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Richard Posner's Negligence Theory Applied to Case Law

In this paper of three pages the article written by Richard Posner on the theory of negligence is discussed from a case law perspe...

A Negligence Theory by Richard Posner

take responsibility for their actions? Posner addresses this concern when he speaks of mentally unstable people who, with little ...

Is the Common Law of Posner Common Sense?

waste should be avoided. "And at least an approximation to the answer is in most cases reasonably accessible to intuition and com...

Economic Theory of Negligence and Posner

as tort law have been seen in term of moralistic tendencies. If we look a the way cases are settled, then the courts also show t...

Hypothetical British Common Lawl Case

In five pages a hypothetical case is presented that highlights British common law and applies negligence and liability premises. ...

Style of Leadership Used by Richard Branson

world (Woopidoo, 2005). Branson began Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984, Virgin Mobile in 1999, released a book entitled, "Losing My...

UK Criminal Liability Law

from time to time laid down, are sufficiently injurious to the public to warrant the application of criminal procedure to deal wit...

Food Related Illnesses and California Law

contact surfaces or equipment and code 12275 provides specific examples of acts which are to be prevented in regard to employee ha...

Equal Pay

treaty at Article 3 (2) (ex 3 ), which specifies similar sentiments in a more general statement (Weatherill and Beaumont, 2000). I...

Attribution Theory And Achievement Goal Theory

3) the observer must determine if the person was forced or coerced into doing that behavior or not (Kearsley, 2008). If coercion w...

Issues in English Employment Law

entitled to a long notice period or the employee is entitled to a valuable remuneration package (DiscLaw Publishing Ltd, Wrongful,...

Consideration of Medical Negligence

In ten pages medical negligence is considered with such cases as 1957's Bolam v. Friern HMC and 1997's Bolitho v. Hackney HA refer...

Legal Issues in Education

the US courts in regards to public schools : The authority of the public educational system finds its origin within a "constitutio...

Mistakes in United Kingdom's Common Law

the case given that this is a matter of common mistake (McKendrick, 2000). In this case the agreement can be seen as fulfilling t...

Contract Law Application

of Goods by Sea Act 1992, this repealed the former Bills of Lading Act 1855 and was seen to bring English law onto the same level ...

Tort Law and Contamination of Food

predicated on "knowledge". Indeed, that is often the case in the world of law. Lawsuits such as that noted above often involve s...

Shipper v. Levitt & Sons, Inc. Court Case

In four pages this law case presents a hypothetical decision involving the negligence liability of a house builder and developer a...

Certainty and Uncertainty in English Contract Law for the Sale of Goods

of case law as well as statutes may indicate potential outcomes, but without laws that cover all scenarios and a legal approach wh...

Is there an Inherent Bias towards Employers in Unfair Dismissal Law?

this time cases would usually be brought for a breach of contract (Card et al, 2003). Unfair dismissal is first seen in the Indust...

Weber's Law Function and Roe v. Wade

she wants with her own body. Further, the law is based on religious notions, or notions that go to personal belief. Essentially, ...

Positivist Law and Natural Law

two very separate subjects. However, there are a number of laws where there are no apparent sanctions non-compliance, therefore s...

2 Case Study Questions on the University Application Process Answered

to study and that you just have to learn the systems were not informative and served to confuse the prospective student even more....

Human Resources Case Study

for his actions if he was simply acting in self-defense; and 2. Does the companys policy of zero tolerance for fighting mean that...

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND LEADERSHIP

and commitments is what makes that person a leader, whether he/she digs ditches for a living or decides to run for president of th...

Compare and Contrast Public School and Christian School Administrators

determines both the content and the means of instruction" (Bob Jones University, 2001). Thus, we conclude that a Christian educati...

Leadership Study Literature Review

More recently, social scientists have come to the consensus that that there are more variables at work in the leadership selection...

Humanism and Existentialism

whatever they become, defining their being through a projection of what they foresee of themselves in the future....

Studies in Contract Case Law

In twelve pages four cases involving contract law are analyzed in terms of contractual issues and legal definitions....

Nursing Profession and the Applicability of Motivational Theories

In seven pages this paper examines how the motivation theories of Douglas McGregor, W. Edwards Deming, and Albert Bandura can be a...

Leadership Principles and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

towards achieving those goals. Kouzes and Posner put it much better: "When people described to us their personal-best leadership e...