years of age‚ of whatever class or wealth‚ was eligible to serve (for pay) on juries that decided legal cases. To insure accountability‚ magistrates presiding over cases could be charged with violations of the law by complaints from private citizens. Equality before the law was an important value in their system. Then philosopher Aristotle wrote “Now‚ absolute monarchy‚ or the arbitrary rule of a sovereign over all citizens‚ in a city which consists of equals‚ is thought by some to be quite contrary
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Capitalization Rules Capitalizing the first letter of a word indicates the word is being used in a special way. The rules of using capital letters are quite simple: 1. A capital letter is used to mark the beginning of a sentence. Example: This girl is my friend. 2. Capital letters are also used for the first letter in proper nouns. Types of proper nouns are: • People’s name: Tommy Johnson‚ Barack Obama. • Titles‚ terms of address: Mrs. Brown; Sir
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freedom statute document drafted by Thomas Jefferson implies that civil rights are not in any way related to an individual’s freedom to follow a particular religion. Secondly‚ in the David Walker’s appeal of 1829‚ the impact of the declaration of independence can be identified in David’s assertion that Colored people have as much rights as white Americans. Marable & Leith (p.95) explain that David Walker’s frustration over enslavement of colored people can be traced in his document where he states ‘That
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October 11‚ 2013 Ideas and Rights Rule of Law- What is it? ( “Rule of Law”‚ The Gale Group) a.i) The rule of law is a system in which the following four universal principles are upheld: a.ii) The government and its officials and agents as well as individuals and private entities are accountable under the law. a.iii) The laws are clear‚ publicized‚ stable and just‚ are applied evenly‚ and protect fundamental rights‚ including the security of persons and property. a.iv) The process by which the
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Property‚ Plant and Equipment Property‚ Plant and Equipment I- Nature of Accounting Issues Businesses purchase and use a variety of fixed assets‚ such as equipment‚ furniture‚ tools‚ machinery‚ buildings‚ and land. These fixed assets are long-term or relatively permanent assets. Also‚ they are tangible assets because they exist physically. They are owned and used by the business and are not offered for sale as part of normal operations. Perhaps the most descriptive titles these assets are
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Synopsis: This essay examines the rule knows as The Rule in Pinnel’s Case and how it impacted upon the doctrine of consideration. It also examines the problems arising from the Rule in Pinnel’s Case‚ the subsequent exceptions that were developed to circumvent the rule and in detail the most important exception of them; Promissory estoppel and how it solved the problem’s arising from the Rule. The distinction between traditional estoppel and this new type of estoppel ’Promissory Estoppel’ are also
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HERE‚ almost there. Almost. I almost flunked in my SPM trials examination. People around do expect high from me‚ being one of the boarding school student‚ de cream de la cream‚ they say. SPM is about 3 months to go‚ and I almost failed in my trials‚ getting E’s mostly in Science subjects; Biology around 42/100‚ Chemistry 44/100‚ excluding Physics‚ I was able to obtained a C+ with 56/100. Another E was for the so-called killer subject for students who hated numbers and counting; that is Additional
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CASE 1.3 JAMAICA WATER PROPERTIES Synopsis This case focuses on David Sokol‚ an executive who has made a “name” for himself in recent years within the energy industries. After becoming recognized as a successful “turnaround” agent for troubled companies‚ Sokol was hired in 1992 to serve as the chief operating officer of JWP‚ Inc.‚ a large‚ New York-based conglomerate. At the time‚ JWP had an impressive history of sustained profits and
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Bailment Rules How to create bailment? (1) Possession (2) Bailor must retain a superior interest in the chattel to that of the bailee (3) Bailee must consent to take possession of the chattel It is the bailee’s‚ and not bailor’s‚ consent that matters. Any person who voluntarily assumes possession of goods belonging to another will be held to owe at least the principal duties of the bailee. [Pioneer Container] Moves the law of bailment into tort (ie voluntary assumption) as opposed to contract
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The servitude pertinent to this matter is a praedial servitude‚ relating to two pieces of land‚ adjacent to each other. A paedial servitude is established over the servient property (The Trust) for the benefit of the dominant property (UCT) in perpetuity. A right of way typically confers a real right to benefit from the property of another. It affords powers of use and enjoyment to someone other than the owner. Section 63(1) of the Deeds Registry Act tells us that limited real rights are capable of
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