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  • Response of Law to New Technology: Contraception

    Response of Law to New Technology: Contraception

    The rapid advances in science and medicine since 1950, and especially the advances in computer technology since 1980, have revolutionized the way society functions. It is widely recognized that our society is making a transition from the industrial manufacturing age to an information age. In contrast, the U.S. Constitution and most of our common law was written when people lived in an agrarian economy prior to 1850. Law has been slow to adapt to the

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    Essay Length: 1,255 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Artur
  • Contract Creation and Management Simulation

    Contract Creation and Management Simulation

    In today’s business environment companies are choosing to renegotiate contracts rather than go to court to have the contracts enforced. A court remedy breach of contract can be lengthy, costly, and in the end no one wins. Companies such as Span Systems and Citizen-Schwarz (C-S) should have a clear understanding of contract laws, as well renegotiation practices designed to remedy breach of contract. Both parties are obligated to fulfill each part of the agreement, and

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    Essay Length: 2,572 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: July
  • Compare and Contrast the Criminal and Civil Law

    Compare and Contrast the Criminal and Civil Law

    Civil law is concerned and deals with the relationship between individuals and relates to civil rather than criminal wrongs with the aim of compensating the suing party for such wrongs (Gibson, Rigby, Ryan & Tamsitt, 2001, p28.1). A civil action is generally brought by the party who has been injured or otherwise suffered some form of loss as the result of a wrong which only directly affected him (e.g. trespassing into private property). When a

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    Essay Length: 1,151 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Rights of Individual in the International Public Law

    The Rights of Individual in the International Public Law

    The question of the role of individuals in international law is closely bound up with the rise in the international protection of human rights. This theory maintains that individuals constitute only the subject-matter of intended legal regulation. Only states, and possibly international organizations, are subjects of the law. This has been a theory of limited value. The essence of international law has always been its ultimate concern for the human being and this was clearly

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    Essay Length: 1,596 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • Provision to Resolve Contract Disputes

    Provision to Resolve Contract Disputes

    Provision to Resolve Contract Disputes Disputes will first go to direct settlement negotiations between the project's Senior Software Engineer of TeamB Software Developers and the Project Manager of XYZ Telephone Company. If resolution cannot be obtained within a 10 day period further resolution will be sought through the assistance of a mediator who will arbitrate the dispute. The mediator will be chosen randomly from the predetermined list in the Appendix of this document. Both TeamB

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    Essay Length: 430 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Hobbe’s Law of Nature

    Hobbe’s Law of Nature

    Hobbes claims that we should be moral because of our best interest, which is to do everything we can to ensure our survival. The problem with this is that not everyone is feared of death, as Hobbes assumed. Hobbes' reply to that would be under normal circumstances, it is still our basic instinct to protect and ensure our survival. By definition of Hobbes, the State of Nature is a state where "everyman is in war

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    Essay Length: 473 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: David
  • Breaking the Law

    Breaking the Law

    Breaking the Law Throughout history many situations have called for noble individuals to break the law to stand up for a particular belief or idea. Two Individuals from the text that have done this successfully are Martin Luther King Jr. and Thomas Jefferson. Today in our society there are hardly any forms of acceptable disobedience to the law without large support groups that can make a change. Choosing to overthrow the government such as

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    Essay Length: 627 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Information Systems and Law Enforcement

    Information Systems and Law Enforcement

    INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Technology is an essential tool to criminal justice and law enforcement agencies. The faster and more effectively it works, the safer our streets and communities are. The more cost effectively it can work, the more officers, investigators and agents can be used to fight crime. Not paperwork. Since the first wave of computerization in the 1970’s the implementation of information technology within policing has been questioned and often met with

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    Essay Length: 1,347 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Mike
  • Eployment Law

    Eployment Law

    Why are there any special formalities for the creation of trusts and dispositions of interests thereunder? Is the present position satisfactory? While declarations of trust in personalty can be made orally, under the present law creation of trust of land and those under a will as well as any dispositions of equitable interest have to be either in writing or evidenced in writing ( s.53 Law of Property Act 1925 and s.9 Wills Act 1837).

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    Essay Length: 366 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 10, 2010 By: Jack
  • Law Enforcement Agencies

    Law Enforcement Agencies

    Law Enforcement Agencies By: Jackie James March 21, 2007 AIU Online Law enforcement agencies need to have a mission statement, it give their officers the drive to protect our country and the people in it. For example my agency's mission statement is: As officers of the law it is our duty to serve and protect our law abiding citizens and to protect our country. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the first large law enforcement

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    Essay Length: 1,050 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 12, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Law Enforcement Ethics

    Law Enforcement Ethics

    There are many issues facing today's police officer. Some include the police use of excessive force, deadly force, police corruption, police pursuits and other popular police related topics. While all of these have problem areas, there are two police topics that touch on all the above issues, police oath of office and the code of ethics. The public is concerned over its own ethics and morality because it has no trust in its leaders. There

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    Essay Length: 484 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Megan’s Law: Protecting American Families Everywhere

    Megan’s Law: Protecting American Families Everywhere

    Megan’s Law: Protecting American Families Everywhere In the summer of 1994 in Hamilton, New Jersey, a small girl by the name of Megan Kanka was raped and murdered by a convicted pedophile, Jesse Timmendequas. The shocking crime rocked not only the small town, but the entire country. A desperate mother told reporters “Please, please help us find our daughter, she’s a wonderful girl ... she’s only seven. Let her come back.” (www.crimelibrary.com) No mother should

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    Essay Length: 1,142 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Bred
  • New Bankruptcy Laws

