managing surface water are especially complex in South Asia. River basins—the ultimate source of all water used in households‚ agriculture and industry (like hydropower companies)‚ as well as the receptors of most wastewater 2—often transgress international borders. Since actions upstream can lead to disruption of the natural flow of rivers‚ water pollution‚ diversion of the waters with the occasional threat of even blocking the flow of water‚ water sharing can often lead to political tensions and
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What is meant by state recognition in international law INTRODUCTION Some definitions of “international law” can be found on the Web as follows: “The body of laws governing relations between nations”‚ “International law is the term commonly used for referring to the system of implicit and explicit agreements that bind together nation-states in adherence to recognized values and standards‚ differing from other legal systems in that it concerns nations rather than private citizens. ...”‚ “A complex
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accurately evaluate how sentencing and punishment attempts to balance the rights of victims‚ offenders and society”. Poor question. This question starts after an offender has been found guilty and is to be sentenced. This is the key part of the Legal Studies syllabus that pertains to the question: 4. Sentencing and punishment • statutory and judicial guidelines • the purposes of punishment: deterrence (specific and general)‚ retribution‚ rehabilitation‚ incapacitation • factors affecting a
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exposures should be hedged by options in order to assure flexibility. On top of that‚ all financial exposures should be hedged while GM did not take translation (balance sheet) exposures into consideration.The following would discuss the specific issue of GM: the Canadian Dollar and Argentina Peso. GM-Canada was an essential part of GM’s worldwide production process. It is not only a part to serve Canadian market‚ but also acts as a core supplier to other parts while it is served by other parts
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Karen Scroggins NUR/391 November11‚ 2013 Joy Brock MSN‚ RN‚ FNP Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Nurses today face many challenges related to ethical and legal issues. The American Nurses Association Code of Nursing Ethics is a guideline for nurses to use when facing these issues. Personal and societal values will also influence nurses faced with these issues. If nurses adhere to the Code of Ethics even though personal or societal values may be in conflict
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ENFORCEMENT OF ISLAMIC CONTRACTS: ISSUES IN THE LIGHT OF CONTEMPORARY LEGAL FRAME WORK. PREPARED BY AMIRUDEEN BIN HAMID SULTAN [LLB (HONS)‚ LPC] INTRODUCTION Historically‚ contracts are the applied practices that have been adopted by the human being from the very beginning of the human history for their physical survival in this natural world. The Islamic contracts basically adopted these pre-islamic concepts of contract. However what Islam innovated was prohibition of Riba‚ prohibition
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Legal Process MGT/434 May 20‚ 2013 Clint Heiner Legal Process Unfortunately‚ in society discrimination occurs quite often in the work environment. Discrimination is judging someone based on different characteristics including age‚ disability‚ gender‚ religion‚ and race. Although discrimination exists‚ employees do not have to subject themselves to this behavior. Employees receive protection against discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to Bennett-Alexander
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and ethics constantly change the law must adapt to meet the needs and standards that society holds valuable. To ensure that the wider community is content with the legal system it is important for individuals to investigate how the law deals with certain categories of crime‚ as well as how well the law is dealing with the prominent issue. Societies changing values influence the process of law making and the implementation of the whole concept. Two major categories of crime; sovereign crimes and public
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Through Focussing On A Specific International Issue‚ Explain How Ethical Issues Are Significant For International Relations In The Middle East The Arab Israeli conflict is “one of the most bitter‚ protracted and intractable conflicts of modern times” (Atack‚ 2005)‚ being a dominant theme of IR in the Middle East it posses a range of core principal levels that contain ethical issues used as reasons to justify positions from both sides of the conflict. The conflict in essence is a clash “Between Jewish
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the principle of speech‚ and the principle of action”. If the idea of “thought”‚ “speech”‚ and “action” are so vital to one’s life‚ then not following an individual’s instincts nor taking any action to succeed in life results in conflict. These disputes can occur when individuals do not think straight and fail to realize there are consequences to their actions. Within Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ there are several factors that occur in the play that leads to conflict. For example‚ Juliet’s father
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