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Police Use of Force Analyzed »

Number of pages 10

This 10 page research paper examines the issue of police use of force, from both a legal and public perspective. Specifically explored are pros and cons of the use of force by law enforcement, with particular attention paid to New Jersey case law. Bibliography lists 14 sources. View Full Description
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Women in Law Enforcement / Equality Verses Inequality »

Number of pages 5

A 5 page overview of women in law enforcement. Points out that some women have succeeded in law enforcement careers but almost inevitably they acknowledge the existence of sexual discrimination. Concludes that many times women feel that they have to simply deal with discrimination in order to keep their jobs. Suggests that ... View Full Description
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The Application of Law before 1700 vs. Present »

Number of pages 3

3 page paper on the way law is applied in the present day compared to the pre-1700 era. 2 sources. Details how democracy and the individual's rights have emerged as a driving force in the way law is formed and applied. View Full Description
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Laws About On-The-Job Injuries »

Number of pages 3

A 3 page paper that identifies the two federal laws that might apply to an employee injured or disabled on the job. The rest of the paper discusses Workers' Compensation laws, including benefits. Bibliography lists 2 sources. View Full Description
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The Nature and Purpose of Criminal Law »

Number of pages 4

This 4 page paper discusses criminal law; its functions; its sources; and how criminal responsibility can be limited. It also touches very briefly on the constitutional safeguards that limit the exercise of criminal law. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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African Americans in the Legal Profession »

Number of pages 3

This 3 page paper is filled with statistics about the percentage of black lawyers and law school students. Why there is a disproportionate number of whites in law school is discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources. View Full Description
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The Application of Product Liability Law; The Case of An Exploding Coffee Pot »

Number of pages 8

This 8 page paper looks at product liability law and applies it to a case where a consumer buys a new coffee pot which explodes and injures them on the first use. The paper considers the different approaches that could be adopted under product liberty law and makes a recommendation to the most appropriate approach. ... View Full Description
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Impact of Women in Law Enforcement »

Number of pages 6

In six pages this paper examines this topic in an overview that considers how the law enforcement profession has changed within the past three decades, how this has changed the community image of law enforcement, how fellow officers and deputies view the pros and cons of women officers, discusses possible preferential treatment and promotions, whether ... View Full Description
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North Carolina Sex Offender Registry »

Number of pages 6

A 6 page research paper that discusses this topic. Pedophilia is a "complex, often compulsive, psychosexual disorder with profound implications for the abused child, perpetrator and community" (Hall and Hall 457). In order to protect children and the public, every state has instituted a registration law for sex offenders. This review of literature looks specifically ... View Full Description
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Reading: The Rule of Law and Military Tribunals »

Number of pages 3

This 3 page paper discusses a reading of the rule of law as applied to military tribunals, specifically the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany, after WWII. The defense argued, among other things, that the tribunal itself was illegal because it charged the defendants under a law that did not exist at the time they ... View Full Description
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Criminal Law/Treason, Terrorism and Wartime Criminal Law »

Number of pages 8

An 8 page research paper that discusses crime and criminal law in general and then focuses on terrorism and changes in constitutional law, arguing that this is not a good idea. Bibliography lists 8 sources. View Full Description
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Environmental Management Systems; Environmental Policy Statements, the Regulatory Register and Key Legislative Characteristics »

Number of pages 6

This 6 page paper answers three questions set by the student. The first part pf the paper looks at what should be included within an effective environmental policy statement. The second part of the paper discusses how the regulatory registry can help a company ensure compliance with legislation and the last part of the paper ... View Full Description
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Concepts In Microeconomics »

Number of pages 5

A 5 page paper that defines economics and explains the law of supply and the law of demand. The paper also explains what factors affect supply and demand. The paper also reports information about a change in consumption patterns, specifically, the demographic change in the over 50 population. Bibliography lists 5 sources. View Full Description
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Laws that Provide Safeguards and Penalties for Improper Use of Data »

