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i got 1 that will stump u all

ive had big debates ova this even wit my legal teacher... n he tryed saying sumthing that makes sense

ne ways
we can tell the diff between equity and equality. rite??

but whats the difference between equity and fairness?????
 

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lol firstly SKA i love ur avatar... funniest thing ever!
shit i cant even recall the diff between equity and equality.. refresh me? is tehre a diff between equity and fairness/
 

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Equity--- Laws developed by the court of Chancery that look at which is fair or just in individual cases.

Fairness--- Associated with the idea of treating people equally, and acting honestly and with integrity...


i rest my case....
 

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according to the heinamann legal studies (prelim):

equity- a body of laws that supplements the common law, and whuch serves to reduce the harshness of some of the common law decisions


fairness- refers to the legitimate and proper conduct in the performance of an act or duty

HAHAHAHAHAAHA couldnt stump dezzy and i
 

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hey hey... i read that n culdnt make sense of that

just say u talking about paying taxes

equality-- would be evry1 paying the same amount of tax

equity-- would be evry1 paying the same amount of tax according to their incomes n stuff


yehhh so pplz whats fairnesss???? its the same as equity n equality if u ask me ??? no????
 

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actually, equality is having everyone pay tax (not the same amount though, just the paying part), equity is paying on the basis of your income.

Equality refers to the whole, equity to the treatment/handling of individuals in order to achieve this equality. Equity attempts to address the problems that arise from not everyone being born into equality.
 
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It's "Hear hear!", abbreviation for something like "Hear all ye good people, hear what this right and eloquent speaker has to say" ;)

Now, justice, equity, equality and fairness are all linked but do not arise in every legal dispute or law. It's interesting and important to note how this occurs.

Justice - Really, these days this is basically just the proper administration of the law if you think about it. E.g. Justice can be done like this, a woman who kills her abusive husband is sent to gaol for life. Justice is served, but is fairness? No.

Fairness - Fairness would be the aquittal of this wronged woman in theory but then that would mean justice would not be served. Fairness basically means free from favouritism etc but also is used for a "fair" or "just" outcome for say the real victim in this case.

Equality - Everyone is treated equally by the law. Of course the problem here is that if everyone is treated exactly the same by the law it is being less fair and less just to some people than it is to others. Also look at equality of outcomes and equality of opportunity... basically creating unequal laws (e.g. Affirmative Action) to create equality overall...

Equity - Equity courts were separate from that of the common law courts in old England. This was usually handed by the Court of Equity/Chancery Courts which were merged with the common law courts in 1873, basically when the Judicature Acts in Britain merged the Eccalastical courts as well (1873-1875). Equity was basically a way of avoiding the rigidity of the common law courts for a just and fair outcome to be reached.

All of this is steeped in semantics, because they have very similar meanings to each other sometimes...
 
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Originally posted by Ms 12
actually, equality is having everyone pay tax (not the same amount though, just the paying part), equity is paying on the basis of your income.

Equality refers to the whole, equity to the treatment/handling of individuals in order to achieve this equality. Equity attempts to address the problems that arise from not everyone being born into equality.
yeh that .. thanks for the corrections... i know what i wanted to say
 

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Originally posted by Ms 12
So is your question answered or not? I think its pretty straightforward...
straight forward my ass..... dats d most confusing shyt eva... ziffle.. ur just a walking brain ... coz not even my teacher culd answer that 1 with out going umm argghh.. n he made up sum crap that didnt make sense.. n we were all just like what did he just say>?? but yeh hes gay
 

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Nah, there are people worse than me :p
 

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ow ne thing that comes out of his mouth is eitha smart
or smart ass!! ahahah
 

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Isn't it silly, you're writing your Legal Studies notes and you're too lazy to retype something you've already typed, so you log online to copy and paste it into your word document :D
 

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