Principal (commercial law)

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Interviews and Questionnaires as Legal Research Instruments

Abstract: This work is an inquiry into the duo instrumentalities of research namely; interview and questionnaire in the field of legal research. It focused on issues such as nature, usefulness, types, advantages, disadvantages, reliability as research instruments, as well as the comparison of the two instrumentalities. The essence of this work is to expose to legal researchers the ‘pros’ and ‘cons’ of this instruments and their multidimensional ramifications in serving as better tools for more effective and fruitful legal research venture. In carrying out this work, doctrinal approach was adopted by looking at the existing literatures in the field of legal research and examining the extent, if any, to which the survey method of research is embraced by lawyers and legal researchers to improve on the outcome of their research and to reflect the reality or impact of law on the society. It was discovered that what a traditional legal researcher does is to organise his study around legal propositions; use court reports and conventional legal materials which are readily assessable in a law library as his principal sources of data, and draws conclusion from these legal materials. [1] The recent trend, however, is to move beyond or away from the desk and gather information from the field in order to have more social and realistic input in legal research. This has widened the scope of legal research methodology but the fact remained that the methods and strategy adopted for any particular research project will depend on the subject matter. [2] In conclusion, this work provides the basic guides in the selection, construction and administration of questionnaire and interview as research instruments. Their uses and limitations, as well as their construction in terms of the structure and content were also discussed. The response rate as well as the quality of information acquire will depend on the subject matter of research, the choice of the researcher and the extent to which the suggestions in this work are utilised. Keywords: Legal, Research, Interviews, Questionnaires, Instruments. DOI : 10.7176/JLPG/83-08 Publication date :March 31 st 2019 [1] Aboki, Y., “Introduction to Legal Research Methodology”, Second Edition, (Tamaza Publishing Co.Ltd, Zaria 2009) p.3 [2] Gasiokwu, M.O.U., “Legal Research Methodology”, (Chenglo Ltd, Enugu, 2004) pg 3.

The CISG in the United States: Why it has Been neglected and why Europeans Should Care

Abstract: Even in the age of statutes, common lawyers see law primarily in cases. Thus, as this article concerns the legal situation in a common law jurisdiction, it may be appropriate to begin with a case ? i.e., an American court decision involving the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (hereinafter "CISG" or "the Convention"). Between 1998 and 2000, Asante Technologies, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in California, posted several orders for electronic component parts with PMC Sierra Inc., a Delaware corporation headquartered in British Columbia, Canada. The situation was somewhat

First degree murder and complicity—conditions for parity of culpability between principal and accomplice

Abstract: The Law Commission for England and Wales has published for consultation a proposal for an offence of first degree murder. A person found guilty of this offence whether as a principal or an accomplice will receive a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. It is argued that the conditions for liability as an accomplice put forward by the Commission do not fulfil the Commission's aspiration for a "parity of culpability" between principals and accomplices. The discussion has general implications for the reform of complicity laws.

Special educational needs and the law

Abstract: Detail of the Act. The Act and persons with special educational needs (SEN). The Act and parents of children with SEN. The Act and children who do not have SEN. The role of the school. The role of the principal. The role of health boards. Ministers$$$ roles. Case law on SEN. Irish jurisprudence. International case law on SEN. Commentary and analysis.

Harmonization of European Company Laws

Abstract: May I begin with a statement of confession and avoidance: I am not and never have been an expert in corporation law of any kind-European or American-and I shall therefore avoid any discussion of technical corporation law questions. I am, however, interested in the corporation as an institution that plays a role in the process of integration of states. Arthur S. Miller wrote once that going national by American corporations was one of the principal reasons for the American economy's becoming national, and for the changes in the nature of the federal system that have taken place since I787. Once the economy became national, it meant that a continental economic system was superimposed on what was then a decentralized political order. This released powerful impulses toward centralization in the federal political system. The analogy between the evolution in the United States and that in contemporary Western Europe is alluring, but it is, of course, dangerous as all such analogies are. Yet it is a fact that business in a politically decentralized Europe is going European, that the corporation is the principal instrumentality in this Europeanization process, and that the Common Market Treaty provides an institutional framework for a new economic system and perhaps for a new political order as well. It is proper for us lawyers to realize that the law plays a part in this development as it did in the United States. But it is the better part of wisdom to keep in mind that in this complex process the law plays only the role-to paraphrase George Kennan-of a gentle fertilizer.