Number of pages 7

This 7 page paper examines several laws pertinent to the improper use of data. Laws examined are the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Computer Security Act, the Patriot Act, HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, and finally, the Federal Information Security Management Act. Bibliography lists 7 sources. View Full Description
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Incorporating a Firm in China - Is a Unified or a Separate System of Company Law Best? »

Number of pages 3

In this 3 page paper there is consideration of what type of law a foreign firm setting up in China may prefer; a unified law that treats domestic and foreign owned businesses the same, or one that treats the firms differently. The bibliography cites 4 sources. View Full Description
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Sharia Law in Business »

Number of pages 8

This 8 paper looks at the way Sharia law impacts on business. Written in three parts the first part looks at the general influences, the second part looks at how bonds, or sukuk, are issues and the last part at the way sukuk is perceived under Islamic law. The bibliography cites 8 sources. View Full Description
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Questions of International Law »

Number of pages 5

This 5 page paper discusses various issues in international law including customary international law and human rights; animosity against the death penalty; the Geneva conventions; the Nuremberg legacy; and the arrest of Augusto Pinochet. Bibliography lists 6 sources. View Full Description
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Justice, Morality, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from the Birmingham City Jail”: »

Number of pages 3

In three pages, this paper that is subdivided into three essays considers how King distinguishes between just and unjust law, whether civil disobedience is morally wrong, and how a law can be just on its face and unjust in its application. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography. View Full Description
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Non-Disclosure and Misrepresentation in Australian Insurance Law »

Number of pages 21

This 21 page paper is an in-depth consideration of the concepts of misrepresentation and non disclosure under insurance contract law in Australia, with particular attention paid to the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 and relevant case law. The bibliography cites 20 sources. View Full Description
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Jesus/Human Relationships Above the Law »

Number of pages 9

A 9 page research paper that responds to an assignment prompt. The assignment asks that the writer/tutor consider the statement "Jesus puts human relationships above the law." Such a statement has serious implications both religiously and pragmatically in regards to how Christians should perceive the boundaries for their behavior within the boundaries of civil ... View Full Description
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Preventing Sexual Harassment in Tennessee »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page paper listing a state law, a federal law and a published court ruling on sexual harassment, then providing five initiatives for an organization to follow to prevent sexual harassment. Bibliography lists 8 sources. View Full Description
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Law Enforcement Technology in the 21st Century »

Number of pages 6

This 6 page paper discusses some of the latest advances in law enforcement technology, and what they mean to the future of law enforcement. It also discusses the possibility that such technologies can be misused. Bibliography lists 6 sources. View Full Description
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Higher Education For Police Officers »

Number of pages 6

6 pages in length. The psychology of crime requires significantly more than law enforcement officers brandishing loaded weapons at and physically apprehending offenders. Indeed, the extent to which contemporary police forces must also incorporate some level of psychological interface with the perpetrator is both grand and far-reaching; that obtaining a degree of higher ... View Full Description
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Riggs et al v Palmer »

Number of pages 3

This three page paper summarises the case of Riggs v Palmer as an example of a case that embodies the conflict between positivist law and natural law. This is a case where a grandson is a beneficiary of his grandfather's will, and murdered him in order to gain inheritance. The question is whether or ... View Full Description
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Muslim Women's Rights »

Number of pages 12

A 12 page paper discussing aspects of Muslim women's rights. The rights of Muslim women vary widely across geographical space and within the laws of countries where Muslims constitute the majority of the population. Muslim women have few rights in some countries, but the paradox is that they also have few rights of ... View Full Description
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Confidentiality/ANA Ethics & New York State Law »

Number of pages 6

A 6 page research paper that discusses the concept of patient confidentiality, which has its roots in antiquity as this idea is included in the Hippocratic Oath, which dates from the fourth century B.C. (Denbo, 2006). This examination of confidentiality looks first at the ANA Code of Ethics and then specifically at issues of confidentiality ... View Full Description
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California: Police Organization And Trends »

