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Ally McBeal: Cultural Values And Behavior »

Number of pages 5

5 pages in length. The notoriety of Ally McBeal is not that surprising if one considers the standard elements of contemporary popular culture that it depicts. Indeed, the extent to which this particular program highlights such cultural values as capitalism and individualism, while at the same time devaluing certain ways of being, lends ... View Full Description
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“Overriding interests and land registration” »

Number of pages 6

A six page paper which looks at the topic of land registration and overriding interests, considers the way in which such interests can interfere with the use and enjoyment of land and assesses the possible ways in which the law could be changed in order to allow prospective purchasers to make an informed decision prior ... View Full Description
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“The California Cauldron”: A Review of the Problems Relating to Immigration Which are Facing California »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page review of William A. Clark’s “The California Cauldron”, a book which explores the impacts of recent immigration on California. Clark explores the changes in laws and other factors which have led California to become one of the most demographically evolving regions in the United States. While many of the changes ... View Full Description
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Issues Discussed in “The Gospel of Life: Evangelium vitae” by John Paul II »

Number of pages 5

This is a 5 page paper discussing the issues in “Evangelium vitae” written by Pope John Paul II in 1995. The topics covered include the threats to human life, euthanasia, abortion, capital punishment, moral obligations, moral and civil law, and his central arguments. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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Court Debate: Constrained Versus Dynamic »

Number of pages 7

7 pages in length. The extent to which courts have the ability to impart significant changes upon existing laws is bound by two important elements: constrained and dynamic perspectives. From the constrained viewpoint, courts are quite limited in their collective strength to modify legislature due to constitutional limitations, lack of judicial independence and insufficiency ... View Full Description
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Morality Of Abortion Under Certain Circumstances »

Number of pages 7

7 pages in length. Sharon, who is a twenty-eight-year-old attorney on the fast track to a full partnership at the law firm of AB & AB, plans to secure a partnership and then run for political office so she can help society's less fortunate population. Her arrangement is immediately and quite unexpectedly interrupted ... View Full Description
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The Debate of the UK Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act (2001) Regarding Its Restrictions and Violations of Human Rights »

Number of pages 5

This is a 5 page paper discussing the recent UK Anti-terrorism laws introduced in the United Kingdom. The Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act which was released in the United Kingdom in December of 2001 has come under a great deal of criticism from politicians, the House of Lords, and human rights activists for its all ... View Full Description
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California Highway Patrolman Craig Peyer: How His Murder Case Affected The General Public's Trust Of Police Officers »

Number of pages 5

5 pages in length. In 1987, a California Highway Patrol officer was arrested for the strangulation murder of college student Cara Knott while on duty; he was convicted in 1988 after two trials. This case, which made legal history on several issues, served to add to the growing distrust the general public already ... View Full Description
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Civil Rights Act Of 1964 As It Relates To Community Policing »

Number of pages 6

6 pages in length. Instilling a new approach to addressing the interminable presence of racism, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 helped to establish a precedent of changes throughout society, not the least of which included the concept of community policing. If communities were going to come together, it had to begin with ... View Full Description
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“Same sex marriages in British Columbia” »

Number of pages 7

A seven page paper which looks at the issue of same sex marriages in British Columbia, with reference to recent legislation allocating equivalent rights and responsibilities to gay as well as heterosexual couples, the differences between provincial and federal legislation, the recent Supreme Court case and the groups which are opposing the current challenge to ... View Full Description
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Rousseau/Role of Religion »

Number of pages 9

A 9 page essay that analyzes the argument of Jean Jacques Rousseau in regard to the role of religion in society. The role that Rousseau envisioned for religion was more political than spiritual in nature, as he saw religion as performing a motivational function in regards to civic duty. He particularly favored a civil ... View Full Description
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The Boston Police Strike Of 1919 »

