Property Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

There are varied definitions of common property that exist in various contexts. Its application and use is, therefore, determined by the specific context. Our definition of common property is in relation to real tangible property. Common property in this context of real properties can be defined as a property that is collectively owned by public or a community to which every member of the community has equal right to use and access. Sometimes, the government can own common property. Where government owns common properties, all citizens have a right to use it in various activities. The ownership and product ...

Scenario One

Sebastian commits this offense when he dishonestly buys business class tickets with the intention to sell them. Evidence of further dishonesty is illustrated by his travelling in economy class while the company records indicate that he travelled in the business class. Even though no harm results to the company from his actions, the case of Attorney General’s Reference (No. 3 of 2003) held that the key determinant in the offense is the conduct, not the results. Accordingly, Sebastian has committed the offense regardless of the outcome of his conduct.
It is however imperative to note that it may ...

Discussion

The importance of the building's design and maintenance to a positive guest experience
In hospitality industry, having appropriate building design and maintenance would help the organization when it comes to providing positive guest experiences. The impressions of the guests may be established upon seeing the building’s physical appearance. These factors also provide a good experience that the guests will expect upon noticing these two factors. Roedel (n.d.) says that when it comes to hotel maintenance, there are four major areas that will help in increasing the hotel’s value. These values are in relation with the actual building’ ...

Use of Common Property to address the Commons Problem

Introduction
The use of common property to address the problem of common people refers to the tragedy of the commons. Most of the work on environment cuts across the pro-regulatory traditional protectionist laws and policies.
According to Acheson, the tragedy of commons does not hold correctly to the future of all the available resources. Private owners instead of the general deserving public use the resources. Acheson reviews several classic examples of managing environmental resources in his essay. There are some institutional regimes, which have been in operation for a long period without degrading the available resources. In addition, Acheson ...

- How the U.S constitution governs and affects the intergovernmental relations in the United States.
Since the ratification of the United States constitutions more than 200 years ago, there have existed some controversial issues concerning the relationships between the state government and the national government. The main controversies always appear when the following two questions are asked. The first question is always about the nature of the union between the state governments and the federal government. The other questions that appears to be ambiguous with regard to the relationship between the two governments is always about the authority, duties, ...

The essay is about eminent domain practice by the government of New London, Connecticut. Eminent domain is the power of the government to seize property of a citizen, without owner’s consent with the aim of providing benefit to the public from that property. The court has established this law that it is sovereign right to take private property for the greater public benefit. The fifth amendment of United States Constitution state that private property cannot be acquired for public use, without just compensation, which means appropriate compensation has not be paid in case of needing the property for ...

Aristotle embarks upon the journey to find the ideal governance by weighing the constitutions of different states in a bid to search for the counterpoise of the faulty institutions. The stalwart further goes on to introspect on the nature of the state and community. While every state aims at conformity with a prototype and thus achieves commonality and unity among the citizens, it is also not solicited at the same time. The very difference among the subjects constitutes the primal essence of a state and it is this dialectical feature which rather brings about the amalgamation of the state’ ...

These letters by John and Abigail Adams describe the important political, philosophical, economic and military issues that were first and foremost in the minds of the American people around the time of independence in 1776. Abigail Adams in particular was concerned about the abolition of slavery, the rights of blacks and women, and better economic and educational opportunities for the poor. Both were strongly opposed to tyranny, despotism and aristocracy, both in Britain and among the gentry and the Loyalists at home, and thought that armed rebellion and a declaration of independence were necessary in this struggle for liberty ...

Genesis

The book of Genesis in the Bible, majorly explains about the origin the Earth and man. It gives a chronological story of how God used six days to come up with the world and all that dwells in it. However, the book of Genesis does not give the historical context of God. It just traces the first words God\ during creation of the Earth and its inhabitants. A reader remains wondering how God came into existence. A super human being, very powerful, is creating human beings in his image. Although this may be true, the book of life does ...

Until today, over 2000 minerals have been discovered, and constantly on a daily basis, new minerals are discovered. Minerals just like matter is made up of atoms of elements arranged in a particular way together with a definite chemical composition. Notably, minerals are aggregates of nearly all rocks found on the earth’s crust. Geologists define minerals as inorganic materials on and in the earth’s crust with a specific chemical composition. Most minerals are always naturally occurring and it is worth noting that nearly all the minerals contain crystals. This is attributed to the fact that mineral particles ...

