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    Piercing the Corporate Veil

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    One of the most uncertain areas in company law today is the situation in which a court is willing to set aside the separate legal personality of a company. Separate legal personality i.e. where a company is regarded by the courts as a legal person with its own rights and responsibilities and that it is capable of owning property amongst other things. Laffoy J stated in Fyffes Plc v Dcc Plc & Ors ‚ "It has been a fundamental principle of Irish company law since the decision of the House of Lords

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    More Than a Veil

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    Than a Veil A Feminist Readings of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis Cultural differences have been on the foreground of the ongoing struggle between the United States and Iran since the 1970’s. Stereotypes are built on misunderstandings which can prove costly in international relationships. Our national media coverage of Iran portrays radical Islamic men oppressing their female counterparts. Many American citizens have narrow opinions on Iranian women‚ most of them dealing with the infamous veil that Islamic

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    Minister's Black Veil

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    This essay will examine the thematic relevance to the Puritan setting and its impact upon the characters and their development in both "The Scarlet Letter" and the short story‚ "The Minister’s Black Veil." These two texts detail an accurate portrayal of what I assume the Puritan community to represent. This is partly because of the Puritan background within the works‚ but also considering that the main characters of these are deeply rooted within the Puritan faith and are‚ in different ways‚ in the

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    Title Sharon Sarai Block 4 In the story “The Painted Door” by Sinclair Ross the title is significant. The title is symbolic‚ it ties into the plot‚ and it sums up the main event. When Ann says‚ “ ‘…It’s going to make the room a lot lighter’ ” she is talking about brightening the bedroom door (49). We paint to bring change and improve upon an old appearance‚ it is clear that that is what Ann is trying to accomplish with not only her bedroom door‚ but her life as well. She thinks that she is embarking

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    the debt of corporation. An exception is allowed‚ however‚ when such is to prevent abuse of the privilege of corporate status during which courts sometime pierce the corporate veil to expose shareholders and directors/officers to liability. The factors considered by the courts to determine whether to pierce the corporate veil include; commingling of funds and other assets‚ unauthorized diversion of corporate funds to use other than the benefit of the corporation and contracting with another with intent

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    repudiation of the veil‚ to mockery‚ lying‚ demonstrations‚ smoking‚ consumption of alcohol‚ and subversion‚ her work incorporated each mode in various forms creating tensions that spanned her childhood through her teenage years. In a period in which her country suffered constant upheavals‚ the conditions spawned a fertile breeding ground for the types of resistance that proliferated. As a young child‚ Marji’s first opposition was to the requirement for all women and girls to begin wearing the veil in public

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    Film Analysis: The Veil

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    Joanou ‘s The Veil . In The Veil‚ all these components release good concept of the movie‚ which give a good understanding of the film. The movie films a group of people (Maggie Price‚ Sarah Hope‚ Jim Jacobs‚ Karen Sweetz‚ Jill‚ Nick‚ Ed‚ and Ann) of trying to find out what happen to the Sarah hope hometown‚ after everybody in her hometown except Sarah commit suicide. Some of the scene I‘ve choose from the movie will contribute to those elements. There are multiple sounds from the movie Veil. Before the

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    from the philosopher Kant. His original position heavily relies on the ideas he proposes in the Veil of Ignorance. MacIntrye and Sandel are heavily skeptical of his ideas‚ but it can’t be argued that Rawl’s ideas are heavily relevant to his ideas of Liberalism and that he needs these ideas to stand to be able to support his position. Before it is discussed further‚ it is important to state that the Veil of ignorance’s ideation relies on the fundamental belief that people are free and rational. It

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    Intro: Your honors and may it please the court‚ I alongside co-counsel‚represent small businesswoman Paula Keene. I will explain why it is important to uphold West Virginia Statute 31d-6-622 to maintain the corporate veil and to show that Ms. Keene is not personally responsible for corporate debts accrued by Main Event. My co-counsel will explain why punitive damages should not be awarded against Ms. Keene. Your honor‚ I respectfully request 2 minutes for rebuttal. Theme: Your honors

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    Scholars Views on Veil

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    strong interpretive emphasis on a Qur’anic passage (S. 24:31) that urges women “not [to] display their beauty and adornments” but rather to “draw their head cover over their bosoms and not display their ornament.” Many of these same defenders of the veil marshal other Qur’anic passages that bolster their pro-veiling stance: “And when you ask them [the Prophet’s wives] for anything you want ask them from before a screen (hijab); that makes for greater purity for your hearts and for them” (S. 33:53);

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