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    Maxims of Equity

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    2014 1. Introduction Maxims of equity are short statements that contain the essence of equity law. These maxims were developed over the years and today are used as a set of general principles which are said to govern the way in which equity operates. They illustrates the standards of morality in judicial decision making1 and therefore are used as guides in the decision making process in disputes in equity. This assignment focus on how maxims of equity influence judges of Malaysia

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    Legal Maxim

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    Legal Maxim 91: “A person is bound by his own admission” The meaning of this maxim is that a person who makes an admission is indicted pursuant to his acknowledgement and what he has acknowledge shall be claimed from him as long as the acknowledgement conforms to its conditions of validity. This statement can be simplified by saying that the person is responsible for what he say as long as it follows the condition of validity. The condition of validity is for the person making the admission and

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    Good Manners

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    traditional courtesies of our culture.  By treating others with respect and demonstrating good manners‚ we show that we expect the same respect in return.  It is possible to disagree with someone very strongly‚ but if the argument is conducted with politeness and good manners‚ both sides come out of the situation well.  The dispute might not have been settled to the satisfaction of either‚ but an agreement to disagree‚ reached amicably‚ means the relationship is not lost and further work can be done

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    Maxim Vs Utilitarianism

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    the Sandel-video very‚ very carefully‚ generate your own notes on Jeremy Bentham’s and John Stuart Mill’s utilitarian theory and only then answer the question.) (2) The maxim of Ford’s action might be stated thus: “When it would cost more to make a safety improvement than not‚ it’s all right not to make it.” Can this maxim be universalized? Does it treat humans as ends in

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    Legal Maxims

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    Actio personalis moritur cum persona - A personal action dies with the person. This maxim relates to the extinction of liability of a person on his death. The personal representatives of the deceased can always sue for the recovery of debts due to the deceased.But he cannot sue for the breaches which caused mere personal injuries on nthe deceased. Origins of the maxim latin References ^ Goudy Two Ancient Brocards in Essays in Legal History Vinogradoff (ed.) and Winfield Textbook of the Law of

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    The setting: Where? International waters on an ocean-going liner sailing from San Francisco‚ USA‚ to Yokohama‚ Japan‚ on the Pacific ocean. When? Post-World war I (after 1918). "I did not like Mr. Kelada” - Why? Before their first meeting: His name (Max Kelada) – not English‚ indicates middle-eastern origin (“I should have looked upon it with less dismay if my fellow passenger’s name had been Smith or Brown”). The look of his luggage – too many labels on the suitcases‚ the

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    Spoken Language Study Lord Sugar’s idiolect stands out in this transcript because it’s completely different to the candidates. His language features are very informal which is surprising considering they are in a boardroom and you would expect everyone to be professional‚ especially Lord Sugar‚ as he is the boss. Alan’s informality is shown with his cockney accent and the fact he uses elision and slang in his dialect‚ such as “dunno”‚ “talkin” and “should’a”. This shows that is so assured with

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    an undeniably pleasant person. He gives examples from times throughout his life where kindness has come into play. Ford shares experiences from high school‚ where politeness went unnoticed and‚ for the most part‚ unrewarded. However‚ later in life kindness helped him in the workplace and in social scenes. He also mentions that politeness has helped him look at people in a vulnerable way‚ that each and every one of them has problems that are unknown to others. Ford reveals that being benevolent has

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    Write an article for men? magazine on whether or not men and women? language is different. There are many theorists who debate whether men speak differently to women‚ most have tests and experiments to back these theories up. But let? start from the woman who started all this off‚ her name was Robin Lakoff and she was one of the first linguists to take interest into the difference of men and women? speech. She analysed the links between language and gender in her book ?anguage and women? place

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    Hello Dis Iz Mi

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    Good afternoon fellow classmates and Madam/Mr Chairman. The topic for our debate is that young people need to improve their manners. We agree with the definition given by the affirmative team. However‚ we the negative team believe that this statement if false. Today as first speaker‚ I will be talking to you about the evolvement of manners. How life is not as formal as it used to be which has resulted in today’s society to be more laid back. We’ve developed a different idea about how we should

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