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    Q&A 2 Certainty of terms and intention Introduction Contractual certainty If businessmen are often not overly-concerned with the niceties of offer and acceptance it follows that their contracts may not be all-embracing and complete in every respect. The parties may have reached an agreement in principle and then prefer to rely on experience from previous dealings‚ business practice and goodwill. The law’s overall policy is to uphold bargains wherever possible and although businessmen tend to

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    John Dalton was an English chemist‚ physicist‚ and meteorologist. Dalton was born in 1766. He is best known for his work in color blindness‚ and of course‚ his Atomic Theory. His theory gave us an idea about what the universe is really made up of‚ and he paved the way for many more important scientific discoveries after he died in 1844. His theory was simple: He stated that all matter is made of atoms. He based his theory on two laws: the law of conservation of mass and the law of constant composition

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    October 20‚ 1959 marked the one-hundredth anniversary of John Dewey’s birthday. This eminent thinker of the Progressive movement was the dominant figure in American education. His most valuable and enduring contribution to our culture came from the ideas and methods he fathered in this field. Dewey won a greater international following for his educational reforms than for his instrumentalist philosophy. Between the two World Wars‚ where previously backward countries were obliged to catch up quickly

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    Theories of Ethnocentrism: Social Dominance Theory and Social Identity Perspective Compare and Contrast critically evaluate in light of relevant research and theoretical reasoning A major focus of psychology is in understanding why group conflict‚ inequality and ethnocentrism occur. Many researchers have developed theories and presented evidence to try and explain these issues and two predominant approaches have emerged. The first approach focuses on the relatively stable personality differences

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    Politics and Individual Rights: John Locke John Locke is considered one of the most influential thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment. Locke’s ideas had a major impact on political thought‚ especially in France. He grew up in England with his father who was a country lawyer‚ and his mother‚ both of which were Puritans. Locke started his education as a King’s Scholar at the Westminster School in London‚ and then proceeded to the Christ Church‚ Oxford. He was more interested in the modern philosophers

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    Classification of Contracts (7 – 1.30) Simple and formal contracts A formal contract is a written contract (such as a deed). A simple contract can be entirely orally or a combination of oral and written. Bilateral Contract: exchange of promise – one promise for another (a promisee’s promise in return for the promisor’s promise or vice versa) o Union Dominions Trust (Commercial) Ltd v Eagle Aircraft Services Ltd [1968] 1 All ER 104 at 108‚ Lord Diplock Unilateral Contract: A one way

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    approaches as to how a society should be set up to protect those rights and ensure equality throughout the society. John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau both offer different approaches to how a government should be assembled. Locke’s central belief‚ in Second Treatise of Government‚ is that society is set up to protect an individual’s private property right. People enter into a social contract where they give up particular rights to be protected by a common law and there is a common executive power that

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    1. Shipment or delivery The obligation of Seller to ship or deliver the goods specified on the face of this Contract (“Goods”) by the time or within the period specified on the face of this Contract shall be subject to the availability of the vessel or the vessel’s space. If‚ under the terms of this Contract‚ Buyer is to secure or arrange for the vessel or vessel’s space‚ Buyer shall secure or arrange for the necessary vessel or vessel’s space on berth terms basis and give Seller shipping

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    ranging from individual identities to collective identities of groups‚ to stigmatized identities. One way we identify is through social aspects of our lives‚ this is called social identity. Social identity is defined as the part of a person’s self-concept that is based on his or her identification with a nation‚ religious or political group‚ occupation‚ or other social affiliation (Arsonson‚ Wilson‚ Akert‚ & Sommers‚ 2013). How a person identifies can impact different areas of psychological

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    the mental health provider (Burnett‚ Hamel‚ & Long‚ 2004). Cultural values and beliefs of mental health workers‚ filter through the same lens as other people of the mainstream population. According to Bandura and Walters (1963) role experience and social interaction support and aid in patterns of behavior created. Inevitably‚ it appears‚ the personal beliefs can impact how a person behaves in the

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