Constitutional History of Pakistan: Amendments and Failures

Fifth Amendment

Main Features and Effects on Judiciary

  • Chief Justice of Supreme Court:
    • Term of office: 5 years
    • Maximum age: 65 years
    • Pension upon retirement at age 65
    • Cannot be reappointed after serving as Chief Justice
  • Chief Justice of High Court:
    • Term of office: 4 years
    • Maximum age: 62 years
    • Pension upon retirement at age 62
    • Cannot be reappointed after serving as Chief Justice
  • Separate High Courts for Balochistan and Sindh:
    • Established separate High Courts for Balochistan
  • High Courts and Fundamental Rights:
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Intellectual Property and Antitrust Laws

UNIT 4: Intellectual Property

Definition:-

Commercially valuable, secret information that is not generally known.

–Misappropriation:-

Wrongful use of a trade secret: (1) knowingly acquired through improper means, or by (2) disclosing or using information without consent, or by (3) reverse engineering.

Trade Secrets:

Remedies:–Owner of a trade secret may obtain damages or injunctive relief when the secret is misappropriated (wrongfully used) by an employee or a competitor

Criminal Penalties

— It punishes

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Essential Contract Law Concepts: Definitions and Explanations

Essential Contract Law Concepts

Exculpatory Clause

An exculpatory clause is a contract provision that relieves one party of liability if damages are caused during the execution of the contract. It’s designed to protect them from legal claims in case of accidents or injuries.

Void and Voidable Contracts

A void contract is not legally enforceable from the moment it was created due to illegality, impossibility, or lack of essential elements. A voidable contract, on the other hand, is valid but can be legally

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Institution of Suits and Court Procedures

Institution of Suits:

Particulars in plaint, when a court can return or reject a plaint? Sec 26{1} every suit shall be instituted by the presentation of a plaint or in such manner as may be prescribed by sec 26{2}in every plaint facts shall be proved by affidavit.

Particulars to be contained in plaint:

  1. The name of the court in which the suit is brought
  2. The name description and place of residence of plaintiff
  3. A statement of his value of the subject matter of the suit for the purpose of jurisdiction and
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Understanding Laws, Regulations, and Executive Orders in the US Government

Laws are made by who? Laws are MADE by the Legislative Process (congress: government officials who are elected.) and what do they do? Laws set out standards, procedures and principles to govern behavior. Regulations are made to monitor and Enforce legislations (laws) Regulations are developed by a different portion of government known as the Executive Branch

Laws are developed in the Legislative Branch of Government 

Laws may be modified by the Judicial Branch of Government as well. What is an E.

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Media Effects and Communication Laws

What is the Payne Fund Study?

A series of 13 psychology studies that tested the effects of media

What is the difference between public and private research?

Public- academic or governmental research that tries to clarify, explain, or predict

Private- used by private owners or campaigns to uncover real-life problems

Explain the Bobo Doll Experiment

The social learning experiments that showed that children learn from what they gain from media

Explain Gerbner’s cultivation theory

Cultivation theory suggests

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