These are: â¢ The 'record' date. This is the date after which new buyers of the shares will not qualify for the pending dividend payments. In other words if you sell a share just before or buy a share just after the record date, you won't be entitled to the dividend.
public policy. 1. the fundamental policy on which laws rest, especially policy not yet enunciated in specific rules. 2. Law. the principle that injury to the public good or public order constitutes a basis for setting aside, or denying effect to, acts or transactions. Origin of public policy.
'Public discourse,' also called 'public reason,' as a philosophical term, refers to a main tenet of 'Political liberalism.' Political liberalism, popularized by Rawls in the US and Heidegger in Europe in the 80's and 90's, is an answer to the question, How can a liberal society be stable in a morally right way?.