Number of pages 6

6 pages in length. California law enforcement has been under considerable scrutiny of late with regard to how its police organization operates from a perspective of responsibility and accountability. For counties up and down the Golden State, issues of brutality, excessive force and unwarranted shootings have caused citizens to rally and demand change. ... View Full Description
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Making Laws »

Number of pages 5

5 pages in length. From the very first law enacted in the United States - Rhode Island's illegalization of slavery in 1652 - to the twenty-first century's quest to eradicate political terrorism, lawmaking has undergone tremendous change that has afforded significantly greater accountability and equity where all groups and individuals are concerned. The ... View Full Description
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The Relationship Of Sharia Law And Islam »

Number of pages 30

30 pages in length. Historic Islamic presence from 1856 to present day chronicles how the players have metamorphosed over time from supporters of international humanitarian law to the most feared of all religiously militant cultures. Placing blame squarely upon the shoulders of escalating nationalistic tendencies, globalization and the disdain for anything of a ... View Full Description
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Neo-Assyrian Law »

Number of pages 5

This 5 page paper examines law in this culture and its credibility. Documentation of law is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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Medieval Law and Literature in ‘Beowulf’ »

Number of pages 10

In ten pages this paper examines how Medieval law manifests itself in the anonymously written epic ‘Beowulf’ with the focuses being the patriarchy, legal and moral duty established through patrilineal custom, the complex matter of inheritance, and the transition from Germanic customs and community obligation to Anglo law and order. One source is cited ... View Full Description
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Minors, DUI & CT Law »

Number of pages 6

A 6 page research paper/essay that investigates law pertaining to minors and driving while under the influence, with particular regard for Connecticut law. This discussion explores the rights and consequences of legal decision-making on the part of minors, and then discusses the implications of the research. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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Law as a Social Engineering Tool »

Number of pages 3

This 3 page paper considers how the law may be used as a tool for social engineering. The writer looks at the way it may have direct and indirect effect and ends by proposing a law with the aim of social engineering. The bibliography cites 2 sources. View Full Description
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Duties of Trustees Over Their Investments »

Number of pages 7

This 7 page paper discuses the statement “On the one hand the law gives the trustee the same powers of investment as those of an absolute owner; on the other hand he can not exercise such powers as can an absolute owner”. This is considered by looking at the powers and duties of a trustee ... View Full Description
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Do Any Objectives Set In Operations Management Automatically Create Conflict? »

Number of pages 3

This 3 page paper discusses the way in which objectives set within operations management create conflict. The paper looks at competing objectives such as customer service and resource utilisation, the law of trade-offs and the law of cumulative capabilities in order to discuss whether or not conflict is inevitable. The bibliography cites four sources. View Full Description
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Islamic Law, Aboriginal Customary Law and Queensland Law; a Comparison of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Systems »

Number of pages 13

This 13 page paper looks at the Queensland criminal justice system, Aboriginal customary law and Islamic criminal law in order to compare each system according to their origins and characteristics, such as standards of evidence and the way in which punishment is determined, for crimes committed. The bibliography cites 8 sources. View Full Description
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The Case of Campagnola V. Mulholland, Minion & Roe and Its’ Relevance Within The Legal System »

Number of pages 16

The 16 page paper looks at the case of Campagnola V. Mulholland, Minion & Roe, its’ background and outcome and a variety of related subjects. After discussing the case the paper considers why the courts’ finding was right, discusses the role of public policy, looks at the role of judges how judges decide cases and ... View Full Description
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Amazon.com and Internet Jurisdiction »

Number of pages 5

A 5 page paper discussing Amazon.com's international operations and legal problems that the company potentially could become entangled with as Internet law continues to change. Amazon operates 9 sites (US, UK, China, etc.) and likely is bound by the laws of the country in which those sites are located. Jurisdiction changes have been ... View Full Description
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Retroactive Child Support Payments: Canadian Supreme Court »

