contingency rightlegal history
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role in feudal land tenure
( in common law: The feudal land law )
...obligations of knight service. Periodic services tended to be commuted into fixed annual payments, which ceased, under the impact of inflation, to have much value. The “incidents,” or contingency rights, however, such as the right of the feudal lord to take the land if the tenant died without heirs and his rights regarding wardship and marriage of the tenant’s infant heirs (that...
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role in feudal land tenure common law
...obligations of knight service. Periodic services tended to be commuted into fixed annual payments, which ceased, under the impact of inflation, to have much value. The “incidents,” or contingency rights, however, such as the right of the feudal lord to take the land if the tenant died without heirs and his rights regarding wardship and marriage of the tenant’s infant heirs (that...
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effect on social movements collective behaviour
How the immediate effects of collective behaviour are translated into long-term consequences depends upon several contingencies, of which four merit attention. First, the nature of the response by authorities affects the immediate course of the collective behaviour. Some evidence suggests that alarmed and repressive reactions strengthen polarization, that moderate reactions strengthen the...
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postmaterialism postmaterialism
...less emphasis on traditional cultural norms, especially those that...
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agency agency
If the principle of private autonomy were uncompromisingly applied to the law of agency, only an actually authorized agent could create legal rights and obligations for his principal. The will of the principal would then precisely define the boundaries of the agent’s competence; however, a third party cannot always make a reliable determination of whether the agent has acted within the scope of...
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bureaucracy bureaucracy
Bureaucracies have clear lines of command and control. Bureaucratic authority is organized hierarchically, with responsibility taken at the top and delegated with decreasing discretion below. Because of the risk of organizational parochialism produced by limited and specific jurisdictional competencies, the capacity to coordinate and control the multiplicity of units is essential. Authority is...
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education education, philosophy of
There are several issues that fall under this heading. What justifies the state in compelling children to attend school—in what does its authority to mandate attendance lie? What is the nature and justification of the authority that teachers exercise over their students? Is the freedom of students rightly curtailed by the state? Is the public school system rightly entitled to the power it...
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