Equity is defined as the sentencing principle that similar crimes and similar criminals should be treated alike. (Frank Schmalleger‚ 2007)Equity in sentencing has been an issue for quite a while. It has sparked heated discussions in the U.S. Congress‚ as well as arguments among community members. Supporters of equity in sentencing try to inspire changes to our current legislation‚ and its opponents are attempting to abolish it in its entirety. The Federal Drug Abuse Act of 1986 created the guidelines
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Project Title:- A study on measuring brand equity of Nokia‚ Cadbury and SBI. Brand equity:- Brand equity refers to the marketing effects or outcomes that accrue to a product with its brand name compared with those that would accrue if the same product did not have the brand name Keller‚ Kevin Lane (2003). It is also the intangible‚ but real‚ value of words‚ graphics or symbols that are associated with the products or services offered by a business. In other words it is the value - both tangible
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SUMMARY OF THE FACTS * The donor‚ Mr Chet died recently‚ and left directions in his Will to his executors relating to a couple of gifts. * This hearing relates to the execution of the will which have been causing difficulties. * The Executors have adopted a neutral stance between the competing claims‚ and with the Court’s permission have merely undertaken to abide by the Court’s eventual decision: as such they will not be represented in this hearing. * Clause 6: My trustees
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List of Tables Table 1: Zimbabwe debt figures 1995-1996 Table 2: Zimbabwe deficit figures 2000-2003 Table 3: Possible solutions EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In this paper the author shall trace the country’s economic trajectory‚ starting with Dr Benard Chidzero’s budget presentation of 1986 which he described as “particularly difficult”‚ and projected a budget deficit of ZW$1 billion. The importance of the huge post-war expectations of the general populace‚ and the ruling party’s deep desire to retain
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settlement as incompletely constituted trust. Once the settlement is deemed to be incompletely constituted trust‚ the beneficiary could not enforce their right in the trust. This is due to the maxim in equity “equity will not assist a volunteer” and “equity will not perfect an imperfect gift”‚ which meant that equity is reluctant to offer assistance to those who does not provide consideration. Hence an absolute owner must transfer the legal ownership of the property to the trustee in accordance to the relevant
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This paper aims to explore the elements as shown in the documentary Life and Debt. The core theme of this documentary is to point out and highlight the impacts of globalization‚ international lending‚ and free trade‚ implication of different policies as doctored by various powerful institutions such as the international monetary fund together with superpower nations such as the USA‚ on minor and underdeveloped nations such as Jamaica. The documentary has been finely directed and in my perception
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for taxes‚ then how is the United States national debt so high? From day to day‚ hour to hour‚ the United States national debt increases. Though the government tries to stop the growth of the national debt‚ nothing seems to work. Weather its borrowing money from other countries or spending money the U.S doesn’t have; it causes a jump in the debt. So how has the national debt grown and how has it impacted the United States of America? National debt‚ simply put‚ is the total amount of money that the
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In order to catch up with the fast growing progress of the developed countries’ economy‚ a lot of developing countries choose to use debt to accelerate the development of their economy. But who else can know this is a way that Western countries use debt to control the economy of the poor countries or developing countries.(Global) The debt crisis has spread across Africa in the last decade and the reasons that gave rise to excessive African indebtedness in the 1970s and early 1980s‚ and which caused
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Student Debt Joe Shearin DeVry University Prewriting The narrowed topic for my paper is Student Debt in America and how can we stop it as a society. It’s very hard to get out of student debt and I will show ways that people can overcome this issue that has been going on for some time. Who is your primary audience or reader? Why? Be detailed in your answer about your audience. My intended audience for my paper is students that are struggling with student debt and are looking for a way
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student loan debt of over $20‚000. The source of this debt is not only for tuition fees‚ but also credit card payments as well. It is likely that after graduating from college‚ a person would spend a good portion of their life paying off that debt. The average cost of attending college and university has not only increased‚ but so has living costs. With living being so costly‚ it is natural to seek to do higher paying jobs. However‚ just paying for tuition can make a person deep in debt. There are
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