empowers a wide range of law enforcement agencies to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a whole. The Federal Law enforcement agencies are only authorized to enforce various laws generally only on a federal level. Majority of these agencies have broad federal enforcement powers‚ but most enforce only narrow portions of federal law. In some cases‚ they may be empowered to enforce state and local law as well. These agencies may generally have nationwide jurisdiction
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acts such as the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have left many concerned about the possibility of future incidents in the United States and their potential impact. These attacks have raised uncertainty about what might happen next. Terrorism may involve devastating acts using weapons of mass destruction ranging from chemical agents‚ biological hazards‚ a radiological or nuclear device‚ and other explosives. The primary objective of a terrorist is to create widespread fear
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an Agency Contract may be established. Agency According to Nicole Busby‚ an agency is a contractual relationships that entitles one party to act on behalf‚ or in favour of‚ the other party in contractual arrangements with a third party. In this regardthese circumstances‚ the former is known as an “agent” and the entity on whose behalf the agent performs is called a “principal”. Generally‚ the agency relationships arises in commercial transactions‚ partnership and employment. The term “agency” in
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Hurricane Katrina was a man-made and natural disaster. The hurricane‚ of course‚ was a natural disaster. The after effects like the levees breaching‚ people starving and dieing in the streets‚ how the government handle the situation were all man made. The reason being a man made were ‚ The man-made part of the disaster is that the government knew the levees wouldn’t hold up in a Category 3 hurricane‚ and they didn’t shore them up anyway. What was also man-made was the fact that the government
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work during the plague epidemic in India.[6] In 1931‚ she participated in the Round table conference with Gandhiji and Madan Mohan Malaviya.[7] She played a leading role during the Civil Disobedience Movement and was jailed along with Gandhiji and other leaders. In 1942‚ she was arrested during the "Quit India" movement. aidu began writing at the age of 13. Her Persian play‚ Maher Muneer‚ impressed the Nawab of Hyderabad. In 1905‚ her collection of poems‚ named "The Broken Exes" was published.[8] Her
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independent estate agent Heaventown is a leading residential property company in the UK‚ working across local‚ national and international markets‚ delivering unrivalled customer service through the commitment and inspiration of its staff. . Our agency provides a full range of professional property services including: Sale and Purchase of all types of property‚ Villas‚ Town and Village houses‚ flats and plots etc. Drafting of all types of contract pertinent to the sale or purchase of a property
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Gülin Langbroek 11.1 THE MAN-MADE DISASTER: CHERNOBYL “It is one of histories ironies that the worst nuclear accident began as a test to improve safety.”‚ states Snell (1988). The Soviets wanted to find out how the Chernobyl power plant would cope with a sudden power loss‚ therefore the experiment tested how long a spinning turbine could provide electric power to certain systems in the plant. Like many accidents‚ the Chernobyl accident resulted from a combination of human error and weaknesses
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Agency theory Agency theory identifies the agency relationship where one party‚ the principal‚ delegates work to another party‚ the agent. In the context of a corporation‚ the owners are the principal and the directors are the agent. This model of corporate governance and subsequent research focused on resolving conflicts of interest between corporate management and shareholders (Jensen and Meckling‚ 1976) and has largely adopted an agency theory approach. Key assumption is that the principals and
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AGENCY RELATIONSHIP An agency is a relationship which exists when one party called the principle appoints and authorizes another called the agent to enter into a contract with a third party ‚ which contract is legally binding to both parties. An agent is therefore a party who is authorized to represent or act on behalf of another for the purpose of bringing that other party into legal relations with a third party. A Principal is a party who authorizes another party to represent or act on his
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the law of agency 1. A) Explain the main provisions of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the remedies available to consumers against sellers; The Sales of Goods Act 1979 is “a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a money consideration called the price (s 2(1))” (Keenan. D‚ 2000‚ page 251). The Sales of Goods Act is designed to enforce rules when selling and buying goods to ensure that both parties are treated fairly by the other. Each
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