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 Obligation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Common legal obligations for citizens include the need to participate as a juror if called upon and pay taxes, which is granted in return for the right to participate in the electoral process and the financial and physical protection by the state.
The obligations for heads of state such as politicians and monarchs are generally much more prolific.
In terms of politics, obligations are requirements that are to fulfil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obligation   (243 words)

  
 Labor Law Obligations to Employees
These laws are enforced by the Attorney General.
The law provides both civil and criminal penalties and mandates that two willful violations of the law bar a contractor from bidding on a public work or service contract for a period of five years.
The prevailing wage law is enforced by the Attorney General.
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/workplace/employer.html   (3326 words)

  
 Louisiana Civil Law Obligations
There are three types of compensation: legal (by operation of law), conventional (by effect of contract), and judicial (by order of a court).
A civil obligation that is not subject to any suspensive temporal modalities but is subject to a resolutory term or a resolutory condition is susceptible of legal compensation.
If an obligation is insusceptible of legal compensation only because it is unliquidated and if the obligation is nevertheless susceptible of prompt and easy liquidation at least in part, the court can order compensation as to that part of the obligation.
http://faculty.law.lsu.edu/jrtrahan/retrojet-compensation.htm   (1943 words)

  
 obligations
Although a distinct category of the law of obligations, the remedy of unjustified enrichment is a subsidiary remedy.
Scots law recognises the law of promises as a distinct branch of voluntary obligations.
Although the Law of Property and the Law of Obligations are within the single category of private law, the nature of the rights enforceable under these areas are very different.
http://www.luiss.it/erasmuslaw/scozia/obligations.htm   (2637 words)

  
 The New German Law of Obligations: an Introduction
German law has now developed a general type of breach of contract – to be precise, the notion even transcends contract law, and extends, as breach of duty, to the entire law of obligations.
The law of contract, and in particular the law of the sale of goods is - as a rule – non-mandatory law.
The law makes use of restrictions of the freedom of contract in order to inform the parties to the contract, especially the buyer, about the goods which are on the market.
http://www.iuscomp.org/gla/literature/schulte-noelke.htm   (3030 words)

  
 LLRX -- An Overview of Estonian Law and Web Resources - Update
Law of Obligations - a draft of the law is currently under construction and the Law may be passed during 2001.
Arbitration Court, Rules of Arbitration Court, Law of the Arbitration Court
A draft for the new Law of Obligations is under elaboration, and, most likely, the new Law of Obligations will be enacted during the year 2001.
http://www.llrx.com/features/estonian1.htm   (2510 words)

  
 OUCLF : articles: P Schlechtriem (2002)
The content of the obligation is determined by law and - in the case of contractual obligations - by the agreement between the parties, unless party autonomy is restricted by legal norms which prohibit certain terms - in particular standard terms - or which exceptionally impose certain terms on the contracting parties.
Most important, while the uniform law projects allows the courts to adjust the contract affected by changed circumstances at their discretion, § 313 BGB (1) requires that the party asking for adjustment must claim for a specific alteration of the contract, which the court can either grant or deny.
Likewise, § 634 is based on a reference to the general remedies in case of breach of a contractor's obligation to achieve a result conforming to the standards set in the contract.
http://ouclf.iuscomp.org/articles/schlechtriem2.shtml   (8643 words)

  
 Law of Obligations Act (consolidated text Dec 2003)
The law may provide that a written contract is also deemed to have been entered into when the contract has been signed by the obligated party only.
Where the quality of the performance of a contractual obligation is not determinable from the contract or from law, the party shall perform the obligation with a quality not less than average in the circumstances.
An obligor may perform an obligation for the benefit of the legal representative of an obligee with restricted active legal capacity if the representative has not granted consent to the performance of the obligation for the benefit of the obligee.
http://www.legaltext.ee/text/en/X30085K2.htm   (10276 words)

  
 EC Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (Rome 1980)
Any law specified by this Convention shall be applied whether or not it is the law of a Contracting State.
The mutual obligations of assignor and assignee under a voluntary assignment of a right against another person ("the debtor") shall be governed by the law which under this Convention applies to the contract between the assignor and assignee.
To the extent that the law applicable to the contract has not been chosen in accordance with article 3, the contract shall be governed by the law of the country with which it is most closely connected.
http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/ec.applicable.law.contracts.1980/doc.html   (3241 words)

  
 The Law of Obligations
The Law of Obligations requires you to revise those topics of Contract Law and the Law of Tort, which you have already covered as part of Introduction to the Common Law - ICL, (a pre-requisite for the study of this subject).
The law of Tort is concerned with a wide variety of civil law rights protecting the safety of the person and their property from harm, and can be summed up in the phrase "all human life is here" since it governs many relationships commonly arising between individuals, businesses and central and local government.
All this is early preparation for the role of the lawyer, and provides an ideal introduction to the methodology employed by judges in the Common Law jurisdictions.
http://www.lawtutorsonline.co.uk/Obligations.htm   (407 words)

