One area where the Court of Chancery played an important role was the application of usage, a role that the rigid framework of land law could not fulfil. This role has led to the fundamental distinction between legal interests and just interests. The Indian Treaty Act states that the court has exercised jurisdiction. Some En savoir plus surWhat Does the Legal Term Equity Mean[…]
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The term usufruct has never found its place in English common law, although some general similarities can be found in the concept of homologation at common law. Modern civil law systems distinguish between two types of usufruct. Perfect usufruct includes only things that a usufructuary (someone who owns property under usufruct) can use without En savoir plus surWhat Does Legal Term Usufruct Mean[…]
Parker, C. (2000). The ethics of regulatory compliance consulting: autonomy or interdependence? Journal of Business Ethics, 28(4), 339-351. Technology can help achieve regulatory compliance. Legal compliance programs such as CLARA offer modern workflow systems that always automatically match the current legal situation. This greatly facilitates compliance as employee training on changes to the law En savoir plus surWhat Does It Mean to Have Legal Compliance[…]
The most basic understanding of dual law enforcement is that it refers to the prosecution of a person more than once for the same crime. In United States v. Ursery, 518 US 267 (1996), the Supreme Court held that forfeiture of civilian property did not constitute “punishment” within the meaning of the double jeopardy En savoir plus surWhat Does Double Jeopardy Mean in Law[…]
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