Number of pages 15

15 pages in length. Like so many before and since, disgruntled workers of Boston's finest sought their labor resolutions through a most disruptive and dangerous means: striking. Issues surrounding long hours, unsatisfactory working conditions and unfair wages worked together to create a political and economic quagmire so entrenched within the department that law ... View Full Description
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Rape »

Number of pages 20

20 pages in length. The issues of gender, patriarchy and sexual violence are inextricably intertwined within the complexities of social existence. That women have always had to confirm their worth as human beings serves as a significant indicator to the overwhelming oppression thrust upon the female gender by means of physical and emotional ... View Full Description
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British Law: Sale of Goods Act 1979 »

Number of pages 5

A 5 page paper which examines the British law, Sale of Goods Act of 1979. Bibliography lists 7 sources. View Full Description
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Sexual Harassment Issues with Special Emphasis on the Hospitality Industry »

Number of pages 7

This is a 7 page paper discussing the sexual harassment issues in industries today. Current laws and history are introduced and specific examples of harassment and special issues relating to the hotel and restaurant hospitality industry are discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources. View Full Description
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Judicial Reasoning »

Number of pages 8

8 pages in length. Roland Case's "Understanding Judicial Reasoning : Controversies, Concepts, And Cases" addresses issues that society has been grappling with since the creation of the Constitution: How much of the law should be left up to personal interpretation and how much should be followed to the letter? Indeed, the extent to ... View Full Description
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Law Cases Involving Multiple Issues Including Aspects of Property, Contract, Malpractice and Federal Regulations »

Number of pages 15

This is a 15 page paper discussing various issues which are involved with three law cases provided by the client. The paper discusses issues relating to home ownership insurance, property, legal liability, admissible evidence, bankruptcy, malpractice, contracts and violations of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Regulations. Bibliography lists 7 sources. View Full Description
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Divine Right Of Kings »

Number of pages 12

12 pages in length. The chaotic aspect of seventeenth century politics led to two completely disparate approaches to political order: natural laws and divine rights. As humanity's natural rights evolved up to the time of Hugo Grotius, two equally adamant opinions continued to linger. It was through Grotius' enlightened philosophies that the ... View Full Description
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Power of Unwritten Law: Oedipus Rex »

Number of pages 5

A 5 page paper which examines the theme of the power of unwritten law in Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex." No additional sources cited. View Full Description
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Promissory Estoppel »

Number of pages 8

8 pages in length. "Promissory estoppel has a dubious pedigree, moreover it is in practice almost unnecessarily." The truth of this statement speaks to an undefined area of contract law where people sue when an unenforceable contract has been breached. By showing that an individual detrimentally relied on a promise made by ... View Full Description
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Who is in charge of Moral Standards as regards Pornography? »

Number of pages 8

8 pages. Pornography is difficult to define to everyone's satisfaction. To see a naked body in a centuries-old painting is not necessarily considered pornography. For the naked body to be displayed on the pages of a magazine causes some to call that pornography. Those who fight the pornography laws cite the 'right ... View Full Description
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Factors That Might Make Children In Institutional Care More Vulnerable To Abuse »

Number of pages 10

10 pages in length. In today's world of institutional care, one might readily surmise that abuse or neglect of children is more common than one wants to admit. Although laws have been passed pertaining to health reform in this area, the extent to which this abuse occurs is sometimes not reported, particularly when such ... View Full Description
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Supreme Court Cases »

Number of pages 8

8 pages in length. Within the past several years, the Supreme Court has had to grapple with many controversial issues and decide accordingly the best way to appease both the law and the public. A number of such issues have represented the changing times where individuals are routinely forced to seek legal guidance ... View Full Description
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“Organised Crime and the Criminal Justice System” »

Number of pages 9

A nine page paper which looks at the way in which law enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system could reassess their priorities in terms of dealing with organised and local crime, with particular reference to drug trafficking and drug abuse. Bibliography lists 3 sources. View Full Description
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Moral Relativism »

