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    Investing in Duplex Properties Duplex properties are one of the best investments that homebuyers can make, especially if it is a first time buy. The beauty of investing in a duplex property is that even though you might be paying a little more to purchase this property than a single family home, the return will be much greater. You might be wondering how this is possible. Since a duplex has two living areas, you can rent out one of the units while living in the other. This allows you to reduce your

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    state of nature, property, etc. Locke’s writing on property is thought to be one of the more controversial topics in philosophy today and is criticized by other philosophers. His Labor Theory of Property is also a part of the Theory of Natural law and it states that the property will become yours if and when you put your own labor into making that unowned resource yours. This essay will discuss Locke’s thesis of how one acquires property, the concepts that lead up to owning property in the natural

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    Question 1: Property Transactions Issue: Mrs Kerry works full time for an engineering consultancy company, and her husband James is a computer technician. Kerry has sold two properties over the past 24 months. She can’t believe that New Zealand does not tax capital gains. She has come to see me for advice on whether tax would be imposed on the sale of the two properties. Law: Section CB 3: Amounts received from the sale of personal property derived from the carrying on or carrying out of any undertaking

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    Property and Inequality Throughout the works of philosophers, such as Rousseau and Locke, property has been discussed as the cause of inequality. By examining past theories created and evidence found in today’s current society, it can be determined that the ownership of property is the source of inequality. This can be proven by beginning with the state of human nature. Beginning with the classes of early humans, human evolution shows evidence of properties such as natural selection, which show

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    money make these objects ours? I believe that Locke’s views on property are an outdated sense of the idea of property. Property in Locke’s opinion is gained through adding one’s labor into a product which puts an increase in value from the raw materials into a more polished product that is worth more. In my opinion Locke’s method is not the only way to make something our own property. My opinion is that one can accrue and own property through putting their labor into acquisition of wage which allows

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    from cell phones to property to even people’s individual selves. There are also many laws that protect their property and rules that govern the transfer of property as well. But how did society get private property? Karl Marx argues that private property initially began through theft, violence, or other unjust mechanisms. Does this mean that people should not have private property since it was based on unjust methods? I believe that Hume would still defend individual property ownership, despite Marx’s

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    Locke looked the individual as a foundation of property rights, that’s means each person has a properly in his own. Also, everyone will have an executive ownership for themselves only. This ownership right would have to extend out to the individual’s labor. This is related to slavery on how people get treat, where people agree to give up certain right. Locker basically believe that we all have the basic freedom of liberty, life, and property because they are human. We all have a natural right for

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    Your Property May be Worth More Than you Think The American suburban neighborhoods; a symbol of true social euphoria. Well off suburbs with adequate parks, consistently maintained streets, and up to par public facilities. Yet most important, residents who generally share the same tax bracket, whose funds support everything from streets, facilities, and the public schools around them. Furthermore, well off neighborhoods, contribute a larger amount of funds to their local public schools through their

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    In the United States, all states have websites to match unclaimed property with its rightful owners. Trusts to banks, insurance and even wages—there are numerous ways people can have unclaimed property. The states strive to provide as much information as possible to assure that the correct person is found and not the one across the city or even the state. In order to do this, personally identifying information is included. While this is crucial to match people with the money that they are owed, it

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    Word Count: 1930 Summative Assignment | Intellectual Property law | Term 1 In order for the Bell’s to maintain that they have the right to exploit the taken photo by submitting it into a competition, it must be proven that they hold ownership of the copyright and the work is protected as such. In order to discuss authorship and ownership, the subject matter of protection must be established. In the United Kingdom, there is a closed list of 8 copyright protectable forms of media found in the Copyright

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