Introduction

Civil liberties are the freedoms and guarantees that the government cannot limit to an individual, either by law or judicial interpretation. Such civil liberties are; freedom from forced labor and slavery, freedom from torture and death, and so on. Many contemporary states have constitutional documents and bill of rights that function to warrant civil liberties. Some laws have been enacted by different countries using different legal means like ratifying and signing or address some controversial civil liberties. Controversial examples include; reproductive rights, property rights, civil marriage and rights to possess and bear arms.
The formal concept of civil liberties ...

Initial discussion (completed):

After reading Barnes and Smith, what are your thoughts on whether Corporations have a responsibility to society beyond maximizing profit? Do you agree with Peter Drucker that if corporations are to continue to enjoy success managers must step beyond self-interested behavior and assume responsibility for the public good? Or, do you agree with Milton Friedman, that spending shareholder's property against their wishes is immoral? Support your conclusions with outside references and resources.

I agree that any organizations and corporation’s responsibility is not limited to increasing its product line and merchandises and maximizing profit only, but also to the ...

The term mortgage is a French word meaning death contract. Be not fooled into thinking that it is a contract of the dead. This means that the contract only expires when it is repaid in full or when the property is taken away. The loans are suitable for individuals who wish to own property that they may be unable to afford. In this case a home. The details usually put down by the mortgage loan provider as below.

Extra costs to maintain the house

The extra stuff that the buyer would have to offset include: electricity, maintenance costs, security and lastly water bills. These are ...

Compare European law to UK law

In view of the difference in legal systems and the way in which different countries operate their property market, examine how Great Britain may not sit well in the European Community.
Most legal systems of the world are based on two dominant legal traditions which are Civil Law and common law. This makes the basis of how countries operate differently in many areas. Because of these inherent differences the influence can be phenomenal.
The basis of property law in Great Britain is based on common law principles which are supported by statutes, the law of property Act of 1925, ...

Physical property of a substance is that property which can only be observed but cannot be changed. They include color, volume and weight. On the other hand, a chemical property is that property of a substance which can only be observed through changing the chemical composition of the substance.

Difference between physical and chemical reactions

A physical reaction does not evolve a new matter. A chemical reaction on the other hand produces a new substance.

How different an element is from a compound

An element is a pure chemical material composed of the same type of atom. A compound on the other hand is entailed of atoms of unlike elements that are chemically ...

This organization is known as Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). From 1988, CRED collaborated with the World Health Organization to establish and maintain an Emergency Events Database EM-DAT. The World Health Organization (WHO) together with the Belgian Government offered the initial support for the establishment of EM-DAT.

This database is crucial in offering humanitarian based action both at the national and international levels. It provides information instrumental in making decisions on the disaster preparedness of individuals and countries. It also helps in evaluating the vulnerabilities facing various countries and regions and coming up with better ...

Thesis Statement

Assessing the impact of new technologies is hard. There are gains and there are also risks. Even when the benefits are clear, their side effects and costs may not be obvious. While convenience is their number one utility, there are many social drawbacks and disadvantages as well, to our society at large. For instance, the introduction of the automated teller machines (ATM) led to online banking.
At the onset, this change brought a lot of convenience to most of us. Yet, in hindsight, there were negative consequences to it. Automated machines have brought about unemployment in the banking sector, ...

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I agree that any organizations and corporation’s responsibility is not limited to increasing its product line and merchandises and maximizing profit only, but also to the society and its people based on the readings of Barnes and Smith. I believe that every corporation is part of the society and its activities influence the external environment beyond economic, legal, ethical and discretionary expectations from them. The organization activities may have impact on the consumption of natural resources as an element of its production process as well as the enrichment of the communities ...

Introduction

In the last couple of years, the role of the United States and another democratic government has expanded dramatically. Currently, the government used new and vast roles that lacked in the previous years in an effort to produce a productive men and women of the society. In the past, leaders used totally different methods of leadership compared to the modern leadership styles. New and improved methods of leadership are introduced as the world enters the diverse situation. The society requires a lot from the government, which they must fulfill in order to gain trust from the society. People living ...

National Differences and Political Economy

There are is a big relationship between corruption in a country and economic growth. Corruption will affect a country’s economic growth mostly negatively (Hill, Richardson & McKaig, 2006). Corruption among government officials goes hand in hand with public auction which is the theft, piracy, and blackmail by private individuals or individuals or groups. Public auction and corruption occurs public officials acquire income through excessive taxation. Requiring expensive licenses or permits from property holders, or taking property into ownership by the government without compensating the owners (Hill, Richardson & McKaig, 2006). Corruption can also be in the form of bribing a ...

