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    Prodigality means the wastefulness or indulgence of the unnecessary‚ and so he aims to have people remain abstinent from being prodigal. In order to advocate for limits on interest rates‚ Adam Smith urged usury laws when it came to market loans because this would result in profitable investments‚ which means productive accumulation. In addition‚ Smith was in favor of free trade when international trade was not subsidized because the preference would remain

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    Chapter 11……….Contracts‚ Consideration‚ Capacity and Legality  Consideration: Value given in return for a promise. Consideration must be (1) legally sufficient and (2) bargained for by the party receiving it.  Legally sufficient consideration may take the form of: (1) promising to do something that the promisee has no prior legal duty to do (e.g.‚ promising to pay money for the promisor’s goods); Regular consideration (2) performing an action that the promisee is not otherwise obligated to

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    ANG TEK LIAN Petitioner V THE

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    ANG TEK LIAN‚ Petitioner‚ v. THE COURT OF APPEALS‚ Respondent. EN BANC [G.R. No. L-2516. September 25‚ 1950.] ANG TEK LIAN‚ Petitioner‚ v. THE COURT OF APPEALS‚ Respondent. Laurel‚ Sabido‚ Almario & Laurel‚ for Petitioner. Solicitor General Felix Bautista Angelo and Solicitor Manuel Tomacruz‚ for Respondent. SYLLABUS 1. CRIMINAL LAW; ESTAFA" ; ISSUING CHECK WITH INSUFFICIENT BANK DEPOSIT TO COVER THE SAME. — One who issues a check payable to cash to accomplish deceit and knows that at the time

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    HISTORY OF JUDAISM Semitic tribes in the Middle East: from 3000 BC When prehistory shades into history‚ in the Middle East‚ there has already occurred the first identifiable movement of a group linked by their language - the Semitic tribes. Probably originating in southern Arabia‚ Semitic people have spread by 3000 BC along the desert caravan routes‚ up through Sinai and into Syria. Five hundred years later they are an integral part of the culture of Mesopotamia‚ where there is

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    The rise and fall of Bear Stearns Introduction Bear Stearns‚ the fifth largest investment bank in US‚ was established as an equity-trading house in 1923 by Joseph Bear‚ Robert Stearns‚ and Harold Mayer. Its headquarters was located in New York City with offices in the major US cities‚ South America‚ Europe‚ and Asia‚ employing more than 13‚500 people around the world. The firm survived every major crisis like the Great Depression‚ World War II‚ the 1987 market crash‚ and the 9/11 terrorists attack

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    toward the end of the reign of King Richard I‚ England is in the grip of turmoil. The king is far from the country‚ having been imprisoned by the rulers of Austria and Germany on his way home from the Crusades. In his absence‚ the throne is held by Prince John‚ but the real authority lies in the hands of the nobles‚ who have used Richard’s absence as an excuse to fortify their own power at the expense of the monarchy’s. This state of affairs has aggravated relations between the two groups of people

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    LITERATURE NOTES Beka lamb and the Chrysalids: Compare and contrast the novels in terms of prejudice and society: The Themes of beka lamb and the chrysalids are very simiiar especially when you look at the role of women in society and social prejudice. In Beka Lamb women are the ones who are seen as the care givers and the ones to take care of the home. The majority of them do not work and even having an education for the lower class is untold or unheard of. In The Chrysalids women are seen

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    roTHE ROLE OF ISLAMIC BANKING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN EMERGING MARKETS BY HAJARA ADEOLA MD/CEO LOTUS CAPITAL LIMITED A PRESENTATION AT THE ISLAMIC FORUM BUSINESS LUNCHEON LA SCALA‚ LAGOS NOVEMBER 2007 1 OUTLINE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Introduction Effects of the Interest Based system The Islamic Solution The Framework Shari’ah Objectives and Effects Islamic Tools for Prosperity Macroeconomic Efficiency Islamic Banks – An Alternative? Effects on the Economy Financial Institutions Global

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    ** Consider the play as a tragicomedy Shakespeare’s ’The Merchant of Venice’ is a comedy with a difference. It was written almost certainly between 1596 & 1598. The play is classed as one of the 16 comedy plays but it is also a ’problem’ play due to the tragic elements woven throughout the intricate plot. The play concludes with a harmonious ending but all through the plot‚ reoccurring themes of sadness and tragedy are included. In terms of dramatic structure‚ "The Merchant of Venice" is undoubtedly

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    Karl Marx is considered to be one of the most influential thinkers of our age. Born in Germany in 1818‚ he was greatly influenced by philosophers such as Hegel‚ Feuerbach & St. Simon. He made an immense contribution to the different areas of sociology- definition of the field of study‚ analysis of the economic structure and its relations with other parts of the social structure‚ theory of social classes‚ study of religion‚ theory of ideology‚ analysis of the capitalist system etc. In this essay‚

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