Insider Trading: Should it be abolished? Insider trading is defined as “ trading whilst in possession of non-public information and if known to the public‚ may lead to a substantial movement in a security’s price” . In Australia it is prohibited by insider trading regulation (IT regulations) in the Corporations Law (CL) 1991 ‚ though it was initially established from recommendations made by the Rae committee in 1974 on the mining company scandals . The latest law changed one single section to
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In the words of Winston Churchill‚ “Democracy is the worst form of government‚ except all others that have been tried.” This quote is enough to explain the position of the United States government today. Churchill explains that no government is a good government‚ and unlike many Americans today think‚ this includes democracy. There is no hiding the fact that the governing body of the United States has been increasingly at odds with the will of the American people. From the 2016 presidential election
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SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED (AGAINST THE MOTION) Mr. Chairman‚ Panel of Judges‚ Invited Guests‚ Accurate Time Keeper. Co Debators‚ Ladies and Gentlemen‚ I would like to speak against the motion before the house that’ Boarding schools should be abolished.’ Boarding schools‚ for some years now‚ have been given bad names because of fictitious stories and ideas. I would like to prove these untrue. My opponent tried in vain to give points on why boarding schools should be abolished. They
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upon which they founded the Temple of Freedom was broadly this—’that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life‚ LIBERTY‚ and the pursuit of happiness” (Garrison‚ 1). Garrison is referring to the statements in the United States Constitution‚ in which the promise of equality for every man is made. It can also be interpreted to mean that‚ every man should be given the opportunity of life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness
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Columbus Day Columbus Day is a national holiday that is celebrated all over the United States by several people‚ but should we even have this holiday? Should Columbus Day be abolished as a National Holiday? When you’re celebrating Columbus Day‚ do you know what you’re really celebrating? The people that celebrate Columbus Day think that Christopher Columbus was the founder of America. Is this really true‚ did Christopher Columbus really discover America? If you thought Christopher Columbus discovered
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Parliamentary Forms of Government It is true that both France and the United Kingdom posses a democratic parliamentary system of government‚ however the implementation of this form of government vastly differs between the two nations. France’s governmental structure is that of a republic with a parliamentary democracy. The current structure‚ the Fifth Republic‚ has been in place since 1958. The government consists of three branches: the executive branch; of which the President and the Prime Minister
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Presidential form of Government NATURE OF THE SYSTEM: Presidential form of government ‚ is a government in which the chief executive is not responsible to the legislature. Bagehot‚ " the independence of the legislative and the executive powers is the specific quality of presidential government just as fusion and combination is the principle of cabinet government". If we compare cabinet and presidential systems ‚ we can find that they are both representative in character‚ but in cabinet system the
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caused controversy is the function of the Electoral College. The functionality and purpose of the Electoral College has become outdated and should be revamped in order to bring the system in to the twenty-first century. The world has changed and representation through the Electoral College is no longer functional. The Electoral College should be abolished and replaced by a system which allows for a more even distribution of the popular vote nationwide. William Beaman‚ author of “Words We Remember”
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Capital Punishment Should be Abolished Evidence suggests that the death penalty does not deter people from committing crimes. It is a cruel and cold blooded form of punishment and there have been instances where innocent people were sentenced to death and later found to be innocent. The most common methods of execution are hanging and shooting. Countries like the U.S. use electrocution‚ gas chambers and lethal injections to dispose of the convicted. Some countries‚ like the U.S.‚ have tried
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the politicians are increasing the rifts within the society and the nation. India needs a leader who can be above caste‚ creed and communal perspectives and truly’ keeps people first policy Is it time for India to switch over to Presidential form of government?? India requires political leader ship with a vision that looks beyond caste‚ communal and regional politics. Indian political leadership need to focus on good governance that leverages the skills of its people and resources. Endowed with massive
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