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Are Gender Rights and Gender Discrimination Global Issues? »

Number of pages 2

A 2.5 page paper which examines if gender concerns should be regarded as global issues or if societies should deal with them as they see fit. Specifically answers to such questions as are transnational groups a healthy sign of development or signs of western cultural imperialism, infringement of sovereignty and a threat to cultural ... View Full Description
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Fairness in Employment: The Merit Principle Verses Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page overview of the various considerations confronting the public sector employer in regard to hiring and promotion of employees. The author discusses such aspects as equal employment opportunity and affirmative action laws. The contention is presented that a better approach in insuring fairness would be one where hiring and promotion ... View Full Description
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EMPLOYEE DISCRIMINATION POTENTIAL »

Number of pages 3

This 3-page paper focuses on two potential cases of employment discrimination dealing with race and dress code. The paper discusses the EEOC laws regulating these two factors and how a plaintiff and respondant would act in such situations. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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Why Does Islamic Militancy Survive? »

Number of pages 10

10 pages in length. Because they believe they are doing right by the people, Islamic militants also believe they are "exempt from the laws and regulations" that all others have to follow, which serves to be a particularly dangerous social impact. This defiance to abide by accepted principles is a primary reason why they ... View Full Description
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EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION: FEDERAL VERSUS REGIONAL »

Number of pages 3

This 3 page paper discusses the discrepancy between federal and state employment protection laws. California is profiled as being progressive in this respect. Examples given. Bibliography lists 1 source. View Full Description
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International Law & Arms Control Agreements »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page research paper/essay that evaluates the role of international law and arms control in regulating international behavior. The writer argues that current events substantiate the assessment that historically, these factors' ability to stabilize political relationships is limited. Bibliography lists 6 sources. View Full Description
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Drug Testing: Methods, Legalities, and Ethics »

Number of pages 7

A 5 page discussion of drug testing. The occupations affected by drug testing are indeed diverse. So too are the methodologies employed by various drug testing programs and by the laws and ethics that pertain. The subject is further complicated by the varying positions taken on drug testing by states, private entities, ... View Full Description
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Personal Response to Homeland Security »

Number of pages 4

Safety, as defined by President George W. Bush in his establishment of homeland security measures, is dedicated to the protection of the country as a whole beginning at its borders and moving inward to tap into the individual lives of citizens and immigrants who might offer a threat. This places the privacy of every citizen ... View Full Description
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How Increased Competition from Generic Drugs Has Affected Prices And Returns In The Pharmaceutical Industry »

Number of pages 14

This 14 page paper examines the way in which prices of branded drugs, and the related profit they create for the pharmaceutical companies, is impacted when patents expire and the branded drugs have to compete with generic products. The paper considers how the law of supply and demand manifests in this market where an increase ... View Full Description
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Information Security Management »

Number of pages 10

A 10 page paper. In today's electronic world securing information is difficult and complex. There are so many ways in which security can be breached. This essay discusses why it is important for information managers to understand the many ways information can be compromised. The essay provides some specific examples and how to prevent these ... View Full Description
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Tax Planning for Business »

Number of pages 5

Despite new tax regulations expected in 2005 and new tax regulations implemented in the past few years to protect against tax avoidance and tax evasion, tax planning for business still involves looking at where the tax dollars can be pared. Tax planning for businesses today involves good tax planning to take advantage of the remaining ... View Full Description
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Affirmative Action’s Continuing Relevance »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page paper discussing the current relevance of affirmative action initiative in light of organizations’ discovery of the benefits of the diverse workforce. The goal, however, should be to discourage discrimination of any kind. In this light, businesses should strive to build workforces more diverse than the law requires. Not only ... View Full Description
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Seat-Belts and Safety »

Number of pages 7

A 7 page discussion of the problems revolving around noncompliance with seat belt laws. Although seat belt usage is increasing over time, many are still non-compliant. The author examines the views of those that do not use seat belts, pointing out that education is the key to increasing compliance and saving lives. ... View Full Description
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Improving The Relationship Between Public Police And Private Security »

Number of pages 4

4 pages in length. The undercurrent of discontent between public police and the private sector has long been apparent where the issue of security is concerned. Understaffed and overburdened, law enforcement officers are hard pressed to adequately patrol every inch of a given community; frustrated and vulnerable, residents continue to clamor for better ... View Full Description
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Legal Responsibilities Towards Children »

Number of pages 4

This 4 page paper examines the responsibilities of parents and those with parental responsibility, such as local authorities when looking after a child under a care order, towards the children they care for. This paper considers what responsibilities exist and how far they stretch. The paper is written relating to English law. The bibliography cites ... View Full Description
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RM Law Implications post-Arthur Anderson and Enron »

Number of pages 7

In the wake of corporate malfeasance at Arthur Anderson, new laws have been passed to protect the public. The most important of these was spelled out in the Sarbanes-Oxley act, an act governing how paper (memorandums, correspondence, and any other paper) will be treated in the future. Taking a quick walk through why the act ... View Full Description
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Blacks in Mississippi Before and After World War II »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page paper which examines how the experience of Mississippi blacks serving in the military during World War II affected their attitudes regarding racism and segregation and made them more determined than ever to challenge Jim Crow laws. Bibliography lists 3 sources. View Full Description
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Common Law »

