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    Reconstruction Era‚ three pivotal amendments were passed and added to the Constitution. Amendment 13‚ passed in 1865 and perhaps the most crucial‚ abolished all slavery in the United States. Amendment 14 was passed in 1868 and granted African American citizenship‚ a step up from the 3/5 Compromise in which white slave owners could use each slave they owned as 3/5 of a person (and a vote) when it came time to vote for representatives in the late 1700s. The 15th Amendment‚ passed in 1870‚ granted black

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    The first legal documentation of white-collar crime was documented in the 15th century in England. In the year 1473‚ a law passed after an agent was arrested for embezzlement when he was responsible to transport wool and he ended up stealing wool for himself. After this law passed white-collar crimes were still uncommon because not much attention was brought until after the industrial revolution. The only reason attention was brought during/after the Industrial revolution was because of monopolistic

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    Banking laws amendment bill 2011 The salient features of the Bill are as follows: • To enable banking companies to issue preference shares subject to regulatory guidelines by the RBI; • To increase the cap on restrictions on voting rights; • To create a Depositor Education and Awareness Fund by utilizing the inoperative deposit accounts; • To provide prior approval of RBI for acquisition of 5% or more of shares or voting rights in a banking company by any person and empowering RBI to

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    The Nineteenth Amendment was and is the most well known and important event in this period of time because not only did it grant all Americans the right to vote‚ but it gave them all the rights they deserved‚ got rid of all unnecessary laws‚ and more. Americans got their well deserved freedom after it was passed fighting long and hard for it until finally their pleas were heard. Everyone could vote and work properly now‚ causing everyone to make positive statements for this type of new freedom. Taxes

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    documents are Louis 14th and Peter the Great. They were both absolute monarchs and both ruled over large territories. An absolute monarch has both positive and negative affects as a system or government. One positive attribute is organization. In document eight‚ Louis the 14th describes the necessity of organization when ruling a country. Without organization‚ a kingdom is vulnerable and its fall is imamate. With one absolute ruler‚ nothing is discussed nor fought over. As Louis 14th described‚ “The

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    A Research Project On “GREY AREA IN PUBLIS DOMESTIC ISSUE” For partial fulfillment of assessment of COMPANY LAW II Submitted by MAYANK AGARWAL Division: B Roll No.: 71 Class: BBA.‚LLB Under the guidance of Dr. S. N. Ghosh Professor of Law Symbiosis Law School‚ NOIDA Symbiosis International University‚ PUNE C E R T I F I C A T E The project entitled “GREY AREA IN PUBLIC DOMESTIC ISSUE” submitted to the Symbiosis Law School‚ NOIDA for Company Law I as part of internal assessment

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    During the 14th century‚ Europe was struck by an epidemic known as the Black Death. Although the exact origins of the Black Death remain disputed by historians‚ it is believed that the illness was brought to Sicily‚ Italy by a Genoese merchant ship coming from Crimea in 1347. The illness is then believed to have spread through the Mediterranean Basin‚ into France‚ then Spain‚ Germany and the remaining majority of Europe (Gottfried‚ 1983: 55-76). Prior to the arrival of the Black Death in Europe‚

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    As the Eighth Amendment protects against the issuance of an excessive bail‚ there is no “absolute” guarantee of a pretrial release although as the justice system asserts that a suspect is innocent until proven guilty. That said‚ it is stated that the courts base the issuance of bail and thus release on the strength of the prosecutor’s case in addition to the actions of the suspect in his interactions with witnesses /law enforcement and the securing of evidence. If the courts find that the suspect

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    the Civil War was the adoption of the constitutional amendments. The 13th amendment caused slavery to end in the United States. The 14th amendment allowed all people including slaves that were born in the United States the privileges of American citizenship. The 15th amendment prohibited the states from judging anyone based on race or color. These amendments are proof that the war altered the constitution. The only reason the 13th amendment came to be was because the Civil War broke slaveries stronghold

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    Video four is about the High Renaissance which started in the late 15th and the early 16th century in Italy. In the first part of the video it shows the period when western art reached its climax and gave some wonderful pieces of art. It is widely viewed as the greatest explosion of creativity genius in history. It sculpture was specially made by the public‚ which is becoming expensive form of art. These sculptures were often used to decorate architecture where other were able to study and admire

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