Not exact matches
With Hughes being able to hold his own in some would
argue one of the most demanding and physical leagues in the world, whilst expressing his technically gifted ability and providing a huge
contribution, his potential to be a very
special player can be seen by all.
It also offers a welcome
contribution to the debate over reasons for America's
special relationship with Israel, which many would
argue no longer serves its best interests (and perhaps even perpetuates conflict in the Middle East).
Still, we should not discount the significance of what Citizens United meant for independent expenditures, something that Justice John Paul Stevens
argued comes close to direct
contributions: «The difference between selling a vote and selling access is a matter of degree, not kind and selling access is not qualitatively different from giving
special preference to those who spent money on one's behalf.»
Into this debate wades Stanford University professor Terry Moe with his new treatise,
Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools, in which he marshals evidence on elections, campaign
contributions, and education governance to
argue that unions have an exaggerated and detrimental impact on American schooling.
«
Special contribution» has only been successfully
argued on three occasions, each time by a man, but rich men keep trying to run the argument.
It therefore remains to be seen whether the doctrine of
special contribution will ever be successfully
argued again in the future.
At the hearing, one of the issues
argued by the husband was that there should be a departure from equality on the basis that his «
special contribution'to the matrimonial assets would be inequitable to disregard.
«It... remains to be seen whether the doctrine of
special contribution will ever be successfully
argued again in the future»
For ultra high net worth cases, where a spouse has generated significant wealth, they may
argue that on divorce a departure from equality of division of the matrimonial capital should be ordered because they made a
special and unmatched financial
contribution to the marriage.
He
argued that his
special contribution justified a departure from equality in his favour.