Number of pages 3

3 pages in length. Given the interpretive nature of moral relativism, it is difficult to impose one's ethical perspective upon another whose choices do not abide by one's standards. Global societies embrace a significant diversity when it comes to moral relativism, and no single community can claim a higher measure of morality than ... View Full Description
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To What Extent Does International Law Grant Senior State Officials Immunity From Proceedings Alleging Violations Of Jus Cogens Norms? »

Number of pages 20

This 20 page paper considers to what extent international law grant senior state officials, including heads of state, immunity from proceedings alleging violations of jus cogens norms? The concept and development of jus cogens, or peremptory norm, is discussed. The occasions and circumstances when way that state officials may be held liable is ... View Full Description
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JOE CPA, REIMBURSEMENT AND THE LAW »

Number of pages 3

This 3-page paper discusses whether a particular expense can be deducted, based on Section 162 of the U.S. Tax Code. Bibliography lists 3 sources. View Full Description
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BRANZBURG V HAYES & SHIELD LAWS »

Number of pages 6

This 6-page paper discusses whether journalists can guarantee confidentiality for sources that don't want to be named. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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Addressing A Recurring Crime: Teen Rebelliousness »

Number of pages 6

6 pages in length. To say the relationship between youth and police is a strained one is to oversimplify the socioeconomic and sociopolitical components of virtually every global community. Teen angst coupled with negative environmental influences can create an exaggerated perception of juvenile autonomy that inevitably lands youthful offenders squarely in the lap ... View Full Description
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Federal Shield Law: A Journalist's Right »

Number of pages 6

6 pages in length. Protecting the identity of confidential sources is as much a part of journalism as the notion of freedom of the press is a critical component of the First Amendment. That discretion should be left up to the reporter with regard to which sources he safeguards is a fundamental tenet ... View Full Description
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Application of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties »

Number of pages 20

This 20 page paper considers a fictitious treaty between 4 states that are all party to the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, where 8 years after the treaty came into affect there are disagreements. One state is arguing that they were coerced into accepting the terms by the other states through the ... View Full Description
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Scientific Determinism: Undermines Basic Principles? »

Number of pages 4

4 pages in length. The nature of scientific determinism is such that people all follow the same path of existence no matter how they are or where they live; their lives are governed solely by the forces of universal law. As such, each individual life is predisposed to the causes that compel him ... View Full Description
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Irish Police Culture »

Number of pages 7

A 7 page research paper that examines this topic. The police culture in Ireland has evolved greatly over the course of the last decade. During that time, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Garda Siochana na hElreann ("Guardians of the Peace of Ireland") have both gravitated away from policing that focuses primarily ... View Full Description
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Economic Principles Applied to Pharmaceutical Companies »

Number of pages 11

This 11 page paper applies a number of economic principles to pharmaceutical companies in the way in which they produce and then sell drugs. Pharmaceutical companies can produce drugs for only pennies a pill. These companies are protected by patent laws for new drugs they develop and with a patent protecting their product; ... View Full Description
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Actual Innocence »

Number of pages 3

A 3 page book review of the text Actual Innocence. The Innocence Project is a program based at the Cardozo Law School in New York, which is run by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld. Jim Dwyer is a columnist for The Daily News, a New York newspaper (Boyer). Their book, Actual Innocence, describes some of ... View Full Description
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Deviance: Mental Illness And Homelessness »

Number of pages 9

9 pages in length. Social and cultural norms are not merely an arbitrary collection of societal standards that have little impact upon how people behave in a given society; rather, they represent the core values of a society that delineate where acceptable behavior ends and deviance begins. Crime is the first thing that ... View Full Description
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Sunderland Development Properties Ltd. »

Number of pages 9

This 9 page paper looks at a case study supplied by the student. A director of a firm wants to issue more shares, but minorities of shareholders do not want the issue to go ahead. The first part of the paper looks at the rights of minority shareholders and considers what actions they may ... View Full Description
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Gun Control And Campus Violence »

