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Black Hills, White Justice »

Number of pages 5

In 5 pages, the author discusses Edward Lazarus' Black Hills, White Justice, which examines cases brought by the Sioux nation against the United States in order to receive compensation for seized land. The questions of to what aim law is put in this text, the result, and whether history has taught any lessons about ... View Full Description
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Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) Regulations and Law Enforcement »

Number of pages 10

This 10 page report discusses OSHA regulations and their impact on law enforcement agencies. The OSHA standard is primarily intended for workers in danger of exposure to bodily fluids that may carry dangerous pathogens and was originally created in concern for health care and sanitation workers. It is important to remember, that law enforcement ... View Full Description
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Child Pornography and Canada's Legal Struggle »

Number of pages 5

This 5 page paper looks at Canada's laws against pornography, and specifically a 1993 law that was challenged in Canada's courts in 1999. How child pornographers are treated in Canada is a focus of this paper. Several recent cases are cited. Bibliography lists 8 sources. View Full Description
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Victims' Rights and New York Penal Law § 215.14 »

Number of pages 11

This 11 page paper provides an overview of the New York statute and compares it to other state laws as well. Applicable federal law is duly noted and the importance of the victim impact statement is discussed as well. Twenty five sources are cited. 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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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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Telecommunications Act of 1996 »

Number of pages 6

This 6 page paper outlines the law and explores legislation prompted by its existence. Failures of the act's intent are noted and the focus is on the major portion of the law which attempts to deregulate the industry and inspire competition and lower prices. Also included is a portion on the Communications Decency Act which ... View Full Description
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Family Law in the United Kingdom »

Number of pages 14

This 14 page report discusses developments in family law in the UK and in what ways they have worked to bring about a greater equality of the sexes. Property relations, child custody, alimony, and child support are discussed in relationship to divorce. Traditionally, family law in the UK has not been particularly sympathetic to ... View Full Description
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Women in Law Enforcement and Corrections »

Number of pages 7

In 7 pages the author discusses women in law enforcement and corrections, while paying particular attention to the history of women in the field, cases of women fighting to be in corrections, the name of the first women getting into law enforcement, problems encountered by women while in training and on the force. Women ... 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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Intellectual Property Laws in the 21st Century »

Number of pages 8

This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of intellectual property laws. The application of these laws in the information age is explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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Child Labor Reform and the Progressive Era »

Number of pages 8

This 8 page paper explores the working conditions that many children were forced to endure prior to laws regulating child labor. The role the Progressives played in implementing those laws is highlighted. This paper includes a 1 page Roman Numeral Outline. Bibliography lists 6 sources. View Full Description
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Environmental Laws In Malaysia And Singapore »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page paper. The essay discusses environmental laws in Malaysia and Singapore. It also discusses work hours and wages in Malaysia and Singapore. While we might expect the environmental laws to be at least similar to the rest of the world, wages and hours can be vastly different between different geographic regions in ... View Full Description
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Mental Capacity in Succession Law »

Number of pages 10

This 10 page paper creates a case study that can be used to discuss the legal issues that will need to be considered when assessing the potential to contest a will on the basis of mental capacity. An elderly lady suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, also suffering from a brain tumor makes will close to her ... View Full Description
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Potential Liabilities of Non Appointed Directors in Australian Law »

Number of pages 5

This 5 page paper is written with reference to Australian law, looking at when, how and why individuals that are not appointed as directors of a firm may be deemed to be directors in terms of liabilities. The concept of shadow directors and de facto directors are all discussed with reference to case law. The ... View Full Description
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Summary/2 Law Articles on Polygamy »

Number of pages 6

This 6 page paper summarizes the content of 2 law articles. The first is an annotation by Shields (2011) that summarizes cases pertaining to bigamy and polygamy that uphold the constitutionality of these laws. The second article, which is by Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff (2010) describes the theocracy established by the Mormon fundamentalist sect, ... View Full Description
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Copyright Laws For Teachers »

Number of pages 3

A 3 page paper that briefly explains a number of issues about copyright law including the law; Chafee Amendment; Creative Commons; Universal Design for Learning; fair Use and the TEACH Act. Bibliography lists 6 sources. View Full Description
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The Miranda Ruling »

Number of pages 3

This 4 page paper provides answers to the following questions in relation to the Miranda Ruling: What requirements does it place on law enforcement? How has it changed the manner in which law enforcement interviews are conducted? This paper also offers an opinion based on the research as to whether Miranda has harmed ... View Full Description
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Police Encounters with Suspects and Evidence »

Number of pages 4

This four page research paper examines a specific case scenario in order to discuss specific aspects of the law and the ramifications of these laws on police procedures. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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Tort Law and Health Care Ethics »

Number of pages 4

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of tort law in health care. The intersection of law and ethics is examined. Bibliography lists 3 sources. View Full Description
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Constitutional Challenges in Law Enforcement »

Number of pages 10

This is a 10 page paper that provides an overview of Constitutional law. Challenges to law enforcement are explored by examining four Amendments. Bibliography lists 6 sources. View Full Description
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The Instrumentality of Miranda Laws »

Number of pages 5

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of Miranda laws. It provides a hypothetical case study to address several conditions in which Miranda laws can be exempted, and when their administration is vital to a case. Bibliography lists 4 sources. View Full Description
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Sports Gambling and the Law (Emphasis upon Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association) »

Number of pages 20

In 20 pages this paper explains sports gambling as a legal issue, describes how it affects the world of sports, reviews and summarizes famous related legal cases (including MLB’s Pete Rose and the NBA’s Tim Donaghy, examines the current law, and suggests changes or modifications to strengthen the current law. Ten sources are listed ... View Full Description
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Courts/Fiction v. Reality »

Number of pages 6

A 6 page research paper that discusses the reality of law enforcement versus the fictional accounts seen on TV, such as in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Bibliography lists 5 sources. View Full Description
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CITIZEN COMPLAINT PROCEDURES AGAINST POLICE »

Number of pages 3

3 pages in length. Law enforcement officers are not exempt from adhering to the very same legal principles they are paid to enforce; when the police behavior is beyond reproach, citizens have the opportunity to voice their discontent by filing a complaint against the officer(s). San Francisco's Office of Citizen Complaints, one of myriad ... 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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Protection of Computer Programs in the UK and the US »

Number of pages 7

This 7 page paper compares and contrasts the way in which computer programs gain legal protection under copyright laws under UK and US law. The bibliography cites 15 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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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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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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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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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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Lead Balloon Pty Ltd - Legal Case Study »

Number of pages 10

This 10 page paper is based on Australian law, looking at a case supplied by the student where several legal issues have arisen, including the formation of a pre-incorporation contract, the desire to get out of a post incorporation contract where the directors believe they can get a better deal and a potential liability for ... View Full Description
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Sexual Offenders and Preventing Recidivism »

Number of pages 9

This 9 page paper examines the problem of sex crimes and recidivism. It suggests that laws like Jessica's Law have been largely unsuccessful in preventing recidivism and that more steps need to be taken to understand why sexual predators commit their crime and what should be done to stop them. Bibliography lists 10 ... View Full Description
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FBI/Domestic Violence »

Number of pages 4

A 4 page research paper that looks at the need for cultural competency among law enforcement officers and then examines two proposed strategies that can aid law enforcement in regards to domestic violence and sexual violence among Spanish-speaking communities. Bibliography lists 3 sources. 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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