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TJ Hickey's Death And Racism »

Number of pages 13

13 pages in length. "Racism is transmitted both through the unconscious use of racist stereotype as well as through white people's refusal to think about the power of their own place in the world" (Elder, 1998, p. 26). The unfortunate set of circumstances that led to the death of Aboriginal youth TJ Hickey ... View Full Description
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Hypnosis : Science Or Magic? »

Number of pages 31

A 31 page comprehensive essay on hypnotism that includes these subheadings: Introduction, Myths About Hypnosis, Brief History of Hypnosis, Theories of Hypnosis, What Happens in the Hypnotic State, Hypnosis in Medicine, and Conclusions. Hypnosis remains a topic of debate even after advanced imaging systems have shown there is a change in the brain when the ... View Full Description
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Telemarketer Defense »

Number of pages 3

Paul has just been arrested for a violation of a State law, similar to the national Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 known in lay terms as the “do-not-call list,” prohibiting marketing through unsolicited telephone calls after the president of his company, International Marketing Inc, (IMI) has ordered all IMI telemarketers to ignore the list ... View Full Description
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Mackie's "The Argument From Queerness" »

Number of pages 3

3 pages in length. John L. Mackie ascertained that humanity's moral judgments are founded in nothing more than a "mistaken belief in objective value" (p. 94). According to Mackie, if objective moral truth did, indeed, exist, people would then live their lives in accordance to just one moral body of law. However, ... View Full Description
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Should Minors Those Under The Age Of Fifteen Be Allowed To Access Counseling Without Parental Consent? »

Number of pages 10

10 pages in length. No matter what age, people must have access to professional counseling in order to address whatever emotional issues stand between them and a vibrant, healthful life. Moreover, they are fully entitled to complete privacy when it comes to telling others that they are seeking counseling, leaving it up to ... View Full Description
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Crime and Campaign Promises »

Number of pages 8

An 8 page paper discussing the dichotomy between campaign promises relating to crime and actual observed results. We expect political candidates to lay out for us the reasons we should vote for them rather than for their opponents, and candidates oblige this expectation by making promises during their campaigns outlining the things they will ... View Full Description
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Mandatory DNA Testing at the Point of Arrest? »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page contention that the collection of DNA during the earliest phases of an arrest is unacceptable. While DNA evidence is highly regarded as a phenomenal tool in the address of crime, to enact laws which allow the collection of DNA from an individual at this early of a stage in an arrest ... View Full Description
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Adult Child Abuse: Case Study »

Number of pages 11

11 pages in length. Thirty-one-year-old Geraint Jones is accused of an offence of indecent assault against his eleven-year-old niece, Eleri, which allegedly occurred when Eleri came to stay with Jones and his family for a weekend. Jones, who currently lives with his partner Jane Williams and their two children Megan (10) and Bethan ... View Full Description
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Krispy Kreme Expands To Japan »

Number of pages 8

An 8 page paper that begins with a brief overview of where Krispy Kreme has located its stores and which countries they are considering. The paper discusses different entry methods to the Japanese market, including different kinds of joint ventures, franchising and wholly owned subsidiaries. The writer explains some of the laws and regulations that ... View Full Description
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Pregnancy Discrimination Act Of 1978 »

Number of pages 4

4 pages in length. Discrimination in the workplace has long been an issue of inequity and prejudice toward certain groups or individuals; that laws now exist to deter such undemocratic policymaking speaks to the tremendous need to pioneer for major change with regard to discriminatory practices. Historically, pregnant women have been discriminated against ... View Full Description
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Suicide - Catholic Teaching »

Number of pages 9

A 9 page paper. The Roman Catholic Church considers any type of deliberate suicide, any act that is not meant to preserve life, including assisted suicide a grave sin. This essay looks at suicide in terms of both Christian teaching and Catholic teaching. The writer discusses the formation of conscience, conscience, natural moral law, and ... View Full Description
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Prison Overcrowding »

