3 résultats pour "breach"
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Breach of the peace
Normand 1992 SCCR 14, for a leisure centre (Farell v Normand 1992 SCCR 859), for a police station (Carmichael v Monaghan 1986 SCCR 598), for a court of law (Dyce v Aitchison 1985 SCCR 184) or for an omnibus (McLean v McNaughton) The extensive definition of breach of the peace is incompatible with the article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Indeed the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights requires that an offence must be clearly defined in law for example in Kokkinak...
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Feudalism
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INTRODUCTION
Feudalism, contractual system of political and military relationships existing among members of the nobility in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.
lord”; thus, it was not rebellion for a subvassal to fight against his lord’s lord. In England, however, William the Conqueror and his successors required their vassals’vassals to take oaths of fealty to them. B Duties of a Vassal Military service in the field was basic to feudalism, but it was far from all that the vassal owed to his lord. When the lord had a castle, he might require his vassals togarrison it, a service called castle-guard. The lord also expected his vassals to attend his cour...
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THE CONTRACT (droit anglais)
REQUIREMENT FOR TERMS OF A CONTRACT Although contracts can be interpreted as almost any monetary exchange for goods or services, the terms of an agreement are often required so that compensation can be obtained if one party fails in its responsibilities. Without such specifications, it becomes almost impossible to seek reparations; for example, "we agree to sell/purchase a car for a fair price" is too vague for any decision to be reached at a later date. That being said, many contracts of a ve...