    New Bankruptcy Laws

    New Bankruptcy Laws Abstract Bankruptcy is a federal court process designed to help consumers and businesses eliminate their debts or repay them under the protection of the bankruptcy court. Bankruptcies can generally be described as "liquidations" or "reorganizations." (Nolo, 2005) President Bush signed a bankruptcy reform bill that made it more difficult than ever for individuals to eliminate their debts through bankruptcy on April 20th, 2005. This new law, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection

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    Essay Length: 1,079 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Contracts

    Contracts

    A contract is an agreement that is enforceable by law. Modern business could not exist without such contracts. Most business transactions involve commitments to furnish goods, services, or real property; these commitments are usually in the form of contracts. Use of the contract in business affairs ensures, to some extent, the performance of an agreement, for a party that breaks a contract may be sued in court for the damages caused by the breach. Sometimes,

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    Essay Length: 1,014 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Anna
  • Law and Social Psychology

    Law and Social Psychology

    This paper discusses law and how it applies to Social Psychology. It will discuss the three stages during a jury trial: the jury selection, the courtroom drama, and the jury deliberation. The next application we are going to look at is the post trial, where sentencing and prison come into play. The last application we are going to look at is justice inside and outside of the courtroom. Everyone accused of a crime in the

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    Essay Length: 2,217 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Jon
  • Personal Experience in Employment Law

    Personal Experience in Employment Law

    Of all the jobs I've had, the one that is most applicable and involves issues with conflict, grievance, and legal questions is my enlistment in the U.S. Navy. Besides having to follow U.S., state, and local law, being a part of the Armed Forces requires an additional body of law to follow and adhere to: the Uniform Code of Military Justice or the UCMJ. Things like not showing up for work, falling asleep at work,

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    Essay Length: 1,213 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 17, 2010 By: Victor
  • Age Discrimination in Employment Law

    Age Discrimination in Employment Law

    RACE Throughout history people have been discrimination on because of the color of their skin. The views of some are that people are not all equal. The Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has tried to make it illegal to discriminate or punish any individuals because of their color. All people should have the same rights, but even in today’s society this is not the case. One case study that represents this

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    Essay Length: 777 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 20, 2010 By: Mike
  • Laws and Leadership in Society

    Laws and Leadership in Society

    Laws and Leadership in Society If the world did not have established laws and leadership then society would become Anarchy. There would be more crimes committed because there are no laws for people to follow. Nobody would have a sense of what is right and what is wrong. Positive leadership in society is also needed because leaders make difficult decisions that benefit the entire group. Leaders are the role models of society because people follow

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    Essay Length: 491 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Mike
  • Three Strikes Laws

    Three Strikes Laws

    Three Strikes Laws It’s been over a dozen years since arguably the most controversial law in California’s recent history was passed. This law imposes harsher criminal penalties on recidivists, and completely reframes the debate on how crime should be managed (Walsh xi). This law is enacted by a state’s government in the U.S. and makes it mandatory for the state courts to hand out a minimum of twenty five years of incarceration for a criminal’s

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    Essay Length: 2,138 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: April 21, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Cyber Law

    Cyber Law

    OVERVIEW Cyber law is a new phenomenon having emerged much after the onset of Internet. Internet grew in a completely unplanned and unregulated manner. The growth of the cyberspace has been enormous. Internet is growing at the rapid pace and cyberspace is becoming the new preferred environment of the world. This growth of the cyberspace lead to coming up of the new and the ticklish issues related to various legal aspects of the cyberspace cropping

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    Essay Length: 1,166 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Jessica
  • International Law

    International Law

    Introduction: International law has been regarded throughout history as the main system of rules regulating players of the international community, it applies to all states and imposes specific obligations and rights on nations, just as domestic law imposes them on individuals. Its purpose is similar to that of domestic law that is to eliminate chaos in the International community and set standards of behavior which states must follow in their dealings with each other. Many

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    Essay Length: 1,440 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: Andrew
  • The New Bankruptcy Laws

    The New Bankruptcy Laws

    After seven failed attempts and massive lobbying largely by banks and credit card companies, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 was signed into law by President Bush on April 20th, 2005. The legislation represents the largest overhaul of the Bankruptcy Code since its enactment in 1978. The intent of Congress was to improve bankruptcy law and practice with a dominant theme of restoring personal responsibility and integrity in the bankruptcy system.

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    Essay Length: 1,847 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Contract Creation and Management

    Contract Creation and Management

    Contract Creation and Management A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates an obligation to do or not do particular things. The term "party" can mean an individual person, company, or corporation. Almost all contracts contain some assumptions like the parties should be competent to enter a contract. For example a mentally disabled person could not enter a contract. There is also some mutual agreement between the parties i.e.,

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    Essay Length: 275 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Law and Civilization - the Age of Reason

    The Law and Civilization - the Age of Reason

    THE LAW. "The history of law is the history of civilization, and law itself is only the blessed tie that binds human society together. ... Our long armed and hairy ancestors had no idea of redress beyond vengeance, or of justice beyond mere individual reprisal. ... The law, like everything we do and like everything we say, is a heritage from the past."1 ______________________________________________TABLE OF CONTENTS. THE LAW AND CIVILIZATION: THE AGE OF REASON: LOCKE:

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    Essay Length: 1,705 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: July
  • Should Marriage Be Converted into a 3 Year Contract?

    Should Marriage Be Converted into a 3 Year Contract?

    Should marriage be converted into a three year contract? Marriage was originated to unite a man and a woman in the closest and most endearing way. During a marriage ceremony, the couple vows to be together forever whether the situations they face together are good or bad, and death is the only thing that should make them part. Unfortunately, many marriage vows are broken today, and the end result of this is separation or divorce.

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    Essay Length: 827 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 30, 2010 By: Fonta

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