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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Claimant"”.
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Mistaken in the Man: The Life, Death, and Estate Trial of John McClellan
… inherit his money and property. Three groups of claimants came before the local courts with the belief that John McClellan was, in some way, their relative. After eighteen years of litigation, none of the claimant parties could prove that the man who died in Sioux Falls was their relative by the …
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Mistaken in the Man: The Life, Death, and Estate Trial of John McClellan
… inherit his money and property. Three groups of claimants came before the local courts with the belief that John McClellan was, in some way, their relative. After eighteen years of litigation, none of the claimant parties could prove that the man who died in Sioux Falls was their relative by the …
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Media diplomacy in the South China Sea disputes: Vietnam, China and the Philippines 2012 – 2016
… period of the crises (2012 – 2016), although the claimant states avoided conflicts at sea, they changed the status quo pertaining to the control and the nature of some of the maritime features in the disputed zone. More importantly, public perceptions about the SCS issues, especially the crises, …
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IDENTIFYING A PREDICTABLE PROPERTY CRIME TREND MODEL IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND
… official monthly police statistics and official claimant count (unemployment) data. The research focused on the region of the North East of England, encompassing the police force areas of Cleveland, Northumbria and Durham. The research used a post National Crime Recording Standards, (NCRS) …
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In Search of a United Regional Front: ASEAN Roadblocks and Conflicting Foreign Policies in Addressing the South China Sea Dispute(s)
… with internal fragmentation between ASEAN claimant and non-claimant states, and the factor of domestic politics.
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Mock Juror Understanding of Complex Testimony: the Flynn Effect in Atkins Cases
… participants being more likely to agree that the claimant meets diagnostic criteria for ID. In addition, participants' need for cognition (NFC) and other related attitudes were measured. Participants higher in NFC were more likely to scrutinize application of the Flynn effect and determine the …
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Anglo-Iberian Relations 1150-1280: A Diplomatic History
… between Henry III of England (the brother of a claimant) and Alfonso X of Castile (a claimant in his own right). Finally, Chapter Eight studies the failed marriage of the infante Sancho of Castile and Gilhelme (Willemina), the younger daughter of the vicomte of Béarn, Gaston VII. This involved …
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Examining the Progression of Disability Benefits Among Employees in the United States
… from January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1996 from claimants who were also insured for long-term disability (LTD) by UNUM. The resulting sample includes 77,297 claims.The results of these studies are part of a larger investigation that documented the Progression of Disability Benefits (PODB) …
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Defamation, the right to freedom of expression and libel reform in the UK: A comparative analysis of legal regulation and jurisprudence in the UK, the United States of America, Germany, and the European Court of Human Rights
… that the UK’s common law on defamation was too claimant friendly and as such either potentially or actually chilled free speech. The phenomenon of libel tourism to the UK, illustrated by several high profile cases and arguably the result of the claimant friendly tilt of the law, served to prompt …
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Juha the Whale
… daughter face as they await the status of their claimant hearing in Toronto, Canada. Najah (45) and her daughter Noor (8), spend the days leading up to their hearing in cramped refugee housing, awaiting the verdict, which will determine whether they can remain in Canada or be deported back to …
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An Analysis of the South China Sea Dispute: Focusing on the Assessment of the Impact of Possible Solutions on the Economies of the Region.
… exclusive zone or continental shelf. All of the claimant countries of the South China Sea dispute are signatories to the UN Law of the Sea Convention, which created guidelines concerning the status of the islands, the continental shelf, enclosed seas, and territorial limits with the exclusivity …
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Relevant, important and credible: reflections on applying anthropology in the South African land restitution process
… and activities of the Commission and the claimant population) and in-depth interviews (of key actors). My brief from the Commission required me to conduct structured and semi-structured interviews and extensive archival research (for the compilation of a historical overview of the …
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Constructing equality: developing an intersectionality analysis to achieve equality rights for the girl child subject to South African customary law
… legal and social contexts in which a rights claimant lives is critical to the achievement of substantive equality.
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A critical examination of the legal ambiguities surrounding labour tenants in terms of the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act.
… definition and have caused inconsistency.12 If a claimant falls short of the definition he or she is disqualified from all benefits deriving from the LTA.13 Therefore placing this issue in the hands of the courts is an injustice to labour tenants. This mini dissertation will explore whether the …
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The doctrine of forum non conveniens and the discretionary limitation of jurisdiction of the South African Admiralty Court in terms of section 7(1) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act, 105 of 1983, as amended
… of "maritime claims" now available to the claimant came a statutory extension of the Court's powers to adjudicate on matters maritime in -terms of the Act brought by "the wandering litigants" of the maritime community.
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Private International Law Aspects of Freezing Injunctions
… the current scope of the relief is excessively claimant-friendly and involves illegitimate interference with the sovereignty of foreign states. Taking into account the tactical reasons for seeking a freezing injunction, the author challenges the current interpretation of the substantive …
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The South African application of the global phenomenon of limitation of liability and the impact of proposed amendments to the South African legislation
… the stakes are a bit higher in so far as the claimant will need to show that the damage was foreseeable, that there was causation and further remoteness which are all listed as the deciding factors in a claim for liability1 . To this end, Maritime Law in South Africa has a primary exclusion …
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International criminal law and refugee protection: The interplay between international criminal law and Article 1F(A) of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
… involved and the possible consequences to the claimant require a uniform approach derived from international criminal law. This interpretation and application of the clause institutes universal, fair, and just procedures in the application of criminal principles to refugee law. It upholds the …
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The crimes club: the early years of our society
… ‘Jack the Ripper,’ Charles Peace, the Tichborne claimant, Kate Webster, Neill Cream, Dr. Crippen, George Joseph Smith and many others. Inspired by famous crimes and trials of the late Victorian era when they had been young men, the members of the Crimes Club came together in the early years of …
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Perspectives on Property and Unjust Enrichment
… to the defendant’s unjust enrichment at the claimant’s expense, it is shown both that the claimant did not take the risk of the defendant’s insolvency and that the defendant was aware of the circumstances of the claimant’s claim.
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