Effect on Reducing Deficits and Stabilizing Prices

In a recent opinion editorial, American literary theorist, legal scholar, and public intellectual Stanley Fish decided to use a definition for neoliberalism provided by political thinker and writer Paul Treanor (2009). Fish stated that Treanor holds that neoliberalism is a philosophy where the existence and operation the market are valued separate from the production of goods and services, to the point of deliberately not justifying the market by its goods and services production. This creates an ethic based on the operation the market alone, and this resulting ethic is asserted as being capable of acting as a guide for ...

- Why do polluters pollute? Consider various reasons for both individuals and businesses.
Pollution is putting contaminated materials in the environment. These materials contain dangerous chemicals, which affect the life of living things. Pollution is caused by individuals and organizations, which are involved in different activities. Such kind of activities, which causes pollution, are; mining, manufacturing, and farming. Most polluters pollute due to ignorance and others due to lack of the information about the effects of polluting the environment. Businesses have contributed a lot in the pollution of the environment. Some of them lack enough capital to purchase disposal ...

Introduction

I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?

The modern pharmaceutical industry has currently developed several medications in an effort to address a wide array of concerns—concerns that they hope could be addressed by medications. However, along with that development is the ever-increasing number of individuals resorting to substance abuse. A number of substances, ...

In today’s consumerist culture, having the most things equates to social and cultural success – many people measure their self-worth and happiness by what they have instead of who they are (Cowen, 2009). At first, we seek to own things as a result of necessity – we primarily seek the things that we require in order to survive and thrive. Once those basic needs are met, however, we look toward amenities, and our major criteria for what we want to get is what the others around us have. When someone has something very expensive, and is clearly enjoying it, it ...

The police are a body of persons that are constituted and empowered by the government of a given state. The primary responsibility of the police is to maintain law and order, protect property and to enforce law. Among the powers of the police is the legitimized use of power or force when executing their duties but the use of force is only applicable where necessary. A police force is quite different from a military force. As far as the police force is concerned, cases of corruption and of extra judicial killings have been reported all over the world therefore ...

The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, a social or political issue, seems to be in question. The opponents to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes stick to the same argument of social and at times religious effects. The support of the movement seems to be basing all evidence in the far-reaching uses of cannabis beyond medical application. With Washington and Colorado both recently legalizing marijuana for recreational use, it reopens the debate about whether or not marijuana should be legal for medicinal purposes in the United States. A look at the current research, an analyzing the argument ...

Introduction

Grave of Fireflies, or ‘Hotaru no haka’ in Japanese, is a powerful and compelling animated film which was released in 1988 (Ebert). This 88 minutes long film was directed by Isao Takahata with the animation being done by Studio Ghibli, which has created a name for itself for producing quality and acclaimed animations. The movie’s story line is modeled on a novel bearing the same title, written in 1967 by Akiyuki Nosaka. Apparently, the author had undergone an experience comparable to that of Seita, the protagonist in both the film and the autobiography.
Grave of Fireflies has a ...

In the book Emile, Rousseau borrowed a lot of thinkers that came before him. He had the arguments of John Locke on teaching and education. Still, he quite remarkably combined the arguments of the preceding philosophers to form a coherent and comprehensive teaching system. Using the medium of the novel, Rousseau was able to dramatize such that they reached a wide audience. Rousseau saw the system of education as married to nature that had characteristics of harmony, and concern for the learner as well as the learning process itself. The premise of this argument was the preservation of the ...

The Situation

Regarding the chance hypothetically that you enter into a contract agreement with a job it is important to be aware of what this contract is legally binding you to. In this situation the contract in question will be regarding the fabulous hotel that hired a person as a head chef with a two year employment contract. When those two years were complete another job offer at a different hotel is presented to this person but there is one problem, and that is the employment contract at Fabulous hotel that was signed stated in it that, “The below-signed agrees not ...

Introduction

Competitive advantage is the ability of a firm that it develops in relation to its competitors that allows it to outperform them (Peteraf, 1993). If a firm can outperform competitors consistently, then it is called sustainable competitive advantage (Rodrigues and Dorrego, 2008). For example, Apple created groundbreaking products like iPhone, MacBook and iPad better in quality and features than others and its continued success and the never declining popularity of its products provides the company with a competitive advantage over its competitors. Sustainable competitive advantage cannot be developed overnight; rather it is built slowly over a period of time ...

The website is ethical because it provides information on an issue that affects the welfare of the society without breaching individual rights of the parties to divorce. It is objective because it focuses on issues related to divorce and not individuals. It offers appropriate guidance to Canadians who are applying for a divorce. It gives steps arranged in an orderly manner and well detailed on rules governing divorce in Canada, the qualified applicant, the procedures involved in filing a divorce, marital property and so on. The article is based on the ins and outs of divorce law extracted from ...

