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    Pontellier, Chopin's stereotypical male, visits the Doctor regarding the 'strange behaviors' of his wife, Mandelet inquires about the symptoms of this 'curious illness.' Upon being told of her recent disregard of her duties to her husband and her new ideas concerning the eternal rights of women, Mandelet already perceives that there might be another man in Mrs. Pontellier's life. During the conversation, however, he seems to keep the front of being a stereotypical male in the company of Mr.…

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    The Bar Council regulates the work of barristers so they are your go-to people in case you have any complaints. Legal Executives Legal executives are legally qualified professionals employed largely by solicitors and usually specialising in a given area of law and they are regulated by the Institute of Legal Executives. Legal executives can work in various locations apart from law firms. For instance, obtaining senior roles in the legal departments of commercial organisations,…

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    The courts then formed a test called the test of proportionality. This test was originally created by Lord Hope in the case of Kebeline but it was amplified in Lambert and was explained further in Brown v Scott . The test holds three limbs which are, what the prosecution must prove in order for the burden to shift to the accused, what is the burden of the accused and what is the nature of the threat to society which the Act in question is trying to prevent. If the reverse burden given to the…

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    Chong also faces challenges with regard to the differences of culture between Malaysia and his home country, China. Research shows that individuals from different cultures may face challenges in understanding the behavior and values of others in the host country. Thus, this can cause a cultural clash (Tahir & Ismael, 2010). However, China and Malaysia are culturally close, so it can be expected that Mr. Chong adjust more easily than if he were to do business in countries with more cultural…

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    Australian Contract Law

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    contractual freedom has taken a vital role in defining the term of contract law. The origin of the Australian contract law can be traced back to the development of the English common law and was brought and introduced to Australia…

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    What makes a person an American? For many people America is a symbol of freedom. This freedom that Americans contain really is at the core of what makes them American. “And the American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the American people: hardworking, innovative, risk-taking, God- loving, family-oriented American people.” As Romney said people are allowed to have their own religion, take risks, and they are really…

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    Contract Law, 2012). At the dawn of the 21st century when commerce is more integrated than ever before and jurisdictions are attempting to make themselves more commercially flexible, exercises aimed at rendering the common law less opaque and creating a common legal grammar, if not a common substantive law, should not be unduly discarded. So why has Australia taken such a ‘piecemeal’ approach to the application of this evolving transnational legal architecture? This commentary notes…

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    countries need to know those laws and respect them. The first colonies were Van Diemen 's Land in 1825 when another colony was abandoned. The other colonies are Western Australia. Western Australia becomes colonies in 1827. Australia has common laws. Common law countries are not too hard on people who commit crime. They believe on treat people fair. Australia is very hard when people commit crime. They do give people a fair trial. Italy took over the first colonies in 1869.…

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    Wrongful Life Case Study

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    Paragraph 3 – Against Wrongful life should not be recognised as a compensable tort in Australia. The High Court has been wary of making decisions about what kind of actions are compensatable since the case of Distillers Co. (Biochemicals) Ltd v Thompson (Laura Anne) [1971] which was a case arising due to the effects of thalidomide. In recent years the case of Harriton v Stephens [2006], has been the benchmark for decisions of wrongful life. In this case there was a claim for wrongful life by…

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    In law and rulings many things affect the outcome like criminal record, time period, and precedent amongst a few things but our main goal should always be justice. Procedure and process are key by all means but you may follow every step in a manual or recipe right and still produce an outcome unlike you are supposed to its human error our main goal should simply be that of justice. If we can simply take our time and be persistent the truth of every situation will make itself evident we shouldn’t…

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