University of Michigan Law School
Johan The idea of estoppel or culpa in contrahendo, can be used to create obligations during pre-contractual negotiations. The Classical republican concept of “civil society” dates back to Hobbes and Locke.…
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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Coase used the example of a nuisance case named Sturges v Bridgman, where a noisy sweetmaker and a quiet doctor were neighbours and went to court to see who should…
Yale Law School
When contracts are invalidated for some reason (e.g. a car buyer is so drunk that he lacks legal capacity to contract) the contractual obligation to pay can be invalidated separately…
University of Illinois College of Law
Especially since privatisation became popular and took management of services away from public law, private companies doing the jobs previously controlled by government have been bound by varying degrees of…
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
But merely in describing, scholars who sought explanations and underlying structures slowly changed the way the law actually worked. Mass anarchist communities, ranging from Syria to the United States, exist…
IUP LAW
This distinction is stronger in civil law countries, particularly those with a separate system of administrative courts; by contrast, the public-private law divide is less pronounced in common law jurisdictions.…
University of Illinois College of Law
The UK Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the US Uniform Commercial Code are examples of codified common law commercial principles. Cynicism over “officialdom” is still common, and the workings…
University of Michigan Law School
Conflict of laws, or private international law in civil law countries, concerns which jurisdiction a legal dispute between private parties should be heard in and which jurisdiction’s law should be…
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Suffolk University Law School offers flexible degree programs and a broad range of curricular opportunities that can prepare you for a diverse array of legal careers. These example sentences are…
IUP LAW
We are the voice of solicitors, driving excellence in the profession and safeguarding the rule of law. A similar tendency to seek definitions which are distinct from those used in…