'arrêt - 5 pages - Droit pénal
La nécessité d'un élément légal pour l'existence d'une infraction entraine comme conséquence, l'impossibilité d'appliquer une loi pénale nouvelle à des faits antérieurs à sa promulgation ou à sa date d'entrée en vigueur. C'est la question de l'application de la loi pénale dans le temps. À ce...
Williams Act and takeover defences in the United States
Étude de cas - 2 pages - Droit international
This statement will be discussed : “Without the process effects generated by the availability of takeover defense in the United States, the Williams Act would not be fit for purpose” The United States is among the countries the most favorable to the use of takeover defenses. A...
Cour de cassation, Chambre criminelle, 1 avril 2020, n° 18-85.958 - Le principe « ne bis in idem » ainsi que les réserves formulées par le Conseil constitutionnel interdisent-ils le prononcé de sanctions fiscales pour défaut et insuffisance de déclaration parallèlement à une répression pénale pour fraude fiscale infligée par le juge répressif ?
Commentaire d'arrêt - 6 pages - Droit fiscal
En l'espèce, l'administration fiscale avait déposé une plainte à l'encontre d'un avocat gérant d'une société d'exercice libéral pour omission de déclaration dans les délais légaux de ses revenus, ainsi que, de la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée. Par conséquent, ce dernier avait...
The legal professions in the English legal system: barristers, solicitors and magistrates
Cours - 7 pages - Droit autres branches
First, we must know there is a separation in the legal profession of lawyer, there are: - barristers: (avocat, conseiller juridique) who work exclusively in the bar (à la barre du tribunal) to defend their clients. - and solicitors (notaire, avoué) who work on the administrative...
L'obligation in solidum est-elle une obligation solidaire ?
Cours - 10 pages - Droit civil
Lorsque dans un rapport d'obligations, il y a plusieurs créanciers ou plusieurs débiteurs, le principe en Droit français est celui de la divisibilité de l'obligation, on dit que les obligations sont conjointes. Il faudra alors considérer les obligations comme si elles se divisaient entre...
Cour de cassation, chambre criminelle, 26 janvier 2005 - le principe de rétroactivité in mitius
Commentaire d'arrêt - 4 pages - Droit pénal
En l'espèce, M. Claude X, chef de parc à la DDE du Jura, passe, en 1995, un marché d'une valeur supérieure à 300 000 francs, sans recourir à une mise en concurrence, par le biais d'un fractionnement des commandes à une société prête-nom et permet ainsi à la société USMO d'avoir un avantage...
Comparation : chambre commerciale de la Cour de cassation, 4 janvier 1994, 31 mars 2004 et 22 février 2005 - les dérogations statutaires concernant le droit de vote de l'usufruitier et du nu-propriétaire dans les assemblées générales
Commentaire d'arrêt - 3 pages - Droit des affaires
L'usufruit d'action et de part sociale a conduit à un contentieux important. En effet, il s'agit de choses incorporelles dont le droit de propriété va être démembré et dont les prérogatives vont être réparties entre l'usufruitier et le nu-propriétaire. Les arrêts rendus par la...
Democracy in the US Constitution: Representation and the Balance of Powers
Dissertation - 2 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Although the US Constitution intended to ensure the principles of equal representation and freedom of political expression, the imperfect process by which the document was created resulted in various undemocratic principles that are contrary to the spirit of the given prompt. The...