Number of pages 15

15 pages in length. The United States lays claim the world's highest incarceration rate as a direct result of federal minimum sentencing requirements mandated by law in the 1980s. The result is that state correctional prison budgets are exploding and the national inmate population currently stands at no less than one million prisoners. ... View Full Description
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Causes And Effects Of Fatigue In Police Officers »

Number of pages 15

A 15 page paper. Fatigue in our nation's police officers is a very serious problem. This essay explores this problem. The writer begins with newspaper headlines that illustrate the effects of sleep deprivation among police officers. The literature review is divided into two sections: the many different causes of fatigue and the effects of fatigue. ... View Full Description
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Contracts A Case Study of International Requirements and a C.I.F Contract »

Number of pages 17

This 17 page paper is written in two parts. The first considers why terms of contracts between parties in different countries need to be clear, why they need to be clear and what they should contain. This includes the consideration of jurisdiction and how case maybe brought in different countries, even if a contract specifies ... View Full Description
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Policy and Politics in Early Childhood Education in the UK »

Number of pages 5

A 5 page paper illustrating why workers in early childhood education in the UK need to be informed of political and policy matters related to child abuse and neglect. The UK has no national law requiring professionals to report any suspected child abuse. It has implemented seemingly every other approach to reducing the ... View Full Description
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The Job Of An FBI Agent »

Number of pages 3

3 pages in length. Never before has the demand for FBI agents been as great as it is now, after the tragedy of September 11th. The fight against global terrorism has made this particular career choice one of the most crowded -- yet at the same time wide open -- fields in the ... View Full Description
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A Case for Judicial Review; Assessment and Alterantives »

Number of pages 20

This 20 page paper looks at a case study provided by the student where a dependant wife is entitled to compensation under the Trinidad and Tobago Criminal Injuries Compensation Act No 21 of 1999. The board to which the wife should submit an application has not yet been set up, despite years passing since the ... View Full Description
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Women, Work And The Family »

Number of pages 4

4 pages in length. Developing opportunities have become a major social challenge for corporations. Barriers to women's equal participations in the work place are yielding to the forces of economic change, greater need for skilled people in all categories, the demands of women to be treated equally and the presence of equal opportunity ... View Full Description
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Chaucer/Significance of Love in 2 Poems »

Number of pages 14

A 14 page research paper that argues that love plays a pivotal thematic role in two of Geoffrey Chaucer's greatest poems, The Book of the Duchesse and The Parliament of Fowles. While Chaucer is acknowledged as one of the greatest and most eloquent advocates of love in English literature, in these poems, he qualified ... View Full Description
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Implied Terms Of Contract »

Number of pages 18

An 18 page paper that discusses certain aspects of contract law in the United Kingdom. Implied terms of a contract are those that are not expressly written in the document. Courts typically determine whether or not a term is implied by the contract. This essay defines and explains terms, the evolution of the interpretation of ... View Full Description
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Liebeck v Mcdonald's »

Number of pages 15

A 15 page paper that provides an ethical analysis of this famous case of the spilled coffee. The facts are first related and discussed, including those that did not get published in the media. For example, Liebeck, the plaintiff, was not driving the car and the car was not in motion when the coffee spilled. ... View Full Description
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Race, Politics and National Structures »

Number of pages 7

A 7 page paper discussing the origins of racism and its effects in politics. Despite federal laws disallowing it, the realities of today’s living arrangements is that, in cities, Blacks and whites still are separated by political boundaries, as surely as they were separated in the years surrounding the Civil War. The overrepresentation ... View Full Description
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Suing The Gun Manufacturer »

Number of pages 4

4 pages in length. Police officer Whiteman was shot with a Heckler & Kosh semi automatic assault rifle, which – after being purchased legally - had been unlawfully modified to allow fully automatic firing. Officer Whiteman, who was shot during a shootout with bank robbers, wants to sue the gun manufacturer. In ... View Full Description
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President Lincoln Did Manipulate The Confederate States Into Firing The First Shot »

Number of pages 16

16 pages in length. Lincoln's participation in – and the ultimate outcome of - the American Civil War has long been heralded as a watershed in United States history. That slavery was finally looked down upon in the eyes of the law spoke to a social and cultural enlightenment never before known to ... View Full Description
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Operations Management »

