Essays on Adverse Possession

Differences and Similarities between Sharia’a Law and American Law in Adverse Possession

Trespass to the land is basically a common tort that is committed when an individual enters into the land or property of another without lawful excuse. The party whose property was entered might sue even though no actual harm was done. The court system will then determine the damages that the possessor of the land suffered and order payment as a way of remedy. In this section, the aim will be to highlight the main differences and similarities between the American Law and the Sharia Law in the diverse possession doctrine. It will address the legal theory of vesting ...

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Differences between Sharia Law and Common Law Tradition Sharia Law and English Common law are two distinct sets of legal authorities which have striking similarities in many contexts despite the disparities in their geographical areas of application. Sharia Law is the foundation of Islamic Law and it borrows heavily from the instructions within the Quran as well as the famous teachings of Prophet Muhammad, also known as Sunnah (Kamali, 2008). On the other hand, Common law entails a set of regulations which were in force in the ancient English Kingdom. Since Common law is not codified, legal precedents are ...

The doctrine of Adverse Possession is an old and general principle common to most domestic legal systems. According to the doctrine, valid title of land can pass from the true owner of the land to another without compensation, if a person obtains and maintains “open and notorious” possession of the land for a specific period of time. Adverse possession was first identified as a legal doctrine in the Roman Empire. As Roman law formed the basis for the legal systems of many of its former territories, in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, adverse possession eventually adopted as ...

Business E-Commerce Cases

Business E-Commerce Cases The main issue that was being litigated in this case was whether the NFL, the NFL Teams, and the NFLP separate legal entities were capable of engaging in a contract, combination or conspiracy as defined by Section 1 of the Sherman Act? (Cheeseman, H.R., 2013). In order to understand the issue that the case outlined in the facts how Section 1 of the Sherman Act was approached by the United States Supreme Court. The United States Supreme Court ended up holding that the NFL, the individual tams, and the NFLP were separate entities capable of engaging ...

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Illegal immigration persists to be a highly debatable topic concerning the future of the United States as a whole. In this respect, one side of the argument such as the one proposed by other scholars such as Nadadur whose argument explains the positive repercussions of illegal immigration in the US economy, saying that it has further benefitted the dissipation of cheap labor which in turn creates cheaper prices for the local commodities sold in the groceries and supermarkets. It is undeniable that what Nadadur had stated had truly made an impact with the US economy especially since these illegal ...

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Recently, the Antiquities Chief of Egypt, Zahi Hawass, has been asking that several prominent museums return several of the biggest and most well-known artifacts of that country back to Egypt. Among them is the Zodiac of Dendera, which is located in the Louvre, as well as the Rosetta Stone, which has been displayed in the British Museum for two centuries. Already, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has promised to return nineteen items that were found in the excavation of King Tut, and were fixtures of the museum for tens of years. Hawass plans to use these ...