1. DECISION TREE Allied Accepts John’s Offer of $750‚000 $750 000 John accepts Allied counteroffer Allied counteroffers with $400 000 Based on the decision tree above‚ I must fold back the decision tree in order to calculate the expected values and to find the optimal decision. Hence‚ the decision that I will fold back is at node No. 1 which is John accepts the offer of $750 000
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supermarket. You will get the irony if you read the book. I was having some weight problems. Back then I was eating less and less and became more active‚ but instead of loosing weigh I was putting on more lbs. I knew something was wrong and the "In Defense of Food" book showed me why the so called "healthy meals" I was eating were in fact bad for my health and were causing my weight problems - One of the rules form the book is to avoid the foods which claim to be healthy. The book open my eyes o
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Why capital punishment is unfair? Capital punishment is the practice of executing someone as punishment for a specific crime after a proper legal trial. It can only be used by a state‚ so when non-state organisations speak of having executed’ a person they have actually committed a murder. It is usually only used as a punishment for particularly serious types of murder‚ but in some countries treason‚ types of fraud‚ adultery and rape are capital crimes. Capital punishment is used in many countries
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His main defense lawyers‚ Robert Shapiro‚ and Johnnie Cochran were top notch. During jury selection‚ both defense and prosecution used stereotypes and background checks to predict whether OJ would be found guilty. The jury was composed of nine blacks‚ one Hispanic and two whites‚ meaning the majority was minority. Out of the twelve jurors‚ nine thought that OJ was less likely to be a murderer because he was a professional athlete. Another solid reason for OJ’s release was that his defense lawyers
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Introduction: The insanity defense has been used for many years and believed to began around the 1720’s where the first formal defense was used in a court in 1724. Judge Tracy‚ the judge that ruled over the first case coined a term “The wild beast standard” that states “for someone to be insane he must be totally deprived of his understanding and memory‚ and not know what he is doing anymore than an infant‚ a brute‚ or a wild beast” (Neville‚ 2010‚ pp.3-4). After the Daniel M’Naghten case‚ a man who attempted
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work because they’re “ A Criminal”. The U.S prison system is a racist institution that unfairly targets people of color. Drug laws are unfair‚ the prison system uses inmates for essentially free labor ( like slavery)‚ and also people don’t have options when they get out‚ it’s an unfair system that should be changed. One important thing is that drug laws are unfair. Today‚ there are more people behind bars for nonviolent drug offences than were incarcerated for all crimes. “In 2009 nearly 1.7
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A Weapon for Self Defense The following celebrities have stated his or her stance on gun control in the following quotes. Ted Nugent states‚ “To my mind [sic] it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence‚ injury‚ crime‚ and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness? How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic. (Buckeye Firearms Association 2009). Clint Eastwood also states‚ “I have a strict gun control policy: if there is a gun around
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High Voltage Engineering Fundamentals High Voltage Engineering Fundamentals Second edition E. Kuffel Dean Emeritus‚ University of Manitoba‚ Winnipeg‚ Canada W.S. Zaengl Professor Emeritus‚ Electrical Engineering Dept.‚ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology‚ Zurich‚ Switzerland J. Kuffel Manager of High Voltage and Current Laboratories‚ Ontario Hydro Technologies‚ Toronto‚ Canada Newnes OXFORD AUCKLAND BOSTON JOHANNESBURG MELBOURNE NEW DELHI Newnes An imprint
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The four basic elements of a valid contract are agreement‚ consideration‚ contractual capacity‚ lawful object. Objective theory of contracts is intent to enter into a contract. An example of this would be going to a car lot and say I will give you 5‚000 for this use car. This is a valid contract offer. I intend on purchasing the used car if the car lot is willing to sell the car for 5‚000. In the case of Pepsi vs. John Leonard objective theory doesn’t apply. Pepsi wasn’t truly offering the Harriet
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LESSON 6: COMPETITION LAW. UNFAIR COMPETITION The primary purpose of competition law is to remedy some of the situations in which the free market system breaks down. The invisible hand that Adam Smith identified in 1776 ensures in most situations that the free market economies left to their own devices will produce results more beneficial tan ban be realized by intervening in the market . The process of competition is seen as being of value and meriting protection. Protection is needed when undertakings
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