Q: How does one determine whether a particular lease is a capital lease or an operating lease? What entries are required in the general journals of a government fund and governmental activities at the government-wide level to record a capital lease at its inception?

Answer :

Lessee’s Perspective under IFRS:
According to the standards laid down by IFRS relating to lease accounting, the lease is classified by the economic substance of the transactions. Below are the situations under which the lease will be treated to be financing lease:
- If at the end of lease period, title of ownership is ...

Chapter review

Chapter review
Matter is anything that has mass and occupy space. The smallest particle of matter is referred to as an atom. An atom is the basic substance of the matter. An atom consists of; tiny subatomic substance. These substances are; proton, electron, and neutron. The protons are positively charged; electrons are negatively charged, and neutrons have no charge. The atom is divided into two parts, the center that consists of the neutrons and proton and the outer part which consist of the electrons.
An atom has different properties; a physical property can be seen and observed without changing ...

Intel Inc

Module 1
1) What are the maturities on Intel’s Long-term debt? 

2) What are Intel’s projected obligations on Long-Term Debt and Payments due by period?
3) What is the par or stated value of Intel’s preference shares? 
$0.001 per share
4) What is the par or stated value of Intel’s ordinary shares? 
$0.001 per share
5) What percentage of Intel’s authorized ordinary shares was issued at Dec 29, 2012? 
= (4944/10000)*100
=49.44%
6) How many ordinary shares were outstanding at Dec 29, 2012, and Dec 31, 2011? 

Total number of outstanding ordinary shares were 4944.

Module 2
 1) How many options were ...

Split Estate is a movie that generally explains how the rights of individuals contradict according to the law in most states in America. This is explained by how an individual may be having the legal possession of a property such as land, but when minerals like natural gas and oil are discovered beneath that land; oil companies take control over this land (William, 12). Even when the legal procedure is used, most of the surface owners usually end up losing to the mining companies due to the rights and laws governing the mining practice of the minerals (Estate, 16). ...

Despite the fact that the dominant position in the family in ancient Egypt was held by the man, his wife, who gave birth and raised children, was considered to be no less important member of the family, as she was the one who preserved, and at times increased wealth of the family, as well as sustained procreation.
The main function of women, of course, was procreation. There is available evidence that the marriages were entered into often at the behest of couple`s parents or masters, however from the lyrical verses scholars became aware that young people enjoyed a ...

Introduction

Alcohol consumption is endemic in the US with 80% youngsters under the age of 21 being involved in underage drinking. Despite the minimum legal drinking age set at 21, studies show that almost all the youths start drinking alcohol before crossing the threshold of 21. The trend among youngsters to drink heavily than adults is alarming. Alcohol abuse among youngsters is more prevalent than smoking tobacco or marijuana. As per the report presented by CDC, over 4,700 annual deaths occurring in the US are associated with underage drinking and more than 90% youngsters who use alcohol involve in ...

Communism is an idea, an ideology that strives to establish a classless society in which every individual is the same, based on common ownership of production. It can be seen as a branch of the broader socialist movement. However, communism as a political goal is the superior form of future social organization. Communism is a term commonly used to clarify the embodiment of the dictatorship of the proletariat, and the political and economic power of the Communist Party regime.
At the end of the 19th century, Marxist theory has encouraged the formation socialistic parties across Europe; although later their ...

Music has evolved and undergone through many stages since it first started. In the ancient times, music was majorly drum-based, percussion instruments such as sticks and rocks since they were the instruments that were readily available. Music was majorly used for religious purposes in the past. There were no notations or written music in these times. However, the evolution of music and instruments has been steady. Egyptians had created flutes and harps by 4000 BC. The Hittites first used the guitar, which is one of the most popular instruments used today in music, in 1500 BC. The first recovered ...

In Karl Marx's Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, the philosopher denotes the main problems with private ownership, political economics and capitalist society. In short, those with property are the bourgeoisie, and those without property are the workers - the proletariat. Workers are frequently impoverished and alienated from their own world, most due to their inability to relate to the products that he creates. By making these products for other people, he is giving of himself to others without getting anything in return; he does not own any of the world that he gives his life to. Work is ...

The nature of animals and their rights have been a contentious topic for many philosophers. Animal nature has been a complex topic for researchers and scientists and provides a great opportunity for philosophers to come up with theories or concepts that help us understand animals better. It is based on the idea of animals being treated in the same manner as humans such on the basis of being conscious. However, most of the theories agree that animals should no longer be used for clothing, entertainment, research subjects, food, or property. Some of the greatest contributors in this topic include ...

