When federal courts exercise hypothetical jurisdiction, they bypass tough questions of subject-matter jurisdiction to dismiss cases on easy merits grounds.
Answer: The Humanism of the Renaissances reflected in its art by influencing artists and architects to carry on classical traditions
Explanation:
As I understand it, Laissez-faire ideology maintains that the "free market" is the best way to determine what businesses can and should do. This means that businesses, in competition with one another, should be free to determine their paths free from any government rules or regulations. The belief is that the competition among various businesses will ultimately result in the best outcomes for society in general - Adam Smith's "invisible hand". As part of this philosophy, workers should also be free to compete with each other and choose to work wherever they wish and this process will also result in the best results for the workers as well.
However, isn't there a huge assumption in this philosophy? Doesn't the whole justification of this belief depends on the condition that there is perfect competition and that any company and any worker have the equal ability to compete with one another?
What if there is no perfect competition? What if some companies have advantages - due to any of a whole array of reasons - that place them in a non-competitive position vis a vis their competitors? Without perfect competition then other companies are not necessarily able to compete with other companies that have certain advantages. If such a situation exists, then advantaged companies may have the ability to pursue a course that results in their private benefit, but not necessarily to the benefit of society as a whole. The same would apply to workers in that reduced competition among companies would result in decreased leverage for potential employees.
To recap, if the Laissez-faire ideology maintains the best economic policy for society as a whole, and it depends on there being perfect competition on an ongoing basis with minimal government intervention, doesn't it fall apart if there is less than the perfect competition?
The answer is BAE Systems.
It has revealed it is in discussions to close a multi-billion pound arms
contract with Saudi Arabia, in spite of alleged war delinquencies by the Middle
Eastern kingdom using British-made weapons in war-torn Yemen. The
current contract is a five-year programme between BAE, the UK Government
and Saudi Arabia. Under the agreement, BAE, which relies on the Saudi regime
for more than one fifth of its income gives training, support and advancements
for its Hawk aircraft. BAE also proclaimed it was trading in line with
expectations and its viewpoint for the year remained unaffected, with the
company predicted to register a 5-10 per cent rise in earnings.
The correct answer is C.) - the Isthmus of Panama. Isthmus is a narrow strip of land and the Isthmus of Panama was the optimal place for a channel between the two oceans.
