Land contract

hris Mitchell Professor Christopher Myers Environmental Ethics PHIL320 April 26, 2015 Social Contract Connection to Land Ethics In society people follow an unspoken law that governs the basis of living within that society a social contract. This unspoken contract gives people the freedom to choose if they wish to remain living there or to move on to another city or country. Since the time of Socrates the acknowledgement of a social contract has been established within civilization. Humans need to socialize is part of who we are it is within our nature to be social creatures. The Utilitarian believes that a morally good action is one that helps the greatest number of people and an Ethical egotist claims that it is “necessary and sufficient for…

Indonesia is one of the countries with abundance of natural resources with large populations. According to World Bank (2013) Indonesia is lower middle income country with GDP around 868.3 billion US dollar and the population is 249.9 million, while poverty headcount ration at national poverty line is 11.3% on 2014. The contention appear that this wealth resources country get the benefit or even get worse with the plenty of their natural resources. The economic growth in Indonesia in period…

For many of us, conflict over natural resources is not a part of everyday life. But in many places around the world, access to natural resources cannot be taken for granted. Conflict over natural resources is often part of a larger struggle over political, social, and economic power. The control over water, land, and oil has economically and socially changed the world. They have been used to secure power because of how important they are to society. The consequences for wrongly abusing these…

their claims. Proponents argue that fracking has lifted the current economy by increasing jobs. Extraction jobs may provide short term growth, but eventually this growth will plummet. This loss happens as extraction sites gain attention from other investors. Once invested, a site develops an overabundance in resources, thus sinking firm costs. Overabundance will cause job loss in the process as firms can’t recover (Twomey et.al.). Jobs are also temporary since extraction only provides cash flow…

As a court judge, the forfeiture clause in the contract should not be enforced, and instead the contract should be treated like a mortgage, since a fair amount of the sale price has been paid off. The plaintiffs, Boris and Natasha, may believe that the land sale contract is clear and reasonable, considering the fact that Charles Marsh had signed and agreed upon the contract terms. The contract directly states the consequences of default in payments including the rights of forfeiting, while…

Issue In this case there are three issues. Was there a valid unilateral contract between Barbara Wisdom and Lab & a Ladder Construction that holds Barbara liable to pay $5200 in fees, was there a valid contract between Barbara Wisdom, her son Jason Wisdom, and his wife Alicia Jewell-Wisdom, when Barbara signed the promissory note stating, “As promised, if I ever sell Green Valley, I will give the amount of $250,000 to Jason Wisdom and Alicia Jewell-Wisdom for the value of the land at 55 East…

Question Presented Lyanna Snow entered a contract to sell Old Snow Place to Walter Bolton. The contract contained blank spaces for the page numbers of a book where the specific land description could be found. Is the contract valid? Brief Answer Yes. Under Mississippi Annotated Code § 15-3-1 all contracts must be in writing and signed by the contracting parties or their legal representatives. The Courts have established a standard that contracts for the sale of land must have definitive terms…

property. This qualification between types of property originates from English common law, however our cutting edge laws keep on distinguishing between the two. Each form of property is dealt with distinctively under the law. There are a wide range of sorts of laws that particularly relate to personal property, and numerous different sorts of laws that relate particularly to real property. Personal property is movable property. It's anything that can be liable to possession, aside from land.…

is a statement that one of the parties will not be in breach despite failing to perform one or more of their contractual obligations. Whether a disclaimer is enforceable depends on; 1. Is the disclaimer part of the contract: (1) is it expressly set out in a written contract that has been signed by the parties? (2) It is expressly brought to the attention of the party by reasonable notice given before the contract was formed. (3) It is implied into the contract as a result of prior dealings…

Collins argued that the contract was ultra vires, which means the contract is “beyond the powers”, thus illustrating that any powers exercised by an officer of the corporation are limited by the constituting, any act outside the limitations are considered ultra vires. Likewise, Collins constructed the lawsuit on the grounds that the construction on the land and building are beyond the power of the board of directors. While Collins believes the contract was on the basis of ultra vires, he did not…