  
 Law of Obligations Act, General Part of the Civil Code Act and Private International Law Act Implementation Act ...
In the case of marriages contracted prior to 1 July 2002, when determining the law applicable to the proprietary rights of spouses, the date of contraction of the marriage for the purposes of subsection 58 (3) of the Private International Law Act shall be deemed to be 1 July 2002.
The civil procedural rights of such minors are exercised and their civil procedural obligations are performed in court by a legal representative.
The interest rates specified in subsection 94 (1) of the Law of Obligations Act shall be published as of Estonia’s accession to the European Union.
http://www.legaltext.ee/text/en/X60032K1.htm   (16738 words)

  
  Book Review Law and History Review, 20.3 The History Cooperative
not of the separate law of tort and contract.
Seeing the "continuity of structure" of tort and contract law from the medieval period enables the student of the subject to understand more fully the modern law and the manner in which this "skeleton" impacts the continuing development of the law.
Ibbetson analyzes the development of tort and contract law from the medieval era to the present.
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lhr/20.3/br_1.html   (910 words)

  
 Table of contents for The new German law of obligations
Consumer Contract Law and General Contract Law 159 I.
The modernization of the law of obligations 30 XIII.
The Uncitral Convention, the Principles of European Contract Law and the Unidroit Principles 126 3.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024540.html   (731 words)

  
 Law of obligations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Law of Obligations is one of the component elements of the civil law system of law and encompasses contractual obligations, quasi-contractual obligations such as unjust enrichment and extra-contractual obligations.
The Law of Obligations finds its origins in Roman law.
The Law of Obligations is one of the branches of the civil law which includes the Law of Property, the Law of Persons, the Law of the Family the Law of Successions, the Law of Hypothecs, the Law of Prescription.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_obligations   (114 words)

  
 Syllabi 2004-2005 B-KUL-C02B5A Law of obligations
Obligations from unilateral and multilateral legal acts (obligations from agreement, obligations from unilateral legal acts)
Obligations from illegal deeds: vertical and horizontal cumul of liabilities.
Obligations from contracts: Concept and characteristics of the contract
http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/onderwijs/aanbod2004/syllabi/C02B5AE.htm   (548 words)

  
 Child Law
Much of the law of contract and the law of tort which you have already studied answers the question ‘In what circumstances can A sue B’.
During the course we will contrast the approach of the common law with that of other legal jurisdictions and consider a number of theoretical debates which are relevant to the subject.
The subject of remedies for breach of contract and tort is not however a purely ‘practical’ subject.
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/law/lawmods/remedies.htm   (596 words)

  
 cl1contractoutline
Terms which the law adds to a contract.
An order of the court directing the party in breach to perform his obligations.
Contracts illegal at common law are usually void.
http://www.som.hw.ac.uk/buslm1/ComLaw1/cl1contractoutline.html   (876 words)

  
 Obligations - The Sparlin Law Office
Affirmative action requirements for federal contractors first were imposed in an Executive Order issued by President Johnson the 1960s.
What is the source of my legal obligation to maintain an affirmative action plan?
The information in this web site is not presented as legal advice, and you should seek counsel concerning your specific situation.
http://www.sparlinlaw.com/faqs/obligations.html   (420 words)

  
 An Employer's Obligations Under Megan's Law
If your place of business is within the notification zone authorized by the court with respect to a Tier Three offender, a law enforcement officer will hand-deliver a notice to the owner, manager or supervisor who is in charge on a full-time basis at your place of business.
The Legislature found that the danger of recidivism posed by sex offenders warranted a system of registration that would permit law enforcement officials to identify and alert the public when necessary for public safety.
On October 31, 1994, Governor Whitman and the New Jersey Legislature passed the Registration and Community Notification Laws, N.J.S.A. 2C:7-1 et seq., in response to the growing demand for greater information regarding the identity and whereabouts of previously convicted sex offenders.
http://www.lowenstein.com/new/megan_law.html   (1431 words)

  
 German Law in English - 11. Law of obligations
LAWSON, F.H.,/ MARKESINIS, B.S., Tortious liability for unintentional harm in the common law and the civil law, Vol.
STOLL, H., Reparation for non-material damage in the civil law countries.
MEINECKE, J., Frustration in the West German law of contract.
http://www.iuscomp.org/gla/literature/daad93/daad93-11.htm   (939 words)

  
 Mondaq Business Briefing: 259. Reform of German Law of Obligations.
The Act Modernising the Law of Obligations took effect on 1 January 2002, or 102 years to the day after the entry into force of the German Civil Code, of which the law of obligations is a part.
While the primary impact of the new legislation is in the area of contract law, certain changes - notably those to the statute of limitations - apply to obligations arising in tort or for...
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go1494/is_200206/ai_n7001030   (153 words)