Number of pages 7

This 7 page paper discusses recent decisions by the Canadian Supreme Court in the case "D.B.S. v. S.R.G.; L.J.W. v. T.A.R.; Henry v. Henry; Hiemstra v. Hiemstra, 2006 SCC 37," which refined the law with regard to retroactive child support payments. It also briefly discusses what changes in the law might mean for Canadian women. ... View Full Description
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Workers' Compensation Law: Georgia »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page review of workers' compensation. This paper comments specifically on laws in Georgia, delineating the advantages these laws provide to both employees and employers. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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Ethics and Laws/Healthcare Organizations »

Number of pages 3

A 3 page research paper/essay that discusses ethics and legality, which are concepts that are integrally related, but not necessarily synonymous, particularly within the scope of divergent cultural situations. In general, laws institutionalize what the majority of people in a culture recognize to be ethical conduct. However, what is considered to be ethical conduct can ... View Full Description
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Women and the Australian Legal System: A 13 page paper in 2 parts »

Number of pages 13

The first (9 pages) discusses the number of and restrictions against women in law in Australia, where women lawyers earn less than their male counterparts and are much less likely to become firm partners than men, even though 59 percent of Australia's current law graduates are women. The remainder of the paper discusses the ... View Full Description
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Arming Airline Pilots »

Number of pages 5

A 5 page research paper/essay that reports on the national debate of a few years ago concerning whether or not airline pilots should be armed (in light of the events of 9/11). The writer discusses the debate, giving reasons both pro and con and reports on the passage of a law allowing pilots to carry ... View Full Description
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Abortion and Surrogacy Laws and the Treatment of the Unborn Child »

Number of pages 5

This 5 page paper discusses the following statement and finds in its’ favour, “What the practices of surrogacy and abortion have in common is that they show a profound disrespect for human life in its earliest stages. The law, by endorsing such practices, has promoted and indeed legitimated this disrespect”. The paper is written ... View Full Description
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Rights and Obligations in Unorthodox Families under English Law »

Number of pages 5

“English law is finally beginning to recognise that 'family' does not just mean a man, a woman, and children”. This 5 page paper discusses the extent to which family law recognises unorthodox family arrangements with specific attention on the Civil Partnership Act 2004. The bibliography cites 4 sources. View Full Description
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The Patriot Act and Other Post-9-11 Affronts Against American Civil Liberties »

Number of pages 25

A 25 five page investigation of the societal impacts of Public Law 107-56. The author contends that the Patriot Act and other post-9-11 laws and policies have done more harm in their infringement upon American civil liberties than they have been effective in the fight against terrorism. Bibliography lists 17 sources. View Full Description
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Searching A Non-Mobile Vehicle »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page research paper that looks at case law governing police search procedure in regards to non-mobile cars. The writer argues that case law that pertains to curtilage is applicable and several relevant cases are cited. Bibliography lists 3 sources. View Full Description
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Women & Law in Australia »

Number of pages 8

An 8 page research paper that consists of 2 separate sections. In the first section, the writer answers 5 questions pertaining to women practicing law in Australia. In the second section, the writer offers an essay of roughly 1000 words that pertain to the topic of women and tort law in Australia, which focuses on ... View Full Description
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Human Resource Management; Issues of Discrimination and Motivation »

Number of pages 11

This 11 page paper considers the case of a company who wants to introduction discrimination against those who are overweight, smoke or have debts, who want to impose checks on their staff and control the work environment. This paper looks at how and why the measures are wrong and discusses the way in which ... View Full Description
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Plato: Law, War, Peace and Virtue in the "Laws" »

Number of pages 4

This 4 page paper is a brief discussion of Plato's thinking about war, peace, the law and virtue as expressed in the Laws. Bibliography lists 1 source. View Full Description
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