Number of pages 3

This 3 page paper examines the common law system in the U.S. and its history. British history is touched on as well as the Founder's design of the system of checks and balances. Bibliography lists 2 sources. View Full Description
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Analysis of Jack Metzgar's, "Striking Steel": »

Number of pages 4

This 4 page paper examines the governmental policies that served to improve the standard of living for both union and non-union workers. This paper is based upon the governmental policies detailed in Metzgar's analysis of the means by which the government intervened in the free market to manipulate the laws of supply and demand. ... View Full Description
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Fixed and Floating Charges »

Number of pages 12

This 12 page paper considers what is meant by a fixed and a floating charge where loans are made and the different rights associated with each type of charge. Looking at these two equitable charges as security for borrowed money the paper consider the level of freedom that this grants to the borrowers. The paper ... View Full Description
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The Application of HIPAA in Acute Care Facilities »

Number of pages 12

This 12 page paper examines the HIPAA law and how it is applied in general. The focus is on acute care facilities and how they are managing. Implications for the future as new rules mandate compliance for 2005 and 2006 are explored. Bibliography lists 14 sources. View Full Description
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California's Drug Policies »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page overview of California's approach to combating the problems caused by illicit drugs. Noting such laws as three-strikes-you're-out alongside the state's emphasis on treatment centers for non-violent offenders, the author concludes that California policy is based on considerations revolving around measures that best protect the interests of California's citizenry. Bibliography lists 6 ... View Full Description
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Montaigne’s Quest for Change »

Number of pages 9

The desire for change was Montaigne’s burden. “In this university,” Montaigne writes, “I suffer myself to be ignorantly and negligently led by the general law of the world . . . 'tis folly to hope it . . . . .” Under consideration, "Of Experience" and "Of Custom" to discuss Montaigne's writing and his beliefs. ... View Full Description
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Treatments for Dyslexia »

Number of pages 4

This 4 page paper provides an overview of dyslexia and looks at American laws regarding treatment in the classroom. Various studies are looked at in terms of what works best. Solutions to the problem are ambiguous. Bibliography lists 6 sources. View Full Description
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Do They Hear You When You Cry By Kassindja & Bashir »

Number of pages 3

This 3 page paper discusses Kassindja and Bashir's book, Do They Hear You When You Cry, the true account of Kassindja's plight to escape Female genital mutilation in Togo, Africa. The writer's thesis is that strangers will come forward to help an individual who is experiencing injustice and brutality. The writer also reports how this ... View Full Description
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Arguing an Australian Betting Charge »

Number of pages 6

A 6 page paper providing possible arguments that prosecution and defense attorneys might use in a charge brought against an unlicensed betting bookmaker in Australia. The law provided is a fictitious one, as is the case on which the paper is based. The purpose is to illustrate what arguments that each side could ... View Full Description
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Medicare Fraud and Abuse »

Number of pages 8

The 1990s into the new century have seen a cleanup of Medicare fraud and abuse through various case law filed under the False Claims Act (FCA) 31 U.S.C. Section 3729 et seq., and subsequent passage of privacy acts. Two of these cases were U.S. v. Barry Weinbaum, et al. and U.S. ex rel. James F. ... View Full Description
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Free Movement of Goods and Competition law »

Number of pages 14

This 14 page paper is written in two parts and looks at EU law. The first considers a case supplied by the student. A company is being charge an import duty by another member state and another country is charging a company to undertake safely checks on the products. The case is considered with reference ... View Full Description
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Capitalism: Democracy’s Bane »

Number of pages 6

Martin Luther King, Jr. said that anyone living in the states should never be considered an outsider, but Henry David Thoreau points out that the United States is not truly a society of people, but a country made up of individuals with only their own needs to consider, under the law. As such, their capitalist ... View Full Description
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Risk assessment and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations »

Number of pages 11

A paper which looks in detail at the Risk assessment and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, with particular reference to the concepts of "sufficient" and "suitable" as used in the Regulations, and the way that these have been interpreted in recent case law. Bibliography lists 25 sources View Full Description
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Promissory Estoppel and Part Payment of Debt »

Number of pages 4

This 4 page paper examines when an agreement for a part payment of a debt is binding on a creditor and how promissory estopple plays a role. The paper explains the doctrine of promissory estopple and shows when it can be used as an effect defence. Cases are cited to illustrate points raised. The ... View Full Description
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Administrative law and public and private bodies »

Number of pages 7

A paper which considers the relationship of administrative law in the UK to public and private bodies, particularly with regard to the system of judicial review and the extent to which private bodies should be susceptible to such review. Bibliography lists 8 sources View Full Description
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Woolmington and burden of proof in relation to presumption of innocence »