  
 Law Of Obligations
The Law of Obligations is one of the component elements of the civil law system of law and encompasses contractual obligations, quasi-contractual obligations such as unjust enrichment and extra-contractual obligations.
The Law of Obligations finds its origins in Roman law.
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http://www.tourismpondicherry.com/law-of-obligations.html   (338 words)

  
 OUP: Law of Obligations: Cane
Readership: Academic and practising lawyers, and members of the judiciary, interested in the law of torts and in the comparative law of obligations.
These stimulating essays have much to say about the past, present and future of the law of obligations and will be of great interest to scholars and lawyers of all legal systems.
In this volume, distinguished academics and judges from around the world pay tribute to him in a collection of essays which range widely across tort law, legal theory, legal history and comparative law.
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-826484-4   (657 words)

  
 Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Policies
As the employer, you need to be informed of the law and your obligations, both of which may change as a result of new legislation and court decisions.
While companies with fewer than 15 employees are generally exempt from federal discrimination laws, most states have their own laws prohibiting discrimination, which, in addition to protecting a wider range of categories of employees, include smaller businesses within their scope and procedural and evidentiary standards more favorable to claimants.
One attorney estimates the average legal fees for defense in a sexual harassment suit, regardless of the verdict, are upwards of $75,000.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,323654,00.html   (1234 words)

  
 GLA : Statutes : Civil Code
When the Act to Modernise the Law of Obligations (Schuldrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz) entered into force on 1 January 2002, this marked the most sweeping reform of the German Civil Code or Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch since it was enacted on 1 January 1900.
In the case of a contract for the performance of a recurring obligation, the righ
Such an obligation arises in particular if the third party by enlisting a particularly high degree of reliance materially influences the contractual negotiations or the conclusion of the contract.
http://www.iuscomp.org/gla/statutes/BGB.htm   (14861 words)

  
 Law of Obligations - Cambridge University Press
The Enforceability of Promises in European Contract Law
A state-of-the-art survey of economics of contracts appealing to scholars in economics, management and law.
First Common Core of European Private Law project volume, founded at the University of Trento.
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/browse?subjectid=1138893   (320 words)

  
 RAU Law Library - Law subjects - Law of obligations
RAU Law Library - Law subjects - Law of obligations
To go to specific topics within the subjects of "Law of obligations" or "Contract law" click on the topic's commencing letter:
An academic green paper on European contract law
http://general.rau.ac.za/lawlibrary/subjects/subject_obligations_contract.asp   (215 words)

  
 Canadian Law: Lease Obligations
The attorneys there are mostly rated “A-V” by the Martindale Hubble Law dictionary.
She mentioned that legally she didn't have to pay for that last month of the lease because I stayed in the appartment.
I was under the impression that if you sign a lease, you have to draft a new lease to make the old one void - otherwise you have to fullfill that lease obligation.
http://experts.about.com/q/934/1043128.htm   (969 words)

  
 cl1contractnotes
The main principles of the law of obligations have
(a) Obligations arising from a breach of contract,
Where a change in the law after a contract is
http://www.som.hw.ac.uk/buslm1/ComLaw1/cl1contractnotes.html   (3500 words)

  
 Cooke and Oughton: Common Law of Obligations; Author: Cooke, P.J., LLB MPhil (Senior Lecturer in Law, Liverpool John ...
Topics include common law in context, and principles of the law of obligations.
This text deals with all important aspects of common law obligations.
It is aimed at courses which draw out common themes between traditional tort and contract courses, as well as more conventional courses.
http://www.netstoreusa.com/ljbooks/040/0406011540.shtml   (253 words)

  
 Applicable Law (Contractual Obligations)
Consumer contracts: law of the consumer must be applied if either:
Conclusion of contract because of a specific invitation to the consumer or by advertising in the consumer‘s member State
Presumption: State of the party performing the characteristic obligation)
http://www.univie.ac.at/RI/computersandlaw/sld232.htm   (88 words)

  
 List of literature
MacQueen H L "Scots and English law: the case of contract", (2001) 54 Current Legal Problems 205-229.
Contract Law in the EU - The Commission Action Plan and the Principles of European Contract Law
MacQueen, H L "Contract, unjustified enrichment and concurrent liability: a Scots perspective", 1997 Acta Juridica, 176-200 (reprinted in F. Rose (ed.), Failure of Contracts, Oxford, Hart Publishing, and in D. Visser (ed.), The Limits of the Law of Obligations, Cape Town, Juta).
http://www.cbs.dk/departments/law/staff/ol/commission_on_ecl/literature.htm   (582 words)

