Equity has brought benefits to many litigants who would otherwise have been severely disadvantaged by the common law. Discuss‚ with reference to decided cases. William the Conqueror found England with no single system of law common to the whole country. The law was mainly sets of customary rules which differed from area to area. For example‚ in one area you could get away with stealing‚ in another it would be seen as crime. There was no such thing as ‘ The English Legal System” until William’s
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broader in that it encompasses many more intangible economic factors of a business enterprise and accountants now consider that goodwill results from the evaluation of the earning power of a business by investors (Johnson‚ 43). From an accountant ’s perspective‚ goodwill appears in accounts of a company only when the company has purchased some intangible and valuable economic source. Intangibles such as patents and copyrights are examples of identifiable intangible assets. On the other hand‚ intangibles
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publicly traded company used to complete the Financial Reporting Problem‚ Part 1 assignment due in Week Six. Analyze the information contained in the company’s balance sheet and income statement to answer the following questions: •Are the assets included under the company’s current assets listed in the proper order? Explain your answer. The current assets should be listed in the order of liquidity. The assets which can be easily converted into cash are listed first. Cash is already in liquid form and
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Equity is frequently referred to as a supplement to the common law. Cruzon defines Equity as a system of law developed by the court of chancery in parallel with the common law. It was designed to complement it‚ providing remedies for situations that were unavailable at Law. Because of this‚ Equity provided a dimension of flexibility and justice that was often times lacking because of the common law’s rigidity. This rigidity stems from the fact that‚ while courts sometimes altered their jurisdictions
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AIM & OBJECTIVES …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1 METHODOLOGY………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2 FINDINGS: CHAPTER ONE: THE FAMILY COURT…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3-4 * INSTITUTIONALISATION/BACKGROUND * STRUCTURE/PHYSICAL LAY OUT OF COURT * ROLE/RESPONSIBILITY CHAPTER TWO: DEFINITION OF TERMS ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 * JUVENILE * JUVENILE COURT * JUVENILE SENTENCING * BIASES IN JUVENILE SENTENCING
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Chapter 3 The Balance Sheet and Financial Disclosures Questions for Review of Key Topics Question 3-1 The purpose of the balance sheet‚ also known as the statement of financial position‚ is to present the financial position of the company on a particular date. Unlike the income statement‚ which is a change statement that reports events occurring during a period of time‚ the balance sheet is a statement that presents an organized array of assets‚ liabilities
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“Income is increases in economic benefits during the accounting period in the form of inflows or enhancements of assets or decreases of liabilities that result in increases in equity‚ other than those relating to contributions from equity participants” Income includes Revenue and Gains Kumail Rizvi‚ PhD‚ CFA‚ FRM 3 IASB‚ IAS NO. 18‚ REVENUE Conditions for recognizing revenue 21/5/2013 Transfer the risk and rewards of ownership of goods No retention of Managerial
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Common Law and Equity A) Explain the history of Common Law. The common law developed because the legal system in England and Wales couldn’t rely only on customs. It wasn’t until after the Norman Conquest in 1066 that a more organised system of courts was created. William the Conqueror set up the Curia Regis (The Kings Courts) and appointed his own judges. These judges were also sent to major towns to decide any important cases. When Henry II came to throne in 1154-1189 tours became
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CHAPTER 1 Overview of Current Account Balance * Introduction: The current account is the difference between exports of goods and services and imports of goods and services. If we denote the current account balance by CA‚ we can express this definition in symbol as CA = EX – IM The current account balance is one of two major measures of the nature of a country’s foreign trade (the other being the net capital outflow. A current account surplus increases a country’s net foreign assets by the
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Accounting Basics f or S t u d e n t s Ba sic a ccou nting le ss ons an d qu es tio ns fo r high s cho ol a nd c ollege s tude nts By Michael Celender Accounting Basics for Students Copyright © 2010 Michael Celender. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ including but not limited to digital copying and printing‚ without the express written permission of the author. The author‚ Michael Celender‚ has made his best effort
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