Number of pages 15

This 15 page paper responds to four questions that address how certain environmental events or conditions would affect operations management in corporations. The first question discuses the effects of an increase or decrease in tariffs. The beef industry and the higher tariff in Japan is used as an example. Second, what effect would more stringent ... View Full Description
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Economics Principles in the Health Care Environment »

Number of pages 6

A 6 page outline of a presentation of the effect that health care costs have on the larger economy. The issue is whether basic economic principles such as supply and demand and price elasticity apply to health care. The superficial view is that health care is above the law of economic principles, but ... View Full Description
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Civil Rights Movement: Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King, Jr. »

Number of pages 9

This 9 page paper discusses the contributions of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The writer recounts Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 and also explains the segregation laws concerning the buses in Montgomery. A ... View Full Description
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Effects Of TANF & Microenterprise »

Number of pages 21

A 21 page paper that examines the effects of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which became law in August 1996 and which replaced AFDC. This essay offers a general introduction to the federal TANF program and then investigates a number of aspects of the programs beginning with TANF spending, including the national averages of ... View Full Description
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Special Education Transition Programs »

Number of pages 9

A 9 page paper. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997 require schools to address the transition needs of students who are identified as students with special needs. There are numerous barriers and challenges local school districts face when attempting to comply with the spirit of the law, not the least of ... View Full Description
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Title IX - 30 Years Later »

Number of pages 9

This 9 page paper discusses Title IX and the controversy that has existed since the law was passed in 1972. The three components for compliance are explained. Since it has been 30 years since Title IX was passed, one might think that every institution of higher education is now compliant but that is not the ... View Full Description
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1963 Community Mental Health Law »

Number of pages 7

7 pages. President John F. Kennedy first implemented the 1963 Community Mental Health Law, known as Act PI 88-164, the Mental Health Act. This was a well-intentioned plan that was meant to serve all peoples in need of mental health care regardless of age or income. The act did in fact serve ... View Full Description
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Is It Ethical For Drug Companies To Provide Freebies To Physicians Given The High Cost Of Drugs? »

Number of pages 5

5 pages in length. The high cost of drugs precludes many people from obtaining the medications they need in order to remain healthy. Examining the ethical nature of drug companies dispensing free samples to physicians by way of Immanual Kant's philosophy, one finds that mankind is under both moral and ethical obligations within ... View Full Description
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Advantages And Disadvantages In Community Policing »

Number of pages 7

7 pages in length. The notion of community policing has become a necessary evil in today's ever-threatened global society. That criminal activity far surpasses law enforcement's ability to keep it in check is indicative of how vital community policing – "a partnership between the police and the community, sharing in the delivery of ... View Full Description
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Considerations in Marketing Dr. Finch »

Number of pages 5

A 5 page paper discussing some of the limitations that the professions face in marketing their services and suggesting ways to overcome those limitations. The American Dental Association prevents dentists from claiming any type of superiority over other dentists; some states maintain the same requirement as state law. Marketing services carries its own ... View Full Description
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Interview Summary »

Number of pages 6

A 6 page paper discussing a meeting with nursing home management to discuss the development of an in-service educational program addressing the use of physical and chemical restraints. The facility received two state-level citations and seeks to heighten staff's awareness of both restraint use and state laws, but its primary purpose is to pursue ... View Full Description
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Questions on Company Law »

Number of pages 18

This 18 page paper considers different issues in company law. Divided into three sections, the first section considers class rights and the transfer of shares. The second part looks at regulation of the way a company issues shares for non cash consideration, the constraints on dividends and help that may be given by a company ... View Full Description
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Architecture and Design for People »

Number of pages 5

A 5 page paper discussing the impact that architects and landscape architects could have in urban areas if planning and zoning laws would support creativity. One of the problems facing American cities and towns of all sizes is that of sprawl. It is seen as a natural evolution process of cities, but closer ... View Full Description
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Capital Punishment Related To Juvenile Crime »

