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    Helen Nguyen 17462408 31 May 2014 Economics (welfare) What are the key anthropological issues in the relationship between humans and animals used for testing and utility? Why do some people support this practice while others are against it? Animals have always been a large contribution to human life. Their most common and significant contributions comes in the form of meat‚ milk and eggs- either for direct consumption by the owners or for sale to the wider public. Other often overlooked

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    and ideals of the largest number of citizens. The function of law is not only restricted to adjudication or punishment. Its aim is to achieve real equality which is social and economic and hence‚ in true sense‚ law is means to secure justice‚ Legal‚ social and it is also true that law is an instrument of serving the need of human society. Law‚ whether codified or uncodified is a dynamic process. Law cannot stand still‚ it must change with the changing social concept and values‚ it should

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    We are all familiar with the story : boy meets girl‚ boy falls in love with girl‚ boy and girl gets married. For the majority of the western world‚ this is our ideal of a great beginning to a perfect marriage. It is important to realize that while India is very modernized in some aspects (i.e.. they lead the world in student’s math and science scores and produce the largest amount of engineers in the world) they still keep to the tradition of arranged marriages. Marriages formed out of love AKA "love

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    Dowry System in India

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    FEMALE FOETICIDE AND THE DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIA Devaki Monani Ghansham Women ’s Studies Research Unit‚ School of Social Work‚ University of Melbourne Townsville International Women’s Conference - AUSTRALIA 3 - 7 July 2002 ~ James Cook University “Poverty‚ Violence and Women’s Rights: ...Setting a Global Agenda” This international conference is for all who care passionately about improving women’s position in the world‚ who demand justice and full human rights for women everywhere and who believe

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    Oxford University Press‚ Oxford Advance Learner ’s Dictionary (7th edn‚ OUP 2005) 237. The telegraph‚ ’Malaysia censors Economist article on protest ’ the telegraph (London‚ 21 July 2011) accessed 4 November 2013 Tu‚ K US legal‚ ’Sedition law & legal definition ’ (US legal‚ 2013) accessed 11 October 2013 Wolin‚ S.S

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    Dowry; a Custom or a Crime?

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    Dowry is a multi-faceted‚ deep-rooted gender issue with social‚ economic and health consequences. This social evil has brought fatal effects to the lives of ordinary women of our society. This social crime has recently made footings in some countries‚ which were traditionally free of this evil like Afghanistan and Bangladesh‚ but our focus here remains Pakistan. The paper concentrates on the religious‚ social and economic structures of the Pakistani society to explain the age-old tradition of extortion

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    Dower and Dowry Confusion

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    Dower and dowry confusion The dower is a sum of money or other property which becomes payable by the husband to the wife as an effect of marriage[1]. On the other hand‚ Dowry is a transaction between two parties involving cash‚ or other valuable articles such as precious metals‚ gems‚ clothing‚ appliances‚ real estate‚ or goods for entertainment‚ made as a condition for entering a marriage contract[2].The dowry system is not recognised in the religion or the law of the Muslim societies but has

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    Family Law Assignment Live in Relationship- A socio legal comparative analysis by Shantanu Derhgawen Roll number 13010124214‚ Division C India‚ live in relationships have been a taboo right since the British raj. However‚ this is no longer entirely true amongst young couples in big cities like Bangalore‚ Mumbai‚ Delhi‚ etc. However‚ one can not deny that maintaining such relationships in most of the country’s rural areas would be nothing but to invite loads of unwanted attention‚ or may be

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    Dowry system is when the bride’s family gives goods‚ money‚ or estate to her husband and his family during marriage (E. Pauls Prine (Ed.)‚ 2008). This practice is mostly common in South Asia‚ specifically the Indian culture (E. Pauls Prine (Ed.)‚ 2008). On the other hand is the practice of bride price system which is where the husband gives cattle‚ land or goods in exchange for a woman’s hand in marriage (Schwimmer‚ 2002). This is mostly practiced in Africa among traditional households‚ where it

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    Dowry System in India

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    DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIA Dowry system is a main problem in our society and it has disturbed and made disgrace to our society. Dowry system is the main culture system where parents of the bride give lumps of money‚ expensive gifts and jewellery to the bridegroom. The dowry has been done by many ordinary families in the North India. The dowry is event is where there is a huge requirement the bridegroom get millions of money as a dowry from the bride’s family depending upon the qualifications and education

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