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A Profusion of Chancery Reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The refrain that law and equity cannot peaceably cohabit the same court is familiar and persistent. In his 1790 treatise on contracts, Joseph Powell protested that blending law and equity was subversive of first principles. He claimed, That a right in
Oldham, James
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The Confluence of Divine Law and Modern Legal Systems: Insights from Sharia on Achieving Balance Between Justice and Equity [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌نامه حقوق اسلامی
Sharia law, derived from the Quran and Hadith, offers a comprehensive framework for addressing societal issues and promoting justice and equity. Despite Western misconceptions, Sharia law effectively meets the needs of contemporary society.
Ishtiaque Ahmed   +2 more
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The emergence of the concept of unjust enrichment in New Zealand, its relationship to the remedial constructive trust and the development of the status of joint ventures in equity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
From the 1970s onward there have been numerous attempts to persuade the courts of New Zealand that unjust enrichment might be an acceptable basis for imposing equitable remedies.
Tappenden, Sue
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'Comments on Larry May's 'Limiting Leviathan: Hobbes on Law and International Affairs' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Larry May makes some important arguments about Hobbes on law and particularly about the significance of the notion of equity for Hobbes, both as a moral law and as a (possibly limiting) requirement of a sovereign’s lawmaking authority.
Curran, Eleanor
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Equity in German Private Law

open access: yesActa Universitatis Carolinae. Iuridica
The German legal system, as in most continental legal systems, is primarily based on statutes. When deciding a case, judges apply the law as written in norms and do not put their own idea of a just and equitable result in place of the solution provided ...
Reinhard Bork
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Decline in the Reform of Law Teaching? The impact of policy reforms in tertiary education

open access: yesLegal Education Review, 1999
In an article highlighting a number of problems with regard to the way in which centralised equity policy has been implemented in Australian universities, Eleanor Ramsey has noted the lack of equity programs directed at participation- based issues.
Vivienne Brand
doaj   +1 more source

Eficacia y justicia del orden natural de la equidad

open access: yesEstudios de Deusto, 2012
The generalness and the casuistry are the alternative ways of producing law. Both orientations have improved according to the perfection acquired in their respective experiences of application.
Manuel María Zorrilla Ruiz
doaj   +1 more source

“A Considerable Surgical Operation”: Article III, Equity, and Judge-Made Law in the Federal Courts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This Article examines the history of judge-made law in the federal courts through the lens of the early-nineteenth-century federal courts’ equity powers.
Collins, Kristin A.
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Use of evidence to inform regional primary health care planning in Australia

open access: yesHealth Research Policy and Systems
Background Use of evidence to inform health policy and planning decisions is important to ensure effective, efficient and equitable interventions, yet there has been little examination of decentralized, regional health bodies. This study aimed to examine
Alice Windle   +3 more
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Government for Leaving No One Behind: Social Equity in Public Administration and Trust in Government

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2021
A great deal of ink has been spilled over attempts to increase trust in government. Surprisingly, the impact of social equity on trust in government has received relatively little attention.
Yunsoo Lee
doaj   +1 more source

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