heads of the upper status or ranking. When the Europeans had arrived and began to settle‚ the heads were only of sentimental value not commercial. Soon the demand began to exceed the supply. The Maori usually fought with each other over land and property. The heads of the dead Maoris became part of the trade supply. All does still not welcome tattooing today in our present world. But people who have them wear them proudly expressing themselves in a complicated world by just showing their artwork
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Harbottle (1843) 67 ER 189 is a leading English precedent in corporate law. In any action in which a wrong is alleged to have been done to a company‚ the proper claimant is the company itself. This is known as "the rule in Foss v Harbottle"‚ and the several important exceptions that have been developed are often described as "exceptions to the rule in Foss v Harbottle". Amongst these is the ’derivative action’‚ which allows a minority shareholder to bring a claim on behalf of the company. This applies
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there is a law which passes stealing‚ and it goes against morality‚ the citizens of this will not be guilty of the act. The greatest example of positive law can be seen when Hitler was the head of country. Hitler had gone against all morality when he legalized the killing of Jews. This is known as the holocaust era in which a genocide done by Hitler when he was the governing head of Germany‚ This incident provides a situation in which the concept of positive law shows its flaws. As stated by John
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QUESTION: Discuss the salient dimensions of administrative justice and making reference to case law highlighting the most important rights linked to administration of justice. AUTHOR: KATALILO JOY INTRODUCTION This paper will be a discussion of the leading dimensions of administrative justice and will highlight the fundamental rights linked to administration of justice. Governments exist to provide guidance to its people. In fulfilling this important duty‚ governments make decisions that
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Accountability 7 What is accountability? 7 Report of Royal Commission 1992 7 Report of the Senate Select Committee 2002 7 Forms of accountability 8 1. Political accountability 8 2. Financial Accountability 8 3. Administrative Law accountability 9 4. Ethical responsibility and integrity 10 Red-Light‚ Green-Light 11 Red Light Approach 11 Green Light Approach 11 Amber Light approach 11 Foundations of Administrative Law 12 Accountability across the public/private divide 13 Legality: rules
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Discrimination has been defined as the unequal treatment of equals. Discrimination is expressed in overt behavior‚ while prejudice is expressed in attitude.Race discrimination in this country is closely related to historical patterns of immigration and migration‚ particularly in the flow of newcomers to northern cities. Immigrants to the cities have‚ as groups‚ tended to occupy the lowest social and economic level.During the last thirty years efforts to combat racial discrimination have figured prominently
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Family law is the body of law pertaining to marriage and matrimonial issues. Its main aim is to protect each member of a family‚ whether that family is nuclear‚ de-facto‚ single parent‚ Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander or blended in nature‚ as family is the foundation of society. It can be argued that as society progresses in an ever developing world‚ the law continues to languish behind society’s changing values in regards to the recognition of same-sex relationships‚ surrogacy and birth technologies
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Immigration Law and Reform The current immigration situation of the U.S. is bleak and has been for sometime‚ post 9/11 has brought forth a paranoia that is very debilitating to the immigrant community and its aftershocks are still being felt to this day. The obstacles emplaced on the hopeful citizen or resident to our country are high‚ and almost impossible to overcome and the controversy remains to get more tangled in complicated rhetoric and patriotic zealots who are NOT thinking of alternatives
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW James Maurici‚ Landmark Chambers Introduction 1. This talk will look at: i. What is environmental law? ii. The sources of environmental law iii. Some key concepts in environmental law: the precautionary principle‚ the polluter pays‚ public participation and access to environmental justice iv. An introduction to the main areas of environmental law: a. air quality b. climate change c. contaminated land d. noise e. environmental permitting f. waste g. water h. nature
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Discuss the extent to which Consumer law achieves its objectives. The most efficient way for consumers to get what they want is through the ‘market’‚ not the government‚ but businesses have more power than their customers. Some businesses can and will use abuse this power and cheat and steal from consumers to make money. Because of this‚ the government regulates the behaviour of businesses to have a market economy that functions properly. These laws mainly protect consumers against; misleading/deceptive
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