Causes and Origins of World War One Who was guilty? Germany * Invasion of belgium (Self protection) * Signing the blank cheque with Austria 6th July 1914 to go to war with Serbia (Justification might be‚ self protection because they were encircled) * 1870‚ Germany also wanted to create an empire like Britain * Needed to go through Belgium into France so that they’d beat France before the Russians arrived‚ in this case they’d be able to cope with the Russians (Schlieffen Plan)
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The Wars Justification. Defined as the act of justifying something. To serve as an acceptable reason or excuse for our actions‚ based on actual or believed information. Throughout the history of not only the modern world‚ but certainly back to the "barest essentials of reason" our species have made decisions that have effectively shaped our world into what it is today. Or have not. The judgments made in the past may also have been relatively insignificant to a larger picture‚ but would still
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interference with land in the rightful possession of X without X’s consent of other excuse. Lord Bernstein of Leigh (Baron) v Skyviews & General Ltd [1978] 1 QB 479 * * Doesn’t need to be physical trespass of airspace * A tenant in rightful possession of land has the right to sue for trespass‚ including the right to sue the landlord if the landlord enters the land without permission or lawful excuse. * No trespass to land if there is no attempt to make it clear
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INTRO TO SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW 1) Crime: “Conduct which‚ if duly shown to have taken place‚ will incur a formal and solemn pronouncement of the condemnation of the community” ; “Any social harm defined and made punishable by law” 2) Burden of Proof: “Proof beyond a reasonable doubt = proof of such a convincing character that ToF would be willing to rely and act upon it without hesitation in the most important of their own affairs.” * Burden of Production: Prosecution has the burden
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She betrays her homeland‚ gives up her status as a princess‚ kills her own brother‚ and helps murder Pelias and yet he eventually divorces her in order to get more prestige and provide trivial excuses such as it isn’t for my own interests‚ you’re better off here than your barbaric homeland‚ and credits his success‚ her sacrifices‚ to Aphrodite. His disrespect is a reflection of how the patriarchy thought of women. Creon‚ another representative
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images of blood associated with it. Kochan‚ a Japanese adolescent living in post-war Japan‚ struggles with his homosexuality and his desire to be "normal." He is unable to deal forthrightly and directly with any situation: instead he creates justifications and excuses to hide his emotions‚ and cloaks genuine feeling in swathes of artifice. In order to survive‚ he must hide behind a mask of propriety. Mishima’s Kochan we see from an early age‚ being unable to conduct his life on a frank and honest level;
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being a result of Islamist radicalism involving the creation of a unified Muslim state in the Middle East. Equally prevalent in this discussion is the Israeli use of terrorism in the name of Zionist movement. Religion has been the guise for the justification of this “rational” terrorism‚ when in fact there is nothing rational about it. In this context‚ rational terrorism is defined as violence against civilians as a clear means to an end. The religion is distorted‚ sold to the world as sympathetic
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taking a brief look at two different cases that have implored two different types of criminal defenses. I will look at the nature and types of defenses used in the cases and what evidence was used to demonstrate defense. I will describe how justification and excuse played a role in the cases and I will also be describing the outcome of each case. The first case that I will be examining will be in the case of the sleepwalking defense. On May 3‚ 1987‚ 23 year-old‚ Kenneth Parks‚ drove 14 miles to his
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like the prisoners of the Holocaust rationalized his environment to help their situation seem better‚ to avoid the true explanation‚ and to understand what is occurring. In order to make a situation seem better‚ humans will often create excuses. Humans are not pleased with the feeling of guilt‚ therefore they will find... anyway to make themselves seem inculpable towards the situation. In The Tortilla Curtain‚ Delaney Mossbacher‚ after hitting Candido at Topanga canyon feels guilty. In an
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articulated in a 1968 article on "Accounts" by Marvin Scott and Stanford Lyman‚ [1] although it can be traced as well to J.L. Austin’s 1956 essay "A Plea for Excuses‚" [2] in which he used excuse-making as an example of speech acts. Communications scholars have extended this work through the examination of strategic uses of excuses‚ justifications‚ rationalizations‚ apologies and other forms of account giving behavior by individuals and corporations‚ and Philip Tetlock and his colleagues have applied
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