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Case Note: McGeown v NSW Land and Housing Corporation Ⅰ INTRODUCTION The doctrine of precedent plays a major role in a common law system and only this system makes its law by this principle. McGeown v NSW Land and Housing Corporation is a case involving the doctrine of precedent as well as the interpretation of the common law system. It is clear to the court that there was no real dispute between the parties about factual matters, however the issue at trial was whether the applicant breach the…

The main purpose of this qualitative descriptive study is to carry out analysis of major causes of youth labor migration after political revolution in Nepal, and its relationship with political and ethnic conflict in recent years. This study proposes to conduct a six-month long qualitative research in Southern-Central districts (Parsa, Bara, Rautahat, and Sarlahi) of Nepal on the subject of youth migration and ethnic conflict, and how ethnic conflict plays role in this issue. Often time, policy…

Dalton Conley’s memoir narrates how growing up white in the projects of NYC affected how he perceived race as he grew older. Growing up being one of the few white boys in a mostly black and Puerto Rican neighborhood on Manhattan’s Lower East Side made his childhood out of the ordinary. Conley opens up the book with an incident that underlines his experience with color in his childhood. In an attempt to show his unawareness to color, three year old, Conley whose mother was pregnant at that time,…

decision by a superior court should be binding on inferior courts, hence, the ratio of past cases are legally binding on subsequent cases. This concept is called precedent and it is designed to give effect to the fact that the English law to some large extent is based on case law, and that case laws are not mere materials which a judge takes into consideration when making a decision on a particular case. Binding precedents are obtained from the legal reasoning for the decision of the court,…

Innovations, technologies, patents, and investments into research and development are an initiative where John Deere and Co. excels. John Deere is a leader in technological advancements. The company has “spent hundreds of millions of dollars on technologies that use detailed data on soil type, seed variety, and weather to help farmers cut costs and increase yields,” write Faulkner & Cebul (2014). These technologies are the future of agriculture. John Deere has focused on innovations,…

Case studies provide a way of examining a phenomena in a real life situation. Ching (2014) suggests case studies are beneficial in helping link theory to practice, and allow for application and integration of knowledge, skills, theories and experience. During this essay I will discuss case study six – ‘power relations in participatory research and community development: a case study from northern England’, looking at what could have been improved, and. what was done well. I will then move on to…

and extensibility of core engine. PICT take input of plain-text file that specified by tester as test factor (parameters) and test factor values (values of parameter) (Czerwonka, 2006). Two phases need to be passed through in order to generate test cases in PICT, preparation and generation. Firstly, all information needed in generation phase need to be computed in preparation phase. This information includes parameter-interaction structure that defined interaction of values to be covered. From…

Elder Mistreatment Case Study This case study was concerning the health and safety of Mr. Edward McKay in his home. Mr. McKay is an 82 year old gentleman who after suffering two cerebral vascular accidents has been left with left sided hemiplegia and is unable to speak. He is bedridden with bilateral lower extremity contractures, incontinent, dysphasic and dysphagic. Mr. McKay’s physical condition alone would require total care on a 24 hour basis to assist with feeding, changing and turning…

Open Source Software Projects: A Balance of Trust and Control According to Jones et al. (2005), trust is the single most important driver for the success of virtual teams. However, as a result of Michael Gallivan’s (2001) case study on open source software projects, he now believes that there is another variable to this movement that can be found in control. He presents the McDonaldization theory by identifying four aspects of modern organizations: efficiency, calculability, predictability and…

BP was having a problem with the amount of contractors they were employing and the amount of money that was being funneled to these contractors. The extent in which BP was relying on contractors caused them to lose control over the projects that the contractors were completing. This in demonstrated with the company not even having a number of how many contractors they had employed, to the point where they had to stop counting (O 'Brien & Marakas, 2013). Having too many contractors puts projects…