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- •Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
- •Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords)
- •Crown Court
- •Magistrates’ Courts
- •Tribunals Service
- •1 Constitutional Law
- •2 Statutory Law
- •3 Administrative Law
- •4 Case Law
- •Text 2 An Overview of the Court System in the United States
- •Constitutional Rights Applying to Trials
- •Federal court system
- •Types of Courts
- •1 An Offer Must Be Intended to Create a Legal Obligation
- •2 An Offer Must Be Definite
- •3 An Offer Must be Communicated to the Offeree
- •1 An Offer Ends at the Time Stated in the Offer
- •2 If the Offer Does Not State How Long It Will Remain Open, It Terminates at the End of a Reasonable Length of Time
- •3 An Offer Ends If the Offeree Rejects It
- •4 An Offer Ends If the Offeree Makes a Counteroffer
- •5 An Offer Is Usually Ended If It Is Revoked or Modified by the Offerer Before the Offeree Has Accepted It
- •6 An Offer Is Terminated by the Death or Insanity of the Offerer or Offeree
- •1 An Acceptance Can Be Made Only by the Person(s) to Whom the Offer Was Made
- •2 The Acceptance Must Be Unconditional and Identical with the Offer
- •3 The Acceptance Must Be Communicated
- •1 Agreements That Obstruct Legal Procedures
- •6 Agreements That Are Unconscionable
- •7 Agreements to Pay Usurious Interest
- •8 Agreements That Involve Illegal Gambling, Wagers, and Lotteries
- •9 Agreements That Restrain Trade Unreasonably
- •1 Methods of Creation
- •2 Formality
- •3 Extent of performance
- •2 A Contract to Sell or a Sale of Any Interest in Real Property
- •3 A Contract That Cannot Be Performed Within One Year
- •4 A Contract to Pay a Debt or Answer for the Legal Obligation to Another Person
- •5 A Contract for Which the Consideration Is Marriage
- •6 A Contract by an Executor or Administrator to Be Personally Liable for Claims Against the Estate of a Deceased Person
- •1 The Writing Is to Be Considered as a Single, Whole Document
- •2 Where a Printed Form Is Used, Added Typed Provisions Will Prevail over Contradictory Printed Provisions, and Added Handwritten Ones Will Prevail over both Printed and Typed Ones
- •3 If Words and Figures Are Inconsistent, the Words Will Prevail
- •1 The False Representation or Concealment of a Present or Past Fact Must Be Deliberate
- •2 The Misrepresented or Concealed Fact Must Be Material
- •3 The Person Who Makes the False Representation Must Know It to Be False or Make It Recklessly without Regard to Its Truth
- •4 The Misrepresentation Must Be Made with the Intention of Influencing the Other Person to Act upon It
- •1 By agreement
- •2 By Impossibility of Performance
- •3 By Operation of Law
- •1 The Injured Party Has the Right of Rescission
- •2 The Injured Party May Have the Right of Cancellation
- •3 The Injured Party May Compel Specific Performance or Get an Injunction
- •1 Cash-and Carry Sales
- •2 Sales on Credit
- •3 Cod Sale
- •4 Sale or Return
- •5 Sale on Approval (Try &Buy)
- •6 Auctions
- •1 Laws Allowing Secured Debts
- •2 Laws Allowing Garnishment of Wages
- •1 Laws Setting Maximum Interest Rates
- •2 Laws Requiring Clear and Complete Disclosure of Loan Terms
- •1 When the Creditor Retains Possession of the Collateral
- •2 When the Debtor Retains Possession of the Collateral
- •1 Drafts
- •2 Cheques
- •3 Promissory Notes
- •4 Certificates of Deposit
- •Список использованной литературы
- •Информационные ресурсы
- •Contents
Список использованной литературы
Агабекян И.П. Практический английский для
юристов. Серия «Учебники и учебные пособия». Ростов н/Д: «Феникс», 2003
Английский язык. Методические указания для
студентов-юристов. СПб.: ГААП, 1997
Мамулян А.С., Кашкин С.Ю. Англо-русский
полный юридический словарь. Первое издание. – М.: «Рэббит», 1993
Информационные ресурсы
FindLaw – www.findlaw.com
Lectric Law Library – http://lectlaw.com
EUR Lex – http://europa.eu.mt/eurlex/en/index.htlm
International Monetary Fund – www.imf.org
FreightGate – www.freightgate.com/reference
Contents
Lesson 1 History of the Law …………………………….……..…3
Lesson 2 Kinds of Law in the United Kingdom…………….......…7
Lesson 3 Kinds of Law in the United States..........................…....17
Lesson 4 Business Law ………………………………….…....….28
Lesson 5 Legality of Agreement ……………………….…......…38
Lesson 6 Types of Contracts……………………………..………45
Lesson 7 Void and Voidable Agreements………………..………58
Lesson 8 Rights and Duties under a Contract…………...……....64
Lesson 9 Rights under a Contract……………………..……..….73
Lesson 10 Types of Sale………………………………………….78
Lesson 11 Credits…………………………………………...……83
Lesson 12 Secured Transactions…………………………………87
Lesson 13 Commercial Papers (Documents)…………………….92