Immigration Law and Reform The current immigration situation of the U.S. is bleak and has been for sometime‚ post 9/11 has brought forth a paranoia that is very debilitating to the immigrant community and its aftershocks are still being felt to this day. The obstacles emplaced on the hopeful citizen or resident to our country are high‚ and almost impossible to overcome and the controversy remains to get more tangled in complicated rhetoric and patriotic zealots who are NOT thinking of alternatives
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RACIAL DISCRIMINATION WITHIN THE GAY COMMUNITY Student Name Western International University ETH 123 Cultural Diversity Professor October 16‚ 2006 My community is the most diverse of all. I am speaking of the gay community. Our community consists of people from every race‚ every religion‚ every gender‚ and every economic sector. We claim to be all-inclusive‚ embracing everyone despite our differences and celebrate our diversity with pride very openly. The issue of gay civil rights came to
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registered mortgagee of Bridgman House. The effect of expiry of s 92 Property Law Act. A fixture is anything that was once personal property that has become affixed to the land as to become a part of the land and part of the real property.1 The essential question here is whether it has become so affixed to the land that it is part of the Equity Finance Limited security and has to remain on site with the expiry of s 92 Property Law Act 1952. The starting point is the test set out in Holland v Hodgson (1872)2
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Study hints ............................................................................................................................................. History of South African criminal law .............................................................................................. The sources of our criminal law ........................................................................................................ The onus of proof in criminal cases ...........................................
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INTRODUCTION There has been debate over the Rule of Law suggesting a separation between the rules by law and rules made by mere power of a ruler. In the days of Aristotle and Plato‚ there was a clear distinction between rules and rule by mere power. These distinctions will be discussed below‚ detailing the benefits and defects of both types of rules. More recently‚ the Rule of Law encompasses both rules (mainly Statutes) and judiciary-made rules. Statutes are necessary to limit judges’ ultra vires
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Law of Tort Ian Yeats Paula Giliker Mary Luckham 2005 LLB BSc Accounting with Law / Law with Accounting BSc Management with Law / Law with Management 2660001 2770201 2770201 This subject guide was prepared for the University of London External Programme by: Ian Yeats‚ MA (Aberdeen)‚ BCL‚ MA (Oxford)‚ Barrister‚ Senior Lecturer in Law‚ Queen Mary College‚ University of London. Paula Giliker‚ MA (Oxon)‚ BCL‚ PhD (Cantab)‚ Barrister at Law‚ Fellow and Senior Law Tutor‚ St Hilda’s College
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Harbottle (1843) 67 ER 189 is a leading English precedent in corporate law. In any action in which a wrong is alleged to have been done to a company‚ the proper claimant is the company itself. This is known as "the rule in Foss v Harbottle"‚ and the several important exceptions that have been developed are often described as "exceptions to the rule in Foss v Harbottle". Amongst these is the ’derivative action’‚ which allows a minority shareholder to bring a claim on behalf of the company. This applies
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QUESTION: Discuss the salient dimensions of administrative justice and making reference to case law highlighting the most important rights linked to administration of justice. AUTHOR: KATALILO JOY INTRODUCTION This paper will be a discussion of the leading dimensions of administrative justice and will highlight the fundamental rights linked to administration of justice. Governments exist to provide guidance to its people. In fulfilling this important duty‚ governments make decisions that
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contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind‚ and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people. Whereas it is essential‚ if man is not to be compelled to have recourse‚ as a last resort‚ to rebellion against tyranny and oppression‚ that human rights should be protected by the rule of law. Whereas it is essential
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1. Give an example of a case that would fall under diversity jurisdiction. Explain all of the key elements of such a case. A federal court’s power to hear any case where the amount in controversy exceeds $75‚000 and no plaintiff shares a state of citizenship with any defendant. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). Diversity jurisdiction is one of the two main types of subject-matter jurisdiction in federal court. Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary The power of the federal courts to decide
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