using material from Item B and elsewhere‚ examine the view that development causes "significant damage to the environment" In this essay I am going to examine whether development in a country causes significant damage to the environment. Firstly‚ when a country becomes developed‚ they have to become industrialised first. This means that the country changes from being mainly an agricultural production and people living in the countryside‚ to the people flocking to the newly increasing cities
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Criminal Liability Essay Criminal liabilities are conditions of being actually or potentially subject to a legal obligation. Liability means legal responsibility for one’s acts or omission‚ also when acts which harms society‚ and which are prosecuted by the government. Sometimes certain negligence can lead to criminal liability. Liability needs to be distinguished from the following concepts: * culpability (purposely‚ knowingly‚ recklessly‚ negligently) - infers intent * capacity
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1: REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT THE GOALS OF CONTRACT DAMAGES Case name | Facts | Issue | Holding | Reasoning | Expectation | | | | | Hawkins v. McGee1 | P sues D surgeon for breach of warranty of operation success – “I guarantee to make a 100% perfect hand.” | Was there a K and a breach? Were damages appropriate? | There was a K and a breach. Damages measure should have been expectation damages. | Purpose of damages is to put P in as good a position as he would have been in had
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Topics in Criminal Law May 25‚ 2010 Abstract Strict liability crimes require no culpable mental state and present a significant exception to the principle that all crimes require a conjunction of action and mens rea. Strict liability offenses make it a crime simply to do something‚ even if the offender has no intention of violating the law or causing the resulting harm. Strict liability is based philosophically on the presumption that causing harm is in itself blameworthy regardless of the
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Economic Loss Economic loss suffered by the C will be regarded as pure if they do not flow from any personal injury to the C nor form any physical damage to their property. The boundaries between pure economic loss and loss which is consequential upon physical damage to the C’s property were investigated by the CoA in Spartan Steel v Martin (1973) QB 27 Like psychiatric injury‚ pure economic loss is often described as a problematic form of damage. Although floodgates arguments are sometimes encountered
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be home and take care of the kids and house‚ women like Edna were seen as possessions and trophies.) * Identity: Dissatisfaction with the labels put on individuals can result in the loss of identity and the desire for independence outside of society. ( The discontent with the labels Edna has as ‘wife”‚ “mother” has resulted in the loss of her true identity‚ however the desire to gain back her identity leads her to social alienation and many
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in the business of receiving deposits (liabilities) and to issue debt securities on one hand and create or invest in assets on the other hand during these transactions banks incur costs for their liabilities and earn income from their assets. Asset – liability management is therefore very critical for the sound management of the finances of any organisation that invests to meet its future cash flow needs and capital requirements. An efficient asset-liability management requires maximising the bank’s
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Definition of Products Liability (PL) Any cause of action having to do w/a product; not a cause of action in and of itself; rather‚ it has to do with an injury or accident arising out of the use of a product (any product sold in the stream of commerce; must be sold by a merchant) Theories of Liabilities / Causes of Actions a. Negligence(§ B - pp. 2 - 3) i. Introduction
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Habitat Loss Habitat loss—due to destruction‚ fragmentation or degradation of habitat—is the primary threat to the survival of wildlife in the United States. When an ecosystem has been dramatically changed by human activities—such as agriculture‚ oil and gas exploration‚ commercial development or water diversion—it may no longer be able to provide the food‚ water‚ cover‚ and places to raise young. Every day there are fewer places left that wildlife can call home. There are three major kinds
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LIABILITIES OF THE DIRECTORS By: Course: Instructor: University‚ City‚ State: Date: LIABILITIES OF THE DIRECTORS A company is usually established by individuals or Directors (officers included) in this case so as to run it in appropriate manner in order to make maximum profits. For this to happen‚ it is for the company (Pandora Diamonds and Gems Pty Ltd in our case) to enter or make contracts with outsiders like Kaplan Bank Ltd and Space Solutions Pty
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