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05 Nov 2008
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Treating adolescent drug addiction

Essay - 6 pages - Psychology

Drug addiction and its treatment are complex issues for medical, psychological, and even legal and moral reasons. Addicts are vilified as objects of ridicule, but children are using intoxicating substances for the first time every day and substance abuse has occurred in almost every society in...

24 Mar 2009
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Freedom of expression and pornography in Canadian Law: An in-depth look

Thesis - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Even in a progressive nation like Canada, it can be agreed on by most people that freedom of expression, even though it is a right that we all hold dear, does have its limits. However, the issue that is pertinent, particularly in law, is where this line ought to be drawn. They are issues that...

19 Dec 2024

Freedom of speech

Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Public liberties

This document contains 41 short-answer questions on freedom of speech.

18 Aug 2022

The American Legal system versus the English Legal System

Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Other law subjects

When we talk about the American legal system, it should be understood as the legal system that applies in the United States of American (US), whereas the English legal system is the one that takes place in the United Kingdom (UK) : England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Island, except for...

23 Mar 2009
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The defense of provocation: The implications of the House of Lords' decision in Morgan Smith [2000] 3 WLR 654

Case study - 5 pages - Criminal law

The defense of provocation is a partial defense, pertinent only to murder. If successfully pleaded, liability is reduced to manslaughter. For the defense to succeed there are three requirements: (i) There must have been some act(s) or word(s) of provocation (ii) The defendant must have lost his...

27 Aug 2014
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Bobby v. Dixon: Does the denial of Miranda taint a later, proper confession?

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Archie Dixon, a murder suspect, claimed that the police violated his rights because they ignored his request for an attorney and by failing to Mirandize him when he was detained for forgery during a murder investigation. In a later relating to the investigation, Dixon was read his rights, and he...

29 Sep 2010
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The Sportswear Industry : Boom or Gloom ?

Market study - 50 pages - Management

The sportswear industry has witnessed a transition phase in the past few decades. Indeed, the beginning of the 1970s saw the athletic sportswear evolve from specific product lines striving to target and migrate the small and unique markets into mainstream fashion products. The distinct difference...

19 Jun 2009
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Committee on the rights of the child

Thesis - 22 pages - Civil law

The Convention on the Rights of the Child and two Optional Protocols have marked a turning point in international law and children are essential tools in the implementation of national laws designed to stop crimes that are sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, children and...

09 Jul 2012
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Freedom of expression and the media

Case study - 20 pages - Journalism

There is a general consent that free speech is a good thing. Countries without it are undemocratic, not protecting individual rights. Media has encouraged the exchange of ideas; social networks have helped free speech. Judges who have to decide on free speech cases will try to balance this right...

25 Mar 2009
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Racism in the census: Effects on the Judicial System

Thesis - 14 pages - Social, moral & civic education

What does it mean to be racist? For a person, it would mean having various prejudiced sentiments and a belief that one race is superior to another race. But what does it mean for an institution to be racist? While an institution does not have a personality and is made up of a group of people,...

30 Dec 2010
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Counterfeiting in China: A global crisis

Thesis - 25 pages - Economy general

Counterfeiting now represents 5% of world trade and is a growing business especially in the recent years. China has its share of responsibility in this phenomenon. China is now regarded as the leading counterfeiter in the world despite the fact that the figures may not be accurate and verified....

20 Jul 2008
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On necessity as a defense to homicide in Regina v. Dudley and Stephens

Essay - 10 pages - Literature

The present paper asks and addresses the questions: what principles, if any, distinguish Regina v. Dudley and Stephens (RDS) from scenarios in which necessity ought to be a defense to homicide? Were Dudley and Stephens guilty of murder? After laying out the relevant facts of RDS I will answer...

09 Dec 2008
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Founding of the ICRC and establishment of International Humanitarian Law

Essay - 15 pages - International law

On a summer day of June 1959, during the wars of Italian unification, a major battle broke out in northern Italy. Later to become known as the battle of Solferino, it was estimated that some six thousand were killed in a single day. Henry Dunant, a citizen of Geneva, Switzerland, was traveling...

07 Jul 2015
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Greek law

Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The Larissis and Others against Greece in 1998 shows an evolution of the case law on proselytism. Facts: three officers of the Greek army, a member of the Pentecostal Church and are convicted by a court of proselytizing the army. The Court takes the term "improper proselytism". Thus in paragraph...

04 Jun 2009
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The Mesopotamian civilization

Thesis - 12 pages - Ancient history

Mesopotamia or Bilad Al-Rafidayn, the Arabic terminology for "land between the rivers" is widely considered as the “cradle of civilization” on account of the flourishing urban communities that thrived in this land much before the rest of the world was inhabited.In a narrow sense,...