“Can’t Buy me Love? Anxious Attachment and Materialistic Values”: A Critical Evaluation

Hampson and Coleman (1995) have proposed that one of the most important ways in which psychology differs from the natural sciences is on the basis of individual differences. Unlike chemicals, there are no two people who can be considered to be the same; not the so called identical twins because when subjected to similar stimuli, they respond quite differently. This forms the basis of personality and individual differences in psychology, which looks into responses of people in similar situations under the introduction of a state ...

Herein I answer the following three questions:
"I discoveredabout the poets that no wisdom enabled them to compose as they did" What do poets (and, presumably, artists of all sorts) lack, according to Socrates?

Some people appear to defend this argument: if you offend my religion, I have a right to break the law, doing violence to you or your fellow citizen and their property in your own country and abroad. Given Socrates' central argument in Crito, what might he say to that? ...

Gender roles and gender-related stereotypes are often depicted in literary works. For example, Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” could be considered misogynistic because it promotes the stereotype that women are the root of all evil, manipulate men for their selfish needs, and create chaos because all female characters in the play show that form of behavior. On the other hand, it is also possible to notice the lack of stability and logic in the main character Macbeth who is depicted as a naïve, indecisive, and dependent character. In “Candide,” it is possible to notice that Voltaire depicts the vulnerability ...

Gender roles and gender-related stereotypes are often depicted in literary works. For example, Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” could be considered misogynistic because it promotes the stereotype that women are the root of all evil, manipulate men for their selfish needs, and create chaos because all female characters in the play show that form of behavior. On the other hand, it is also possible to notice the lack of stability and logic in the main character Macbeth who is depicted as a naïve, indecisive, and dependent character. In “Candide,” it is possible to notice that Voltaire depicts the vulnerability ...

The term culture is somewhat a multifaceted characteristic of a people that is rather difficult to define in simple terms. Social scientists have developed several definitions of the term culture however, the simplest definition terms culture as a combination of accepted character among the people living within a community . In general, every community has an accepted character defined by personal perceptions, attitudes, motivation, background, social class and personality. All these factors affect the behavior of an individual. Mitchell (1999), argues that such factors tend to be similar in cases where a community shares similar traditions, religion, perceptions, heritage and ...

My family used to own a farm that took up about 120 acres in northeastern Texas. The nearest town was a sleepy hamlet called Ector, that had about 800 people in it when I was a kid; the town has grown smaller since then. Bonham was further down the road, the seat of Fannin County. When I was a kid, you could go into Bonham to bowl or watch a movie, or even shop at Wal-Mart. But we didn’t do any of those things when I was a kid, and we went down to the farm. Instead, we ...

According to Peter Drucker, Post-Capitalist Society (1993) [Lustig], the communist analysis on the capitalistic system consists in concentration on the thesis that wage-laborers are being subjugated by wealth holders and in return obtain only part of the profits of their labor; and with the accumulation of capital the dissimilarity of earnings between laboring poor and non-laboring rich tends to boost. The Marxist resolution in this case suggest confiscate the capitalists’ property and expose them to the same situation as wage-laborers, so that everybody can turn to an employed person and get paid according to his skills. The general work ...

C. Wright Mills; The Sociological Imagination p. 355-358 in Lemert, C. (Ed.) Social Theory: The Multicultural and Classic Readings. 3nd ed. (37-41) (2004) Boulder, CO.: Westview Press.

“Underlying this sense of being trapped are seemingly impersonal changes in the very structure of continent-wide societies. The facts of contemporary history are also facts about the success and the failure of individual men and women. When a society is industrialized, a peasant becomes a worker; a feudal lord is liquidated or becomes a businessman. When classes rise or fall, a person is employed or unemployed; when the rate of investment goes ...

Abstract

This paper gives an insight to the jurisdictions of crimes. It also establishes the similarities and differences of federal and state jurisdictions in criminal law. It also establishes the concurrent state and federal jurisdictions. All these concepts are illustrated in three different crime jurisdictions

Introduction

The United States of America’s Constitution bestows the individual states with the authority to rule themselves, however where the whole nation’s interests is at stake, Federal law overrules any state law. This is confined under the U.S. Constitution Supremacy Clause. Conversely, some criminal law quarters are concurrently engaged by the state ...

Governing the nation

Declaration of American independence and formation of the articles of confederation and eventually the American constitution changed the lives of many people in many different ways. Declaration of independence stated that all people in America were equal and they possessed natural rights which were not to be disregarded by any chance. People are different and there was need for an order which was to be ensured by the government.
Government is an institution that is governed by rules and laws set by the people within the jurisdiction of a country. Rules are laws are ...