RULES GOVERNING SHIPMENT BY SEA: HAGUE RULES‚ HAGUE-VISBY RULES AND HAMBURG RULES The nature of the Hague-Visby Rules was discussed by the House of Lords in The Hollandia [1983] AC 565 (HL). The plaintiffs (shippers) shipped a piece of road-finishing machinery on board a Dutch vessel‚ ‘The Morviken’‚ belonging to the defendant carriers to Bonaire in the Dutch West Indies. The bill of lading issued in England limited the carriers liability to Dutch Florins 1‚250 ($250) which was less than the 10
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Guido 1 10/4/14 Comp/Lit/1 Final DraftIs It Justifiable to Break the Law? There were times in history when breaking the law was justified. I believe that if you could break the law you should. Great leaders like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr broke the law and changed the world for the better. Breaking the law is justifiable and acceptable when the law violates human rights and conscience. Certainly‚ rules are established for us to follow. However‚ we as human beings should be able to differentiate
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I found the film Inequality for All troubling. In society we know there has been an income gap between the wealthy‚ middle class‚ and people from different communities such as rural areas. However‚ it is unfortunate to see that the income gap is a greater problem than expected. People with different backgrounds and demographics have all been affected by this economic burden. A burden where they have no control over. Even the most stable middle class working stated‚ “I feel as though I am not middle
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author wrote “The zombie apocalypse is a white-collar nightmare: a world with no need for the skills we have developed. Lawyers‚ journalists‚ investment bankers—they are liabilities‚ not leaders‚ in the zombie-infested world. (The exception to this rule‚ of course‚ is doctors.)” (Bosch). While white-collar workers claim to make a more decent living‚ their lack of skills is immense when compared to your local auto mechanic. The Walking Dead has the viewer rooting for the underdog. Humans have always
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novel was soon published a year later as a huge success in 1929 in book form. The novel was titled All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque published this novel to show of a generation of men who‚ “even though they may have escaped its shells‚ were destroyed by the war." This novel discusses the struggles young men had to go through during the time of war. Although they were still very young‚ all youth had been ripped away from them. They had no choice but to be hard‚ stern‚ and brave. The main
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General gun safety rules: Many have also disputed the rules in regards to how to safely use a firearm‚ but there are a few rules of gun safety that remain consistent around the board. A - Handle your gun with care and treat it as if it is always loaded. Make sure to check if the safety mechanism is switched on. This is the number one most important rule when handling a firearm. B – Adding to the first rule. It is also very important to never leave the gun loaded. Always ensure that it is unloaded
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Thesis Summary René Descartes begins his first meditation by calling all our current beliefs to suspicion. His purpose of this practice was to stripe away all the falsehoods that we have acquired since childhood by the use of our senses. He also wanted to build anew a stable foundation of beliefs that he can be certain are of undeniably truths. In Descartes work he mentions that our senses are not to be trusted‚ for they have deceived us once and surely will deceive us again. As he clearly stated
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out of all the evil in the world and The First of July written by Elizabeth Speller‚ published in 2013 takes place in one of the biggest war in history‚ World War One. Unlike many books‚ Speller takes a different approach of not just revolving around one character‚ but four to show the complete picture of the soldiers in the Allied Powers. These four main characters‚ Frank‚ Benedict‚ Jean-Baptiste‚ and Harry are four very different men‚ leading four different lives. As war breaks out‚ all four protagonists
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In a time period filled with war and conflict‚ the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a difficult read due to the heavy topic it pertains to. The story begins with Paul Bӓumer and his friends from school joining the army. They joined because they thought war would be honorable thanks to Kantorek‚ their teacher. After their ten weeks of training and their first two weeks of being on the front lines‚ only eighty of the one hundred fifty men return. Paul’s friend‚ Franz
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Rules of Community Summary The Rules of the Community‚ which was originally known as the Manual of Discipline‚ contains the set of regulations that were applied to the Yahad. The Yahad lived in the wilderness of the Judean desert‚ away from civilization. The sect lived as collectivist community‚ but in order to be a member‚ you had to accept and follow the strict “terms and conditions.” The main function of the Rules of the Community is to list out the the disciplinary action that would be enforced
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