Debates surrounding, for instance, Civil War strategy or World War I alliances are commonplace.

Debates surrounding the expansion and application of the doctrine have included whether or not detrimental reliance is required in order to bring the doctrine into effect, whether the doctrine can create a cause of action or merely provide a defence to a cause of action and whether or not the evolution of the doctrine has abrogated or abolished the rule in Pinnel's case.

Debates have recently emerged concerning the applicability of the Wenzel and Cassie – Baxter models.

He may have written parts of The Case of the Army Stated, and he put the views of his associates before the Council of the Army at the Putney Debates that were partly held in Putney parish church between 28 October and 11 November 1647.

Debates about the definition and validity of this syndrome have a long history.

Debates concerning not only the single parents themselves, but also the children involved, support for the families in single parent households, and more have arisen.

Classical economics is generally agreed ( but see section Debates on the definition of classical economics below ) to have developed into neoclassical economics – as the name suggests – or to at least be most closely represented in the modern age by neoclassical economics, and many of its ideas remain fundamental in economics.

Perot could not have qualified for the debates in 1992 under these rules, and was able to show that various famous US presidents would likewise have been excluded from modern debate by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

Debates in the past year have seen such figures as Andrew Mitchell, David Blunkett and Nigel Farage discussing the merits of the coalition government, Max Mosley debating whether the British press have too much freedom and Max Clifford discussing reality TV.

Debates on the nature of Quebec's nationalism are currently going on and various intellectuals from Quebec or other parts of Canada have published works on the subject, notably Will Kymlicka, professor of philosophy at Queen's University and Charles Blattberg and Michel Seymour, both professors at the Université de Montréal.

Debates on the first sense of the phrase have many different points of view, from crypto anarchists who want to create a completely decentralized and anonymous banking system, to others who support enhancing the power of the government to find financial information in order to fight terrorism.

The Lane Debates have been re-enacted in recent years by historians from Yale University, the University of Connecticut and Oberlin College.

Debates about the efficacy of DI have raged since before the final results of Project Follow Through were published ; however, there is substantial empirical research supporting its effectiveness.

Debates similar to those of the Historikerstreit in West Germany have been carried out in other countries independent of the German debate, especially after the Fall of Communism.

Debates have been centered on issues of incommensurability, sectarianism, fideism, relativism, truth and ontological reference.

Debates are still raging ( January 2006 ) about non-thermal effects of microwaves that have been reported in solid-state phase transitions.

Debates in previous years have focussed on such issues as the American presidential election, the environment and the future of the European Union.

Debates over public sociology have rekindled questions concerning the extra-academic purpose of sociology.

Debates have been raised in Iran regarding the possible health hazards of satellite jamming.

Debates within ethnic relations, particularly regarding the opposing perspectives of assimilationism and multiculturalism, have led to the accusation that feminism is incompatible with multiculturalist policy.

The name appears to have been coined by Samuel Johnson, thought to have been the author of an introductory essay ( in which " Columbia " already appears ) which explained the conceit of substituting " Lilliputian " for English names ; Johnson also wrote down the Debates from 1740 to 1743.

Debates did take place during the 1950s at the British Parliament in Westminster in which it was discussed that Hong Kong would have to be handed back to China if the colony's entrepôt trade could not be maintained.

Debates upon the negative vs. positive impact and evaluation of colonialism and colonization — such as those of colonial Christianization, genocide, third world debt, slavery, abolition of slavery, infrastructures and medical advances — upon the colonizer and the colonized continue to shape global and national politics to this day.

Debates about the national flag occurred again in 1917 during the Vilnius Conference.

According to the Commission on Presidential Debates, the predetermined criteria for selecting candidates to participate in its 2004 presidential debates are based on evidence of eligibility ( as defined in Article Two of the United States Constitution ), evidence of ballot access, and evidence of electoral support based on national public opinion polls.

The Victoria Debating Team has won national and international competitions including the United Nations Debates, the Rotary Championships and the Phillip Jessup Debates.

Debates are held with the Lady Eleanor Holles School and teams are entered in national events, notably the Schools ’ Mace and the Oxford Union competition.

In the 2003 national championship tournament, both teams in the final round of Barbara Jordan Debates on Health were from Westside High School.

Debates over the necessity, fairness, cost, and need for environmental regulation continue to this day.

Debates in Parliament had included expressions of concern about Russian naval expansion in the northern Pacific, pointed out that the sole naval defence consisted of one 24 gun frigate, and the time it would take for Britain to come to the colonies aid.

Debates are still taking place as to whether or not the effectiveness of fluoroquinolones for the treatment of community-acquired respiratory disorders is similar to that of other antibiotic classes.

Debates were covered on front pages of college newspapers and emphasized in yearbooks, and team members even received the equivalent of athletic letters for their jackets.

One common explanation for the decline was Perot's exclusion from the presidential debates, based on the preferences of the Democratic and Republican party candidates ( as described by George Farah in Open Debates ).

Pressure grew for the abolition of the selective principle underlying the " eleven plus ", and replacement with Comprehensive schools which would serve the full range of children ( see the article Debates on the grammar school ).

While the proclaimed goal was to level school quality up, the converse claim was made that the grammar schools ' excellence was being sacrificed with little to show in the way of improvement of other schools ( for details and sources on this and related arguments, see article on Debates on the grammar school ).

Debates of the House of Commons in the Year 1774 on the Bill for Making More Effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec: Drawn Up from the Notes of the Henry Cavendish, Member for Lostwithiel, London: Ridgway, 303 p. ( online )

This strategy for disenfranchising DC Citizens was openly discussed in Congressional Debates as recorded in the Annals of Congress from New Year's Eve 1800 until final passage in March 1801.

When the Army held the Putney Debates between 28 October and 11 November 1647, the debate centred upon a pamphlet influenced by the writings of John Lilburne called An Agreement of the People for a firm and present peace upon grounds of common right.

House of Commons Hansard Debates for 12 Jun 1996 ( pt 41 ) reports a discussion about the badge of No. 273 Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force.

In the larger community, Ouchi serves on the Advisory Board of the U. S. Commission on Presidential Debates, on the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum, and on the Board of Directors of The Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools-an operator of inner-city charter schools in Los Angeles.

The Barbara Jordan Youth Debates, made possible by the Kaiser Family Foundation, were held for urban debaters.

During the Treaty Debates, he pointed out that Collins only had a middling rank in the Department for Defence which supervised the IRA, even though Arthur Griffith hailed him as ' the man who had won the war '.

A book on the Social after Gabriel Tarde, Debates and Assessments, is planned for release by Routledge in 2009, and is likely to provide the first set of mature critiques of the recent renaissance of Tarde as well as to suggest models for scholars to use Tarde's thought in their scholarship.

* Batory Foundation Debates – the Batory Foundation Debates are an attempt at establishing an independent meeting and discussion forum for politicians, professionals and journalists.

Debates are often organized for purely competitive purposes.