of title by registration rather than registration by title (Breskvar v Wall (1971) 126 CLR 376. * Indefeasibility- The registered proprietor holds the title free of all unregistered interests. S42 Real Property Act 1900 (NSW). * Registration of a void instrument confers immediate indefeasibility in the absence of fraud (Frazer v Walker [1967]] 1 AC 569. * Sir Garfield Barwick sitting on the Privy Council in Frazer v Walker described it as: “a convenient description of the immunity from
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Criminal Behavior Teaka De La Cruz COMM 220 February 20th 2009 Criminal Behavior The psychology behind criminal behavior has been the subject for debate dating back to renounced psychologist pioneer Sigmund Freud. Exactly what could cause a human being to act in unspeakable violent‚ antisocial‚ or sadistic behavior? In the past sociologist believed that environment contributes a huge role in predicting criminal behavior. Psychologists in the early 19th century believe genetics were the
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Illusory Promise | You be the Judge Case Study An illusory promise sounds like a promise or commitment‚ but is not really a promise or commitment to do anything. Because it does not bind the maker to do anything‚ it may not be treated as consideration to establish a contract. Culbertson v. Brodsky Culbertson had listed real estate for sale. Brodsky & Culbertson signed an option contract. Option document: - Brodsky delivers $5‚000 check to bank; - Bank holds
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Judy Sal DATE November 11‚ 2011 Costanza v. Seinfield 181 Misc. 2d 562; 693 N.Y.S.2d 897 (1999) Parties: Petitioner: Costanza Respondent: Seinfield Facts: The plaintiff‚ Michael Costanza alleges that the television show‚ “Seinfield” has a character by the name of George Costanza who is based off of him without his consent. The character is bald‚ fat‚ has bad romantic relationships‚ and poor employment. Plaintiff alleges that “Seinfield” has portrayed him in a negative‚ humiliating
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Maxwell J. Whitney Ms. Bodle Social Studies 10 January 2016 In the case of Tinker v. Des Moines five brave students decided to wear black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. Even though they were threatened with suspension they still decided to wear them. They got suspended until they would agree to not wear the armbands but still wore all black clothes to school for the rest of in year. Students should be able to protest in schools because of the first amendment‚ their opinions matter
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CASE: EEOC v. Target 2006 U.S. App. Lexis 21483 7th Circuit Facts of the Case: In early 2000‚ an African-American name James Daniel‚ Jr applied for an Executive Team Leader position with Target. He was given tests‚ which he passed placing him in a very high percentile of those who have been previously tested. Unfortunately he was not hired‚ and was given the explanation of not meeting the requirements of the position. Daniels did not receive any feedback as to what requirement he was meeting
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right to counsel. The Betts v. Brady case‚ Gideon v. Wainwright case‚ and Shelton v. Alabama case‚ each demonstrated how individuals wrongfully suffered due to the lack of appointed counsels. Following these three significant court cases over the past 80 years‚ the Supreme Court set a precedent for all cases to follow‚ by ensuring the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right which has led to a more just system—one which acknowledges equal rights of all individuals‚
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I have gone through all the assigned cases and I must admit it constituted one of the most challenging I have read thus far. Most of the legal jargons are notoriously difficult to comprehend. However‚ I braved the terms and what not coupled with patience and I did find a tiny light at the end of the tunnel. Among the three cases‚ I find King v. Burwell case interesting‚ in a sense‚ for the reason that the arguments raised in the case were about the subsidies for The Patient Protection and Affordable
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Carhart case in 2007 was significant to the way abortions were to be performed. The case established the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act which banned D&E procedures and regulated abortions. The procedure was the dilatation of a woman’s cervix followed by the extraction of an unborn baby. (Kennedy 1)
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Plyler v. Doe was one of many legal cases we talked about over the course of this semester in our SEI class. This case was the most interesting to me and so I thought I would share my knoedlge on this court case. This court case was brought to the suprieme court where the defendant was Plyler and the plaintiff was Doe. The Doe family was of Mexican orgin and were from Texas. The definedants argued that undoumented children were not “persons” and this was very alarming to me! The state was denying
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