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Racism

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." The Declaration of Independence The legal barriers to racial equality have ...

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The Death Penalty

There have been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most widely contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of on persons convicted of a major crime. It isn’t ...

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Punishing Sex Offenders

Punishing Sex Offenders Sexual assaults leave a lasting image in our minds and pull at the heartstrings of their victims and the public. Several highly publicized sexual assault cases have spurred states to crack down on offenders in various ways. The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety ...

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US Healthcare Timeline

Jamie M. Crouch HLT-205 Health Care Systems and Transcultural Health Care 06/17/12 Professor Magdaline Chornick US Healtcare Timeline 1751 - Nation's First Hospital * Nation's First Hospital - Pennsylvania Hospital (Penn Medicine, 2012) * Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin "to ...

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Why We Need Laws

The American Heritage Dictionary defines law as “a rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or authority.” Since even the most primitive forms of life have been known to live by some “rule of conduct,” by definition, law has existed before the dawn of ...

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Child Sex Tourism Bill In Australia

On March 23rd 1994 the Child Sex Tourism bill was introduced into the House of Representatives. This act, which amended the Crimes Act of 1914, enabling the Australian government to prosecute Australian child sex offenders overseas. Before the introduction of this new legislation, if an offence ...

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Software Licensing And Piracy

In 1993 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $12.5 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $2.2 billion in the United States alone. Estimates show that over 40 percent of U.S. software company revenues are generated overseas, yet nearly 85 percent of the ...

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Dred Scott

There have been several cases in the history of the Supreme Court that have had a powerful impact on both the highest court of the land and the history of the United States. The decision can definitely be included in this category of monumental cases that changed the course of American history. ...

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Economic Consequences Of Software Crime

In 1996 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $15.2 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $5.1 billion in the North America alone. Some sources put the total up-to-date losses, due to software crime, as high as $4.7 trillion. On the next page is ...

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Software Licensing

In 1993 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $12.5 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $2.2 billion in the United States alone. Estimates show that over 40 percent of U.S. software company revenues are generated overseas, yet nearly 85 percent of the ...

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Is The US Policy On Drug Prohibition Effective?

? The Federal Government, while trying to protect us from our human nature, developed harsh anti-drug policies with the hope of eradicating drugs. At the time, these policies seemed simple enough: we will impose penalties on those who use substances illegally, we will intercept drugs coming from ...

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Domestic Violence

towards women is one of the problem in the United States that is usually over looked and almost always not noticed by today's society. Violence is defined by the Riverside Webster's Dictionary as: 1. Physical force employed so as to damage or injure. 2. As an instance of violent action. If this ...

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American Violence

Why has America become so violent? an essay about . Murder is regarded as a crime in all modern civilized societies. Crime is shown in the media and is prevalent in society. Early in America’s history, killing a human being was a relatively private matter to be dealt with by families or larger ...

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The Stalking Of Celebrities

Stalking remains Hollywood's recurrent celebrity nightmare.1 Never before have we been able to know as much about a star as we do about a close pal. Thanks to publications and TV shows that cater to the public appetite for celebrity news, there's little privacy for stars. We learn the minor ...

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Slavery

The injunction to examine the working of courts in context is relatively easily obeyed in societies where judicial decisions were diligently recorded. English historians, for instance, have used the reams of paper generated by the courts that dealt with serious crimes. As a result we have detailed ...

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Gerald Gault’s Case

Assignment: Landmark Case paper I have chosen as my topic for this case study the case of the 15 year old Gerald Gault. I think after reading numerous cases regarding Juveniles weather it be Kent vs. US, or Powell vs. Alabama, this in my opinion is the most important cases that has happened ...

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If Reynolds Has Been Invigorated By Jameel, Why Do Libel Reform Campaigners Insist Upon A Statutory Public Interest Defence?

In Jameel (Mohammad) v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl (2006) , it was stated the concept and elements of the public interest defence are easy to recognise but difficult to define equivocally . In this essay, I will explain why Reynolds v Times Newspapers [2001] caused confusion and use three ...

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Justice in Death

In “Civil Disobedience”, Henry David Thoreau summed up the ideals of justice and explained how in certain situations it is necessary to disobey unjust laws imposed by the state. Justice is the concept of moral rightness along with the punishment of the breach of certain ethics like rationality, ...

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Racial Profiling

Mrs. Kirkland Racial Profiling Racial profiling is defined as any police-initiated action that relies on the race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than the behavior of an individual or information that leads the police to a particular individual who has been identified as being, or ...

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Social Justice Paper On Child Welfare

India Beauford Professor Kassner May 16, 2014 Final Paper The child welfare system is regulated by federal and state law. When parents are unable, unwilling, or unfit to care for their children, the state can step in to help. Every state has a child welfare system that provides services to ...

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