Number of pages 3

3 pages in length. The debate over gun control, an ongoing thorn in effecting social policy upon which both sides can agree, has taken an unprecedented turn toward implementing stronger safety measures in light of violent incidents that have occurred on a number of college campuses. Critics have long argued how those who ... View Full Description
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Complexity Of Gangster/Criminal Theme In Film »

Number of pages 3

3 pages in length. The intrigue of living outside the law serves as a basis upon which gangsters films harbor a certain complexity. A criminal element coupled with dark, seductive and intelligent antagonists whose sole purpose in life is to get something for nothing leads viewers on a nonstop chase whereby the gangster ... View Full Description
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Privatizing Law Enforcement And Leaders Adhering To Strict A Strict Code Of Ethics »

Number of pages 3

3 pages in length. Those who represent the guiding social forces of a civilized society maintain a special accountability where behavior is concerned; not only are community and global leaders alike expected to adhere to a strict code of ethics while in such an influential position, but they are also expected to harbor a ... View Full Description
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Continued Controversy Over The Eighth Amendment »

Number of pages 5

5 pages in length. Protecting the rights inherent to every United States citizen is the foundation upon which the nation's Constitution was originally drafted; without this historic document and its subsequent amendments, the founding fathers realized the potential for America becoming a land held hostage by power, greed and injustice. Interestingly, this seems ... View Full Description
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Montessori: Children Have Their Own Laws Of Development »

Number of pages 4

4 pages in length. The foundation behind Maria Montessori's approach to teaching is based upon the child possessing his own laws of development and as such, it is imperative for adults to allow this individual progression to occur at its own pace and not impose external pressure upon him (Montessori, 2009). Children are ... View Full Description
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THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM »

Number of pages 3

3 pages in length. The human circulatory system can be compared to a continuously looping freight train whereby deliveries are made on a regular basis without ever coming to a stop or even slowing down; provisions for a healthy body are dropped off by red blood cells at various ports and then distributed even further ... View Full Description
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Justice As It Relates To Human Personality »

Number of pages 3

3 pages in length. When the time comes where man and machine morph into one entity devoid of any individuality, this is the point at which laws can be justified on the basis of personality since there will be but one static, emotionless imprint to represent human nature. Until this time, however, the ... View Full Description
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Islamic Microfinance and Egypt »

Number of pages 27

This 27 page paper considers the concept of Islamic microfinance and whether or not it would be suitable for use in Egypt. The paper starts by defining micro-finance, looking at what it is and how it is used, and the requirements for any type of financing or loans to be compliant with Islamic law. ... View Full Description
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Sexual Harassment Precedential Law »

Number of pages 6

This is a 6 page paper that provides an overview of sexual harassment claims. SIRAC analyses are carried out for a variety of claims. Bibliography lists 12 sources. View Full Description
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International Law - Non-discrimination »

Number of pages 16

This 16 page paper looks at two potential issues regarding potential discrimination practices with referenced to the GATT Articles I, III, XI and XX. Two fictitious scenarios are provided by the student; the first is a tax on cars over a specific pricing point. The second is the requirement for a single country to adopt ... View Full Description
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Judicial, Legislative, and Executive Influences on Law »

Number of pages 3

This is a 3 page paper on criminal justice policy. The role of all three branches of government is covered. Bibliography lists 3 sources. View Full Description
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In Support of Chicago's Handgun Laws »

Number of pages 4

This 4 page paper argues favorably for and addresses the issues surrounding Chicago's handgun restrictions from a public, fiscal, and security viewpoint. Bibliography lists 5 sources. View Full Description
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Law and Issues Regarding Organ Donation: Emphasis on California »

Number of pages 10

In ten pages this paper discusses federal and California state legislation regarding the issue of organ donation. Five sources are listed in the bibliography. View Full Description
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