16 Jun 2009
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Greed and corruption: The emergence of corporate fraud in North America

Thesis - 4 pages - Political science

Corporations are the cornerstone of the North American economy. While they were first formed as non-profit organizations created for the public good in European societies, by the 17th century, the focus for many corporations changed and the drive to make money took precedence over working for...

16 Jan 2009
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act - published: 16/01/2009

Essay - 4 pages - Finance

On July 30, 2002, President Bush signed into law a revolutionary Act: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act. In the wake of many financial scandals, this law establishes new accounting and control requirements on U.S. publicly owned...

16 Feb 2011
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Report of training course at Deloitte

Essay - 39 pages - Finance

The author of this article was hired within the audit firm of Deloitte Consulting in Neuilly sur Seine. The decision to integrate in the firm to start on the career had been motivated by several factors. First, the undeniable reputation of the firm, coupled with financial education imparted by...

07 Oct 2022

4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days - Mungiu Cristian (2007) - A commentary on the narrative's social and historical contexts

Artwork commentary - 5 pages - Film studies

The film, "4 months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days", by Mungiu Cristian opens on a fish tank resting on a table clustered with newspapers, dishes, and a smoking cigarette burning on an ashtray. And as a hand reaches out for the smoke, the picture pulls back in a sharp movement and reveals two undergraduate...

30 Jul 2008
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The role of litigation in intercollegiate athletics of title IX

Case study - 8 pages - Political science

Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments Act reads “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial...

21 Jun 2012
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Report on the history of Hip Hop

Case study - 6 pages - Political science

Hip Hop is a cultural movement integrated by 4 different elements: rap music (in both the form of the mc and the dj), graffiti and break dance. This report will explore the history of the musical side of hip hop, starting from a discussion of its beginning and origins. Hip hop has its origins in...

14 Apr 2009
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Money and transaction over the internet: Online banking

Thesis - 28 pages - Finance

The advent of internet has initiated an electronic revolution in the global banking sector. The dynamic and flexible nature of this communication channel as well as its ubiquitous reach has helped in leveraging a variety of banking activities. New banking intermediaries offering entirely new...

10 Sep 2008
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The efficacy of Needle Exchange Program

Essay - 6 pages - Medical studies

A review of the literature concerning the efficacy of needle exchange programs show that such programs work well in reducing rates of HIV and other infections among IV drug users. Further, such programs neither encourage addiction or increase rates of experimentation with intravenous drugs....

03 Sep 2014
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Conceptualizing a business

Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy

Event planning is a service business with approximately $500 billion business worldwide in present day. Profit margins have gone up from an average of about 15% to 35%. Event planners are greatly in demand because the common people have neither the time required nor the expertise to organize...

20 Jun 2008
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Latinos and healthcare in the United States: Diverse challenges and unmet needs

Dissertation - 26 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Since 2003, Latinos have become the largest minority group in the United States, composing over 12.5% of the population. Unfortunately, many Latinos are not able to access healthcare in a meaningful way, as barriers of availability, accessibility, affordability and adaptability create a...

25 Sep 2008
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Methamphetamines

Essay - 5 pages - Medical studies

In 1927, the U.S. medical community began to use ephedrine, which is the active ingredient in ma haung, a plant, to open bronchial passages in patients with asthma. As the supplies of naturally occurring Ephedra vulgaris began to dwindle, pharmaceutical companies began to search for a synthetic...

13 May 2009
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Culture & leadership

Thesis - 12 pages - Social, moral & civic education

First of all, it is necessary to have a clear and simple definition of culture. So, “culture can be defined as all the behaviors, arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation. Culture has been called "the way of life” for an entire...

28 May 2009
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Is culture an intrinsic element of management and leadership: Eastern Europe against Western Europe?

Thesis - 14 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Since the quickening of the Industrial Revolution in United Kingdom in 1850 there is no doubt that Europe sustained important cultural changes. The aura of this revolution crossed the Channel and pervaded in Europe but only went in western countries ready to change, France the first, then...

29 Sep 2010
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Family Law: Comparison France Vs. China

Essay - 20 pages - Other law subjects

During the last century, the Chinese government decided to abolish the old family system and establish a new family idea: the socialist family system (the Marriage Code of 1950). This marked a turning point in Chinese common law and the beginning of a new family way of thinking. With this new...

10 Aug 2023

Femicide and Human Rights: Understanding and Classifying Gender-Based Violence under E.U. Law

Thesis - 20 pages - Public liberties

In 2008, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, during the launch of a campaign intending to end violence targeting women, said that the only global truth is that "violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable". The statement was a revelation that society...