Coercive Acts and Quebec Act The Coercive Acts and the Quebec Acts were British responses to actions that were taking place in the British colonies in America. The Coercive Acts were a series of four acts passed during the spring of 1774. The Boston Port Act closed the port of Boston until the people paid for all the tea that was thrown overboard during the Boston Tea Party. The amount of tea thrown over was equal to more than seven hundred thousand dollars in the year 2007. Parliament also passed
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RULE OF LAW AND BANGLADESH ABSTRACT: "No free man shall be taken or imprison or desseised or exiled or in any way destroyed nor will we go or send for him‚ except under a lawful judgement of his peers and by the law of the land". --MAGNA CARTA This paper is a presentation of the concept of rule of law‚ Dicey’s theory of ’Rule of Law’‚ rule of law in true and modern
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Speech-act theory was elaborated by Austin J. L.‚ a linguist philosopher; this theory was the reaction of Austin and his coworkers in opposition to the so-called logical positivist philosophers of language. Austin in contrasts to logical positivism that could be assessed in terms of ’truth’ and ’falsity’ (’known as truth conditional semantics’)‚ was keen on the way regular people use language in everyday situations. Moreover‚ he was persuaded that we do not use language to tell only things‚ meaning
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"RULES ARE THERE TO BE FOLLOWED. WITHOUT RULES NOTHING GETS DONE." It seems that in today ’s world rules are everywhere. For instance‚ type a quick search for "rules" into the Google search engine and you will return over 604 million web pages that mention rules. One can find sites which outline rules on correct Internet usage to rules on ordering Mail Order Brides! Undoubtedly rules are quite important in the everyday running of our lives and yes‚ rules are there to be followed‚ but in my opinion
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harassment. Act Utilitarianism and Kantian ethical theories will be applied to this report and will be used to conclude if this issue is morally permissible. AnalysisAccording to the principle of utility‚ the central idea of utilitarianism is that the right action is the one that will likely produce the greatest amount of happiness and reduce the amount of pain for all concerned including humans and animals‚ than any other alternative. Utilitarianism is also a consequentialist based theory which means
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We’ve seen that rule utilitarianism solves four out of five of the problems afflicting act utilitarianism. This isn’t bad. But does it have any problems of its own? I think it does‚ and I think the problems are related to the two questions that rule utilitarian would have us ask in order to assess the moral worth of any action. A Problem with Question 1 As we’ve seen‚ the first question rule utilitarianism has us ask is “What general rule would I be following if I did this particular action?”
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consequence. Therefore‚ a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome or result‚ and the consequences of an action or rule generally outweigh all other considerations. The term "consequentialism" was coined by Elizabeth Anscombe in her 1958 essay "Modern Moral Philosophy"‚ as a pejorative description of what she saw as the central error of certain moral theories. There are also different types of Consequentialism it includes Utilitarianism‚ which holds that an action is right if it leads
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Introduction: “The No Asshole Rule” by Robert Sutton effectively illustrates the multitude of detrimental effects abusive staff members can have on fellow employees. Sutton discusses in detail how to identify both certified and temporary assholes‚ how to deal with and reform these assholes‚ and how to keep from becoming an asshole oneself‚ supplemented with anecdotal examples and studies that reinforce his opinion that the removal of these types of destructive people will maximize workplace productivity
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2. Indian economic scenario 3. Economic scenario post independence and need for the MRTP act 4. Trigger cause 5. MRTP act 1969 6. Decline of monopolies and restrictive trade practices (MRTP) act 1969 7. Competition act * Anti competition agreement * Abuse of dominance * Regulation of combination * Competition advocacy 8. The competition committee of India 9. European competition act 10. Case study: Tata – Corus deal Jet – Sahara deal Tata Motors - Jlr 11. Conclusion
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Golden Rule Of Interpretation-Comparision Between English Law And Indian Law INTRODUCTION The golden rule is that the words of a statute must prima facie be given their ordinary meaning. It is yet another rule of construction that when the words of the statute are clear‚ plain and unambiguous‚ then the courts are bound to give effect to that meaning‚ irrespective of the consequences. It is said that the words themselves best declare the intention of the law-giver. In law‚ the
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