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GENERAL CONSIDERATION LAW [5 records]

Record 1 2015-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

This state of the law sometimes causes dissatisfaction, particularly when it is alleged that "excessive" profits have been made out of government contracts; or, when, in times of scarcity, it is said that "excessive" prices are charged for goods or services or accommodation. But the courts are not well equipped to deal with the social and economic questions involved in determining whether a bargain is fair; and it seems that their refusal in general to judge the adequacy of consideration is correct.

Key term(s)
  • consideration adequacy

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
OBS

adéquation de la contrepartie : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Until a registrable interest has been registered, it is only a minor interest... and so liable to be void against a transferee for value.... The general rule is that a transferee of registered land for valuable consideration will take it free of any minor interest which have not been protected by an appropriate entry on the register whether or not he knows of the interest.(Holdsworth, Land Law", 1927, p. 457).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

intérêt mineur : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

OBS

intérêt mineur : terme utilisé en Angleterre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

In English law, a promise is not, as a general rule, binding as a contract unless it is either made under seal or supported by some "consideration". The purpose of the doctrine of consideration is to put some legal limit on the enforceability of agreements even where they are intended to be legally binding and are not vitiated by some factor such as mistake, misrepresentation, duress or illegality.... The present position therefore is that English law limits the enforceability of agreements not under seal by reference to a complex and multifarious body of rules known as "the doctrine of consideration. "(Chitty on Contracts, 26th ed., 1989, Vol I, pp. 105-106).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

doctrine de la contrepartie : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

instruction which is geared to the individual student’s competence and aptitude (rather than those of a hypothetical average student in a group.

DEF

Instruction tailored to the needs of individual students and situations.

CONT

"Individualised instruction" is now in fashion : The practical consequence of the fact of individual differences is that every general law of teaching has to be applied with consideration of the particular person in question.

CONT

Can the software offer individualised instruction?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

Enseignement donné selon les principes d'individualisation du travail.

CONT

[...] l'individualisation de l'enseignement [...] Sans un enseignement individualisé, l'élève lent peut être frustré et l'élève doué devenir mentalement paresseux. Si les outils éducatifs sont suffisamment diversifiés, les élèves qui apprennent à un rythme différent peuvent avoir une partie de l'enseignement adaptée à leur niveau, même s'il y a beaucoup d'enfants dans chaque classe [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

Article 5 of the Vienna Convention, taking into consideration the needs of the post, contains a general summary of consular functions. These may be summarised as follows :-To protect the interests, physical or moral, of the sending state from which stems, in particular, the right to issue passports and visas, to act as notary or civil registrar and in capacities of a similar kind, to safeguard the interests of nationals in case of succession mortis causa, or the protection of minors and other persons lacking full capacity, to have their nationals represented in courts of law, to transmit judicial or extrajudicial documents, to control and to assist national vessels and aircraft and their crews....-To make all lawful investigations into the progress of the economic life of the country.-To encourage the development of economic, commercial, cultural and scientific relations.-To exercise all functions attributed to consuls by the sending state which are not forbidden by the state of residence.

Key term(s)
  • consular function

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
OBS

L'article 5 de la Convention de Vienne énumère de façon générale les fonctions des consuls. Nous les résumons ci-après : - Protéger les intérêts de l'État qui l'envoie et ceux de ses ressortissants, qu'il s'agisse de personnes physiques ou morales; d'où découle notamment le droit de délivrer passeports et visas, d'exercer les fonctions d'officier de l'état civil et de notaire, d'intervenir dans la protection des intérêts de leurs ressortissants en matière de succession et pour la protection des incapables; de faire représenter leurs ressortissants devant les tribunaux et de transmettre les actes judiciaires; de contrôler et d'assister les bâtiments de commerce nationaux et d'exercer la police à bord. [...] - S'informer par tous les moyens licites sur l'évolution de la vie économique. - Favoriser le développement des relations économiques, commerciales, culturelles et scientifiques. - Exercer toutes fonctions attribuées aux consuls par l'État d'envoi et que n'interdit pas l'État de résidence.

Key term(s)
  • fonction consulaire

Spanish

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