to any weakness or predisposition of the plaintiff to a particular injury or illness regardless of the defendant’s knowledge. An illustration of this rule can be found in the following case which are; Smith v Leech Brain & Co Ltd (1962) and Robinson v Post office (1974) 1 WLR 1176. The case of Smith v Leech Brain is about a galvanizer who is the plaintiff’s husband and work at the defendant’s company. His job is to lift articles into a tank of a molten metal via a crane. The plaintiff’s husband was
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The 1960’s The 1960’s were a time of radical change. It was a decade where people began to question authority‚ and time of confrontation. The decade’s radicalism began with the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November of 1963. This event changed the country’s idealistic views‚ and started an upheaval of civil rights movements. Baby boomers started a new perception‚ and formalized the act of resistance to war. There were also many of whom‚ turned violent and rebellious; in their effort to fight
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Discussion Question #1: Choose any current social problem that interests you and explain it from each of the sociological perspectives as explained in the two part presentation and the assigned article. In today’s society we are faced with many social problems‚ such as: Poverty Healthcare Education Domestic Violence Substance Abuse and Addiction Parenting Peer pressure global warming broken family’s homelessness Children are our future‚ it’s very important to take care of
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The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties‚ In the United States‚ "the Sixties"‚ as they are known in popular culture‚ is a term used by historians‚ journalists‚ and other objective academics; in some cases nostalgically to describe the counterculture and social revolution near the end of the decade; In Africa the 1960s was a period of radical political change as 32 countries gained independence from their European colonial rulers. The 1960s was also associated with
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Langston Hughes wrote three poems‚ “Will V-Day be Me Day Too?” ”A Dream Deferred‚ ¨ and ¨I‚ Too‚ Sing America¨ uses language to create two tones in the three poems. In ¨V-Day Be Me Day Too?¨‚ it talks about how much African Americans have suffered and done with being discriminated because they have a different race and color. Also‚ in ¨A Dream Deferred¨‚ it talks about a dream‚ that if that dream can be accomplished or will it be unaccomplished. Lastly‚ ¨I‚ Too‚ Sing America¨‚ it talks about why
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The 1960’s The 1960’s was a decade of radical change in the United States of America in both social and political aspects of life . Starting with the 1960 election of the youngest presidential candidate to take office through the largest gathering of rock n roll concert goers ever to an event called Woodstock. Sandwiched in between these 2 historic events were equally important life changing and world changing events that would make life for the average everyday Americans different from the
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The 1950’s and 1960’s were plagued with racial tensions between colored Americans and white Americans. Colored Americans were denied equal access to education‚ jobs‚ and voting. After decades of oppression colored Americans had been through enough and were ready for change. The civil rights movement was supported by most colored Americans and many white Americans. The contemporaries of the 1950’s and 1960’s interpreted the civil rights movement as an era of change that could no longer be prevented;
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Will Smith Willard (Will) Christopher Smith‚ born and raised in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania is well known for his early rapping/hip hop career and later as a comedic actor. The sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air which aired in 1990 helped launch Will Smith’s acting career. After The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ended in 1996‚ Smith began a successful solo music career while simultaneously starring in a series of films. The first two films were hugely successful summer blockbusters: Independence Day
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In the case of Smith v. United States‚ the plaintiff‚ John Angus Smith‚ was convicted of engaging in drug-trafficking‚ which would have granted him a five year sentence had he not “used” a firearm in regards to the incident. As stated in statute 924(c)(1)‚ the use of firearm in relations to a drug-trafficking crime enhanced the sentence‚ and turned it into a 30-year sentence. The argument at hand is whether the term “use” was to be taken from a broad dictionary definition or in the ordinary meaning
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7-Felthouse v Bindley (1862) 11 CBNS 869 (CCP) Summary: • “For a contract to come into existence‚ the offeree had to communicate his acceptance of the relevant offer to the offeror.” • This means that for a contract to come into play it has to be a bilateral agreement. One party cannot decide to enter someone else in a contract. Also‚ the case implies that changes in a contract nullify prior acceptances- if the contract changes‚ you need to agree the terms again. The Case: • F[elthouse]
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