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    King Philip Regime and Government In the novel, Paris 1200 by John W. Baldwin, King Philip (Philip Augustus), was an important contributor to the growth of the French Monarchy. He was able to increase the Monarchy better then any other King before him. He defeated many enemies, sought to overtake the British crown and embarked on a third crusade. King Philip Augustus brought financial stability to the country and was very popular amongst his subjects. King Philip when assigned King had many goals

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    barons long before 1214. Throughout John’s reign, the barons felt an increase in feudal obligations: they were forced to provide more soldiers, take more subtenants, marry into undesirable alliances, and their feudal courts’ power was being usurped by the royal courts and chancery. King John had been excommunicated for not agreeing with Pope Innocent III’s candidate for Archbishop of Canterbury, and in doing so excommunicated the subjects of England. Combine all of those issues with losing the

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    Equity’s role and true nature has been and is still widely discussed. The word ‘equity’ refers to fairness, then in the case of the law its origins was based on addressing the shortcomings of the common law. Equity gave the people another way of accessing justice, with different remedies and bringing morality into the law. The place of morality in equity in its current position seemingly has changed, but if its presence is still relevant it does The quote from Sir Nathan Wright puts equity at an

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    Del. C. § 226. Specifically they argue that §266 has two clear deficiencies, (1) the statute does not give sufficient guidance for the court as to the many potential remedies developed by court and academics; and (2) the statute provides no guidance or restrictions on when courts should use the extreme remedies. Currently §266(a) states, (a) The Court of Chancery, upon application of any stockholder, may appoint 1 or more persons to be custodians, and, if the corporation is insolvent, to be receivers

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    The Confederate Flag and Mississippi The Confederate flag remains to be a hot topic that is drawing a lot of controversy in the state of Mississippi. Some individuals feel that the flag has a right to be flown all over the state; while, others can see it removed completely. The purpose of this paper is to discuss in detail four important topics as follows: (1) the history of the Confederate flag, (2) the economic impact, (3) state agencies and municipalities’ stance and (4) the Legislative position

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    Precedent is based on stare decisis, stand by what is decided. Every court is bound to follow any decisions made by a court above it in the hierarchy and appeal courts are generally bound by their own decisions, if the facts are similar. In addition, most appeal courts are generally bound by their own previous decisions. For example, both the Court of Appeal and the Divisional Court of the High Court are usually bound by their own previous decisions. Judges must follow the ratio decidendi of

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    SUPREME COURT – ARTICLE 163 * It is established by Article 163 of the Constitution. * It is composed of the Chief Justice who is the president of the Court. * The deputy Chief Justice who deputizes the Chief Justice and is the Vice President of the Court. It has five (5) other Judges. * The Court has exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and determine disputes relating presidential elections. * It has appellant jurisdiction to hear and determine appeal from: a) The Court of

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    states do not recognize a distinction between arbitration and expert determinations. In jurisdictions that recognize a distinction, the courts look at the

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    The Court did not pass on Granville’s constitutional challenge to the visitation statute. Issue: Whether section 26.10.160 of the Revised Code of Washington unconstitutionally interferes with a parent’s fundamental right to raise his or her children as he or she sees fit? Rule: Yes, the statute does unconstitutionally interfere with a parent’s right to make child-rearing decisions as desired. Analysis: The Court reasoned that the Washington statute violated

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    One of the most defining moments in the multiple spanning century history of the United States is the Constitutional Convention. The Constitutional Convention was held from May 25 to September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. This convention was to convene in order to fix the current presiding governing document, the Articles of Confederation. Each of the thirteen states were to send delegates to represent the desires of the state however, Rhode Island did not send a delegate. Each of these

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