‘’With the exception of the Dominican Republic‚ the nations assembled refused to change their immigration regulations.’’ (Museum of tolerance‚2) This piece of evidence shows that the Dominican Republic was willing to change their immigration regulations to help the Jews come into their country‚ meanwhile other countries didn’t want to change anything. ‘’But most countries‚ including Great Britain and the United States‚ offered excuses for not letting in more Jewish refugees.’’ (Evain Conference‚4). Great
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in issue (and finally decided) in the previous suit between the same parties litigating under the same title in a court‚ competent to try the subsequent suit in which such issue has been raised. The principle of res judicata is based on the need to give finality and certainty to judicial decisions. RES JUDICATA AS DEFINED UNDER CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE‚ 1908 Section 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure embodies the doctrine of res judicata or the rule of conclusiveness of a judgement‚ as to the points
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Chapter: One Introduction 1.1 Background: In very common terms‚ hearsay does mean statements or any gossips that one hears from the other source but is not sure whether it is true. However in legal sense it holds rather broader technical sense.1 Hearsay in legal sense is taken as evidence provided by the third party.2 That is to say‚ hearsay evidence is supplied by a person who has not witnessed the incidence directly with his or her own senses. To cite few examples of hearsay evidence‚ A
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Employment-At-Will Doctrine: three major exceptions From my research of this topic it is obvious that the United States is still the only industrialized nation that lacks a national wrongful dismissal statute. The reason for the lack of such is not of course the federal structure of the United States. In the United States‚ employees without a written employment contract generally can be fired for good cause‚ bad cause‚ or no cause at all; judicial exceptions to the rules seek to prevent wrongful
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Should the criminal justice system exceptions in application of law? It’s not fair to punish someone if they did something by accident or punishing a kid for doing something that he didn’t know was wrong. On the other hand‚ it’s a different story if they did it on purpose or if they knew it was wrong‚ and the person still chose to do it. For those reasons‚ the United States criminal justice system should allow exceptions in application of law. One topic of exceptions made to the criminal justice system
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The case of Zara: a supposed exception to globalization The article written by Nebath Tokatli is about the case of Zara‚ a fast fashion retailer company supposed to be an exception to the global trend of this sector. The author‚ after a brief introduction in which she declares her purpose to demonstrate this idea to be false‚ starts describing the change in the culture of fashion from “houte couture” and ready-to-wear too fast fashion. Fast fashion retailers do not directly invest in design
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Carl Schmitt defines the “state of exception” as a condition that suspends normal legal norms and influences the increase in the exercise of sovereign power in a state of emergency or crisis. Throughout his writings‚ he uses examples from the Civil War Reconstruction era in the United States to support his argument that in times of crisis or emergency‚ the sovereign has the authority to set aside existing laws and norms in order to preserve the state as a whole. During the Reconstruction era in the
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Buy American Buy American Requirements The Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10d) was enacted in 1933 to encourage the federal government to buy from American companies it does not apply to professional or personal services. There are some requirements that listed under the Buy American Act (BAA) that companies need to pay attention to. The Act requires all iron‚ steel‚ and manufactured goods that are incorporated into a public building
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Which of our faculties do you think is more reliable - reason or perception? Give reasons. There are four ways of knowing. Reason is the way we obtain knowledge by means of our justifications and perception is the way we obtain knowledge by means of our experiences. People take different views on which one of our faculties is more reliable between reason and perception. As far as I am concerned‚ I would like to prefer reason tend to be more trustworthy. Two thirds of what we see
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Exception of Hearsay Evidence under S. 73A of the Evidence Act Hearsay can be defined as the information gathered by one person from another person concerning some event‚ condition‚ or thing of which the first person had no direct experience. When submitted as evidence‚ such statements are called hearsay evidence. Hearsay evidence is generally not accepted in court. The general rule is that all relevant evidence are prima facie admissible‚ except for hearsay and opinion. However‚ under the Evidence
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