DEFENCE OF CHANGE OF POSITION | * The defendant may claim the defence of change of position. * Whether the defendant can successfully establish this defence depends of whether he can prove that his position is so changed that he will suffer an injustice if called upon to repay or repay in full (Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale) * In order to prove a change of position defence‚ first there must be an adverse change of position by the recipient in good faith and in reliance on the payment (New Zealand
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I have been fortunate enough to experience the opportunity of being in a leadership position during my working experiences. These opportunities have prepared me proficiently to evaluate my own potential of being a leader. I was always eager to serve a student organization because of its beneficial impact on leadership skills and student experience. This became possible when I was the President of Journalism Society during my undergraduate studies at Forman Christian College. Acting as the chief
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Instead of reducing as stipulated by the constitution‚ Slavery spread to other western territories and states as new cotton fields were planted‚ and by 1830 it thrived in more than half the continent. Within 10 years after the cotton gin was put into use‚ the value of the total United States crop leaped from $150‚000 to more than $8 million. This success of this plantation crop made it much more difficult for slaves to purchase their freedom or obtain it through the good will of their masters. Cotton
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they didn’t consider her life itself if she was married‚ or even abused. Blacks continued to be treated unfairly even when the law changed‚ and the Act XII‚ if a white man was to lie with a slave and a child is born‚ the child would be born into slavery.
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their state of mind‚ and the male dominating ideology women are subjected to throughout the novel as well as in society‚ historically a well as presently. Oroonoko is a story also known as the “Royal Slave” in which a prince‚ betrayed and sold into slavery by his very own grandfather‚ is then brutally executed. What is often left out of the brief synopsis is his wife‚ Imoinda‚ and her trials and tribulations as not only his lover but a woman in the eighteenth century slave circuit. Though her troubles
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ACC/445 | Tax Return Position | Axia College | | Kelli J Revel | 8/6/2012 | A look at how the tax laws are supported by its sources and a look at the secondary and substantial authorities. | Throughout the beginning of time there has always been a need for rules‚ kings and queens created new ones as there were needed. Rules are something that we as people live by‚ rules tell us how to live and give us guidelines in which we must follow. Taxes are kind of like rules for the financial
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whole life. The increased number of slaves was noticed in the late 17th and 18th century‚ first in the Caribbean colonies‚ where the need for labor to work in the sugarcane fields was desperate due to high mortality in the fields. After that the slavery was spread out to all English colonies in the Atlantic. “In the eighteen century‚ the slave trade was the economic cornerstone of the Atlantic economy” (Keene at al.
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QUESTION: What was the scope and the attitude of people toward the institution of slavery in the world from the beginning of civilization to the dawn of modern times? Note to the wise: Look at the content of the documents‚ the place at which the document originated‚ and the time at which the document was written. Also consider who wrote the document and how that individual feels about the institution of slavery. Document 1 The Judgements of Hammurabi (1792-1750 B.C.E.) Mesopotamia| If a man
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What are the challenges to the relativist position? Which one resonates with you most and why? The challenges one faces when supporting the relativist position are complex and variable‚ as there is no fine line that is applicable to all situations as a whole. The reasoning behind this is due to different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds‚ which often represent different morals‚ values‚ ethics‚ and belief systems. All of those attribute and further point to the subjectivity and controversial
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DBQ Essay As the period of European exploration and colonization began in 1450‚ the social and economic positions of women in the Americas were greatly altered. Spanish society held women in a higher respect than that of indigenous women in the Americas. These contrasting views meshed to form the novel status of women both socially and economically between 1450 and 1750 as European influence became more prominent in the New World. The status of women can be discerned by analyzing the various
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