(Answered) The decision in Williams v Roffey Bros signals that the courts in deciding whether or not to enforce a promise, may be guided less by technical questions of consideration than by questions of fairness, reasonableness and commercial utility.

The decision in Williams v Roffey Bros signals that the courts in deciding whether or not to enforce a promise, may be guided less by technical questions of consideration than by questions of fairness, reasonableness and commercial utility.   The assignment will be in accordance with the following criteria: • Structure of answer. • Identification […]

(Answered) If you were going to team up with Dr. Williams in a debate on the importance of diversity-based policies, what scholarly argument would you put forward in the debate?

In the following op-ed Dr. Patricia Williams, a prominent scholar of race and law, argues for the continuing need for affirmative action. If you were going to team up with Dr. Williams in a debate on the importance of diversity-based policies, what scholarly argument would you put forward in the debate? In your response, be […]

(Answered) Assignment AMH 2041: Was the motive for Europeans purely economic as historian Eric Williams argued in Capitalism and Slavery or was the motive based more on cultural or ideological reasons (racism)?

Students must write a research paper–using both primary and secondary sources–that answers the following question: One of the major debates among historians concerning the Atlantic Slave Trade focuses on the issue of why Europeans enslaved Africans between the mid 1500’s to the early 19th century. Was the motive for Europeans purely economic as historian Eric […]