A ‘debt trap’ arises when a country borrows money and struggles to meet debt repayments as interest rates have increased. The lending of money to less developed nations often results in these countries owing debt‚ creating a debt trap and leading to a cycle of poverty. In the 1970s‚ OPEC members banked their earnings in Western banks‚ money became available to lend to developing countries for projects – often to finance conflict and to keep regimes in power. Idi Amin came to power in Uganda in
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The North/South Gap The North/South gap is a divide that separates the poor (less developed countries) from the rich (more developed countries). The idea of categorizing countries by their economic and developmental status began during the Cold War with the classifications of East and West. The Soviet Union and China represented the developing East‚ and the United States and their allies represented the West. The term ‘Third World’ (less developed countries) came from the United States
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Adolf Hitler ruled Germany as her Führer for eleven years. For many‚ the Nazi Party’s relatively long time in power is surprising‚ or perplexing at best‚ due to their intense prejudices and barbarism. The most frequently applied reason for this is that the party stayed in power by using force. The late political scientist‚ Carl Friedrich‚ once described six major features of a totalitarian dictatorship- an official ideology‚ a single party‚ terroristic control by the police‚ monopolistic control
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exclusionary rule was established (Hendrie 1). The exclusionary rule was a part of the Fourth Amendment. It states that evidence found at a crime scene is not admissible if it was not found under the correct procedures. This means that the government cannot conduct illegal searches of a person or place and use evidence that is found at that time. The government must go through the procedures of obtaining warrants or have probable cause to search an individual or place. The exclusionary rule is used
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Using case law illustrations‚ explain how the literal rule of statutory interpretation operates and how the golden rule modifies the literal rule. Statutory interpretation is the process used by courts to interpret and apply legislation‚ although Acts of Parliament are written by expert draftsmen‚ the statute for the case before them may not be clear. Bennion (2005) has identified a number of issues that may cause uncertainty: The draftsman may refrain from using certain words as they think it
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rules of ethics are not found in one place. they are scattered throughout other law such as‚ evidence code‚ probate code‚ business and profession‚ state court rules‚ federal court rules. they are not the same as morals! Professional responsibility rules are not about being "good." Professional responsibility rules are about acting legally. important: the law counts; personal morality counts less. Where to find those rules. State has codified rules of ethics (made into codes) State probably modeled
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Outbreak of WWII in Asia Japan’s rise to power: Meiji Restoration of 1868 -Tokugawa Shogunate came to an end and Emperor come back into rule. -Through modernization and industrialization‚ Japan became militarily and economically strengthened -The military supported the emperor closely -The emperor became the most powerful political figure in Japan due to the changes he made Japanese historical and cultural legacies -The people were open to strong military leader’s influence of political
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Explain the difference between rules of the common law and principles of equity. Law is to be seen as definite and also flexible and fair. It specifically needs unambiguous rules on one hand but flexibility on the other to provide exceptions to cases that may lead to apparently unjust conclusions where rules are applied rigidly. Common law‚ as define by Wikipedia‚ refers to law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals‚ rather than through legislative statutes or executive
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The mischief rule[1] is one of three rules of statutory construction traditionally applied by English courts.[2] The other two are the “plain meaning rule” (also known as the “literal rule”) and the “golden rule.” The main aim of the rule is to determine the "mischief and defect" that the statute in question has set out to remedy‚ and what ruling would effectively implement this remedy. The rule was first laid out in a 16th-century ruling of the Exchequer Court. -------------------------------------------------
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Street. During this time a partnership was struck between John Cadbury and his brother Benjamin. Nowadays more people are enjoying from the product of Cadbury. It is operating more than 60 countries and it has more than 4600 employees. Kraft food Inc. is also the largest confectionery food and beverage corporation. It is main product is cheese it’s headquartered in the United States and it is the second largest in the world. It has many brands in more than 155 countries. It has approximately 140000
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