Number of pages 5

5 pages in length. The recent incidence of juvenile killers has brought to light a concern that has long challenged the fundamental components of a civilized society: Should adolescents who commit murder be sentenced to death the same as their adult counterparts? While some contend that permitting capital punishment blatantly violates both international ... View Full Description
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Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) & Regulation »

Number of pages 8

An 8 page paper. Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) seemed like a good idea in the 1980s as health costs were soaring out of range. Their purpose was to control costs while increasing the quality of health care for Americans. But, like many ideas that sound good at the time, this one failed to meet ... View Full Description
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Music Piracy and Copyright Law »

Number of pages 10

This 10 page paper takes a look at music piracy and copyright law and how entities like Napster have gone south. Some cases are mentioned. Recommendations on what record companies should do to make money are noted. Bibliography lists 10 sources. View Full Description
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Mental Health Courts »

Number of pages 9

A 9 page paper assessing the origin, development and effect of the mental health court. In October 2001, the Boone County (Missouri) Judicial and Law Enforcement Task Force submitted its final report of a survey of the county’s jail situation and included a recommendation that the county establish a mental health court as an ... View Full Description
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Copyright And Genome Databases »

Number of pages 18

18 pages in length. The antagonistic issue of ownership is one that transcends virtually all boundaries of what might otherwise be considered a civilized society. From ancient Rome to contemporary times, the fight for lawful claim upon a certain entity has always been ensnared within the confines of man's contempt for fair distribution ... View Full Description
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The Effect of Acuity and Utilization of the MDS/PPS/RUG III System on Nursing Home Costs »

Number of pages 5

A 5 page paper investigating the possibility of a nursing home nurse traveling to assisted living facilities to provide health services in those facilities. There are many cost factors involved in nursing home operation, not the least of which are facility, insurance, pharmaceutical and supplies costs. Drug costs and medical supplies are costly ... View Full Description
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Westward Expansion And The Civil War »

Number of pages 5

A 5 page paper. The causes of the civil war were many and complex. Three overriding issues were at the heart of conflict between north and south: tariffs, power in the federal government, and the expansion of slavery. Slavery had been a part of the southern culture for 200 years; these states found it intolerable ... View Full Description
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Discrimination Of Women In The Policing And Probation Fields: Review Of Literature »

Number of pages 20

20 pages in length. The female gender is no stranger among the various ranks of America's police force, inasmuch as their presence has been an integral component of law enforcement since 1913; however, the capacity in which they have served these past ninety years has long been a bone of contention with regard to ... View Full Description
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The Value of ICOTERMS in International Trade »

Number of pages 14

This 14 page papers the development and definition of ICOTERMS and the advantages that may be gained from their use. This is then considered in terms of the problems that have been seen in international business. The paper argues that ICOTERMS are a tool that may reduce disputes over the interpretations of terms, which will ... View Full Description
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The Book Of Leviticus: Ritual Sacrifice, Dietary Rules »

Number of pages 10

A 10 page paper that discusses sacrifices/offerings, rituals and dietary rules found in the Book of Leviticus. The five major themes in this Book are identified after which the five types of offerings or sacrifices are described. The type of elements used for the offering and the purpose of each is included. Three types ... View Full Description
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Social Consequences of Income Distribution Inequality in Australia »

Number of pages 9

This 9 page paper looks at problems experienced by Australia in terms of income equality. Changes in the law and unionization are discussed. Social consequences, particularly as it respects women, are outlined. Bibliography lists 6 sources. View Full Description
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Campaign Financing Reform »

Number of pages 8

An 8 page paper. Campaign financing has been debated for more than a century. It is a highly controversial issue with strong advocates on each side of the argument. The writer reports some of the early laws regarding campaign financing. Hard and soft money are explained. The amounts raised by both national political parties in ... View Full Description
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Dilemmas with Artificial Insemination »

Number of pages 16

A 16 page paper focusing on whether the child resulting from artificial insemination could sue for child support in the future. Artificial insemination is not a new concept. It has been used for years for couples who have not been able to conceive on their own; more recently single women are seeking motherhood ... View Full Description
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