  
 European and Comparative Law of Obligations
# Restitution for Termination of Contract in German Law, in: Failure of Contracts: Contractual, Restitutionary and Proprietary Consequences, hrsg.
* The German Law of Obligations, Volume I: The Law of Contracts and Restitution: a Comparative Introduction (zusammen mit Basil S. Markesinis und Werner Lorenz).
Research on English, German and European Law of Obligations from a comparative perspective
http://www.hu-berlin.de:54321/forschung/fdb/english/PJ/PJ4879.html   (211 words)

  
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The violation of any statute or ordinance shall not establish negligence as a matter of law where the act or omission involved was required in order to comply with an order or proclamation of...
Except as otherwise provided by law or where waived by the parties to an agreement, in any action on a contract based on a book account, as defined in Section 337a of the Code of...
(a) Notwithstanding statutory or decisional law to the contrary, any person is responsible not only for the results of that person's willful acts causing injury to a peace officer,...
http://www.iadvocate.net/CACode/114131_LawFiles.Htm   (1243 words)

  
 Law - Cambridge University Press
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http://www.cambridge.org/uk/browse/default.asp?subjectId=1006971   (123 words)

  
 Books-on-Law
This intellectual history, which is provocative at times, is set out in six chapters and addresses topics such as natural law and republican government, the onset of positivism, Langdellian legal science, American legal realism, and various forms of modern and post-modern jurisprudence.
Libraries, the First Amendment, and Cyberspace also includes several appendices with hands-on advice about Internet guidelines, policy-making, law interpretation, and more.
Peck is the author or editor of seven books, including The Bill of Rights and the Politics of Interpretation (West Publishing, 1992).  He has written for Books-on-Law.
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/lawbooks/inmar00.htm   (710 words)

  
 TUNISIA: law - transports des obligations : de la subrogation *
TUNISIA: law - transports des obligations : de la subrogation *
code des obligations et des contrats - livre I
http://members.tripod.com/%7Etgitriki/tunisia/fobl0223.htm   (380 words)

  
 OUP: Law of Obligations: Zimmermann
As a work of comparative law it traces the transformation of the Roman law of obligations over the centuries into what is now modern German, English and South African law, presenting the reader with a contrast between these legal systems which is unique both in its scope and its depth.
More in the same subject area: Roman law; Jurisprudence & general issues; Comparative law
Readership: Scholars and students of Roman law and private law.
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-876426-X   (326 words)

  
 Law: Law of Civil Obligations
pre-LLM students from non-common law systems wishing to improve their English legal knowledge and language before commencing their course.
Home >> Studying and courses >> Academic departments >> Law >> LLB >> Law of Civil Obligations
This wide-ranging course has been specifically designed for Accounting and Finance students wishing to gain exemption from the relevant initial law exams with the major professional accountancy bodies.
http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/law/llb/courses/lawcivob.html   (181 words)

  
 TUNISIA: law - obligations résultant des quasi-contrats *
TUNISIA: law - obligations résultant des quasi-contrats *
code des obligations et des contrats - livre I - titre II
Si le paiement a été fait en exécution d'une dette prescrite ou d'une obligation morale, il n'y a pas lieu à répétition, lorsque celui qui a payé avait la capacité d'aliéner à titre gratuit, encore qu'il eût cru par erreur qu'il était tenu de payer ou qu'il ignorât le fait de la prescription.
http://members.tripod.com/%7Etgitriki/tunisia/fobl0071.htm   (491 words)

  
 French Law of Obligations (816M3)
Home > Teaching > Course directory > French Law of Obligations
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/law/816M3.html   (42 words)

  
 Find in a Library: The common law of obligations
Find in a Library: The common law of obligations
To find a library, type in a postal code, state, province, or country.
WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/0d7a98d3de33c852a19afeb4da09e526.html   (38 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Middle East Full text: UN resolution
Further decides that the provisions of paragraph 22 of resolution 1483 (2003) shall continue to apply, except that the privileges and immunities provided in that paragraph shall not apply concerning any final judgment arising out of a contractual obligation entered into by Iraq after 30 June 2004;
Recalls the continuing obligations of Member States to freeze and transfer certain funds, assets, and economic resources to the Development Fund for Iraq in accordance with paragraphs 19 and 23 of resolution 1483 (2003) and with resolution 1518 (2003) of 24 November 2003;
-Noting the commitment of all forces promoting the maintenance of security and stability in Iraq to act in accordance with international law, including obligations under international humanitarian law, and cooperate with relevant international organisations.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3785577.stm   (1378 words)

  
 Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
Nuclear obligations: Nuremberg law, nuclear weapons, and protest
Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #7267497 - Nuclear obligations: Nuremberg law, nuclear weapons, and protest
Availability information may be found in the Availability, Publisher, Research Organization, Resource Relation and/or Author (affiliation information) fields and/or via the "Full-text Availability" link.
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=7267497   (105 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: The German Law of Obligations
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