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    George Packer Inequality

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    Numerous governments create long, descriptive contracts to prevent many Americans from suffering the loss of their income. However, adequate people ignore the credibility and veracity of the contract that will risk their life and their income. Because of that, some people are forced to pay more taxes while others receive properties fairly. In two essays, Forty Acres & a Gap in Wealth by Henry Gates and The Broken Contract: Inequality & American Decline by George Packer, they both share the…

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    The war on terror has brought forth various unexpected challenges for the United States. In many instances, as history has shown, the minority of those with power have imposed their own self-interest upon the majority of people with little to no power. To combat the abuse of such power, the Writ of Habeas Corpus was written into the Constitution to provide rights to individuals who have been accused of a crime, although select Presidents have found ways to circumvent that right and assert…

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    argument and made it strong. Similarly, Dardyshire had done the same in the random or representative part of her article. She used people always follow the Lord Chief Justice 's 1973 Practice Direction as a counter-example, pointing out that it is not the law which is not that trustworthy. She then further defence her point with the support of Marshall, G. etc. She used the word “magically” to satirize the opposing side which can draw the readers’ attention and make the contention more critical.…

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    con, date back to Athens when a school taught students to win arguments using fallacies. The following are the most common fallacies used. Fallacies are easy to agree with and are simple statements with little or irrelevant information to back them up. Some fallacies are based on the assumption that different events and observations are correlated. “Over-generalization” is a common fallacy that applies a certain observation to an entire group, drawn from an unrepresentative sample. Such…

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    is authorized to act on the behalf of the principal. The four types of agency relationships are expressed agency, implied authority, agency by estoppel, and agency by ratification (Kubasek, Brown, Herron, Dhooge, & Barkacs, 2016, p. 412). The most common relationship is the expressed agency which is applicable between Dave and Empire Courier Service. Their expressed relationship would presumably be expressed through an employer/employee contract. The three types of business relationships are…

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    I. The court will likely find Humphrey entrusted the truck to Haley under Alabama common law. “When one person drives a car belonging to another, a rebuttable presumption of entrustment... arise when ownership is established ” Edwards v. Valentine, 926 So. 2d 315, 320 (Ala. 2005). This presumption can be rebutted by strong, clear and undisputed evidence that the driver was neither the agent of the owner nor operating the vehicle with her permission or consent. Thompson v. Harvard, 235 So.2d…

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    Evidentiary privileges shall be governed by the principles of the common law in the light of reason and experience. It is aimed to encourage full and frank communication between attorneys and their clients to promote public interest in the observance of law and administration of justice. Attorney-Client Privilege It is the Client’s right privilege to refuse to disclose or prevent others from disclosing confidential communications between the client and the attorney. Here, Carolyn (C) hires…

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    Cohabitation In Marriage

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    relationships between individuals, as is the case when common-law status is given, and that the government need not take the wishes and intentions of the individuals involved into account. This means increased state control over who is obligated to whom, and in what capacity, as well as who is deemed an appropriate recipient of the benefits and services that those in publicly, legally recognized couples are eligible for (156). Assigning common-law status to an increased number of people might…

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    public declaration of marriage to conclude a common law marriage existed. In order to prove the existence of a common law marriage, the party asserting the existence must show (1) present intent and agreement to be married; (2) continuous cohabitation; and (3) public declaration of the marriage. If all three elements are proven then a court will likely find that a common law marriage exists. On the other hand, there will be no conclusion of a common law marriage if at least one of the elements…

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    Do not Get Trapped Into Marriage! Many couples decide to jump into their new lives together by taking the first major step in a long term committed relationship: moving in together. Moving in with a high school sweetheart after one month because they are so in love and their parents just do not understand their love may not be top of the list for good ideas. The man that a woman met off Tinder the night prior who bought beers and tequila shots all night may also not be the most promising future…

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