Number of pages 8

A paper which considers burden of proof, evidential burden and presumption of innocence in the light of the "golden thread" of Woolmington, recent case law, and the impact of the European Convention of Human Rights. Bibliography lists 9 sources. View Full Description
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Taxable Supplies »

Number of pages 18

This 18 page paper examines Australian Tax law, defining what a taxable supply is and looking at when goods and services tax (GST)is payable. The paper looks at the requirements under GST legislation, examining the connection with Australia. The meaning of supply and the use of monetary and non-monetary consideration. The bibliography cites 8 sources. ... View Full Description
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Refusal of Consent; Medical Law »

Number of pages 3

This 3 page paper considers the right of an adult refuses treatment, even if this results in death. The paper starts by looking at the principle of the sanctity of life and when this may be secondary to patient wishes. Then the issue of advance directives is considered looking at what they are and when ... View Full Description
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The Real Effects of ADA »

Number of pages 5

This 5 page paper looks at positive and negative effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Many problems with the legislation are noted. Its application to education and adoption law is included. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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THE COW, THE WOMAN AND MODERN CITIES »

Number of pages 4

This 4-page paper focuses on quotes from the Koran (specifically from the sections "Cow" and "Women") and applies them to how city governments walk a thin line between passing laws to govern and giving in to mankind's need and instinct for pleasure. View Full Description
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CHILD LABOR ACT OF 1916 AND THE WILSON PRESIDENCY »

Number of pages 3

This 3 page paper discusses the child labor act of 1916 and the effect that this law had on the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. Bibliography lists 3 sources. View Full Description
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Women in Hindu society »

Number of pages 4

A paper which looks at the role of women in Hindu society, based on religious texts such as the Laws of Manu, and considers the socio-cultural reasons why they should have a subordinate role. View Full Description
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Introduction: Combating Terrorism Act of 2001 and Its Effect on the Major Political Parties »

Number of pages 11

This 11 page paper examines this bill that was passed into law in 2001. How this bill that had bipartisan support affected party lines. Did it serve to divide parties? Did it bring the Republicans and Democrats together? This is an introductory section for a future paper on this topic. Bibliography lists 10 sources. View Full Description
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EU Law; Free Movement and Discrimination »

Number of pages 14

This 14 page paper looks at two areas of European Law. The first considers the free movement of citizens and workers in the EU, looking at issues such as equal tax treatment, equal employment conditions and the circumstances under which nationals of other states may be refused admission or deported. The second part of the ... View Full Description
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California Labor Law: Vacation Pay »

Number of pages 3

A 3 page paper discussing California Labor Code Sections 201 – 203, which address the timely payment of wages and supplemental salary items to employees leaving an employer. Paul worked for ABC Company for 11 months, but gave the company notice during the 11th month that he would be leaving the company. The ... View Full Description
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Codes of Conduct in Law Enforcement »

Number of pages 7

This 7 page paper examines various codes of conduct in law enforcement professions. Codes of conduct concerning police officers, attorneys, judges and corrections personnel are examined and compared. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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American Immigration in the Early Twentieth Century »

Number of pages 8

An 8 page discussion of the deep seated discrimination which characterized American immigration policies during the first two decades of the Twentieth Century. Immigrants from different regions of the world were regarded quite differently from one another in terms of whether they would be welcomed into the U.S. Many became the targets of ... View Full Description
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Mediation in family law cases »

Number of pages 8

A paper which considers the ways in which mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution might be more appropriate in family law cases than litigation, and looks at the relative advantages and disadvantages of both processes. Bibliography lists 4 sources View Full Description
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Gay and Lesbian Marriages; Should They Be Legalized? »

Number of pages 11

This 11 page paper considers the arguments for an against the legalization of gay and lesbian marriages, looking at the different perceived advantages and disadvantages as well as s=issues such as discrimination and the purpose of marriage. The arguments are placed in a legal context, looking at the position under UK law, but making international ... View Full Description
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The Effects of Environmental and Labor Law »

Number of pages 5

This 5 page paper examines labor laws as well as environmental regulations in the United States. Treaties are also discussed and globalization is viewed as a problem in both areas. Bibliography lists 6 sources. View Full Description
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Comparative Politics - Definition Of Terms »

Number of pages 16

This 16 page paper defines 19 terms common in the field of comparative politics, such as classical liberalism, GDP, proportional representation, plurality, rule of law, winner take all, parliament, Islamic Republic, separation of powers, Three World System, nation building and others. the writer comments on the significance of each to the study of comparative politics. ... View Full Description
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NARRATIVE ESSAY: DRUNK DRIVING »

Number of pages 4

This 4 page paper examples a narrative essay on the topic of drunk driving. It is written from the perspective of one who has lost a husband to a drunk driver. Laws, legislation, potential solutions offered. Bibliography lists 0 sources. View Full Description
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Socrates and Tacit Consent: »

Number of pages 4

This 4 page paper summarizes the argument that Socrates makes about obeying the laws of Athens. Furthermore, this paper seeks to evaluate the Socrates' premise, showing that it is indeed valid but that it is also sound based upon the logic that Socrates employs. Bibliography lists 3 sources. View Full Description
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