Question: The British Parliament was once supreme. Discuss with reference to Britain’s membership of the EU and its obligations to the ECHR. Answer: It has been suggested that the British Parliament was once supreme (or sovereign) but that its supremacy has been eroded as a result of Britain’s membership of the EU and its signature of the ECHR. In order to examine this proposition‚ it is necessary to consider the origins or traditional doctrine of Parliamentary supremacy and differing theories
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 created "a tiered civil penalty structure" for HIPAA violations‚ according to the American Medical Association. The civil penalties involve fines payable to the state. The fines vary depending on the extent of the violation. At the lowest tier‚ HIPAA calls for $100 fine per violation with an annual maximum of $25‚000 for repeat violations. The lowest tier involves situations where health care workers disclose information that‚ had the health care
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THE CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE UPHOLDS THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO CONTRACT BY OUSTING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION THAT ARISES FROM CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. DISCUSS. A contract can be defined as an agreement with specific terms between two or more persons or entities in which there is a promise to do something in return for a valuable benefit known as consideration. The existence of a contract requires an offer; an acceptance of that offer which results in a meeting of the minds; a promise to perform; a valuable
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The Impact of the Temperature Performance of Thermal (PCR) Cyclers on the Generated Results‚ and the Obligation for Regular Validation of PCR Thermal Cyclers Tom Hendrikx**‚ Marc Verblakt*‚ Roger Pierik** * GENO-tronics BV‚ Landgraaf‚ The Netherlands ** CYCLERtest BV‚ Landgraaf‚ The Netherlands Abstract A fast‚ powerful‚ and extremely sensitive multi-channel temperature measurement system was developed for the dynamic temperature validation of thermal cylers. The results of temperature performance
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Chapter 1 Problem and its Background INTRODUCTION Violation is another term for an offence or an infraction. All of these terms generally mean an act of Disobeying a law or a legal order. There are several categories of violation that exist at various levels Of the legal system. Committing violation can result in a variety of consequences dependeing on the type of disobedient behavior A violation is a wrong doing or some tpye of disobedience. Everyone is generally bound by the laws in
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A crime is a violation of established law‚ but not all crimes have a readily identifiable victim. A victimless crime is one where an act that violates an established law is committed‚ without leaving a victim behind; that is‚ there is no resulting damage to a person or property. In these cases‚ there is usually no victim because the illegal activity was consensually entered into. For this reason‚ victimless crimes are often called consensual crimes. One common example of a victimless crime is
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collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and credit default swaps (CDSs)‚ created by greedy bankers who did not understand their own creations (e.g. McDowell 2011). Do you agree or disagree with this analysis? Give reasons for your answer. Greedy can be defined as having a strong desire to have more than you have already got. The bankers discussed in this piece‚ who were involved in the creation of products they knew little about‚ fit this definition perfectly. Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) are
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that are evident in extensively appreciated texts. Written by Henrik Ibsen‚ An Enemy of the People is a prominent example of a text that incorporates universal topics which are those of integrity and environmental damage. Similarly‚ the film Erin Brockovich‚ directed by Steven Soderbergh‚ reflects these themes. Due to the variant mediums the techniques used to portray these themes to the audience are vastly different. Integrity is essential if corrupt forces in society are to be constrained or abolished
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Title: The Story Of Erin BrokoVich Characters: Erin Brockovich ‚ Edward L. Masry ‚ George‚ Donna Jensen ‚ Charles Embry‚ Kurt Potter‚Pamela Duncan ‚Brenda ‚ Theresa Dallavale‚ Matthew Brockovich‚ Katie Brockovich‚ Ms. Sanchez‚ David Foil‚ Donald Summary: In 1993‚ Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother of three children who‚ after losing a personal injury lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in‚ asks her lawyer‚ Edward L. Masry (Albert Finney)‚ if he can find her a job in
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already know‚ I am referring to the case of Hinkley v. Pacific Gas & Electric. The film‚ Erin Brockovich‚ chronicles this true story of PG&E and the residents of Hinkley‚ describing how the Hinkley residents were deceived by PG&E‚ and how they were brought to justice. This particular case led to “the biggest settlement on record for a civil class action lawsuit” (Famous Trials‚ Erin Brockovich). In this case‚ the residents of Hinkley‚ CA alleged contamination of their drinking water
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