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Essays 1981 - 2010

A Legal Courtroom Visit

the description of the room itself and the way the people orient to that room. There is, for example, the distinct separation of ...

Christine Busalacchi and Euthanasia

that she was much more responsive and seemed to be improving. Still not fully conscious, at times she would be able to "communica...

U.S. Supreme Court Case of Troxel v. Granville

regardless of any opposition from Agnes (the little girls mother), the connections that exist between the grandparents and child a...

Was the 2000 Presidential Election Stolen by George W. Bush?

term traditionally begins the first Monday in October, and so final opinions are issued in late June (Mears, 2002). Justices divid...

Life and Career of Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

B, however, would prove enduring and she would return to continue her education at the age of 13. In her childhood memoir, OConno...

Analyzing Readings The Poetics of Blanchot, Joyce, Kafka, Kleist, Lispector and Tsvetayeva by Helene Cixous

Its clear this feminist perspective seeks no harm, but merely wishes to illuminate her celebration of women. Specificall...

Fate in Bleak House by Charles Dickens

as well. Greed and ambition get in the way of the characters doing what is right, and innocent children become victims of a syste...

Human Resource Case Study on Micronics Technology

dependent upon Carol having dinner with Buddy, the supervisor. It is also a hostile environment case because Buddy touches her, re...

Changing the Scottish Evidence Rules

be heard. The opposite to this is an inquisition system, where there are not different sides, but the aim of finding the truth. Al...

Readings on Family Reunion Theme

generation, perceiving life and important family relationships very differently. They do not come from the same position, in terms...

'Song of Myself,' 'When I Read the Book,' and 'One's Self I Sing' by Walt Whitman

With the plain-speaking simplicity that was his trademark, Whitman constructed this poem in such a rhythmic way that it could be s...

4 Articles on Insanity Defense and Mental Disability

not prison. II. THEME OF THE FOUR ARTICLES The theme of these four articles -- Craziness and Criminal Responsibility, Introducti...

Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court Nomination

In ten pages this paper examines the controversy surrounding the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court. Eight sou...

Government's Judicial Branch

In six pages this paper discusses how different courts within the government's judicial branch operate. Three sources are cited i...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Her Life and Career

Court in August of 1993 by a Senate vote of ninety-seven to three (Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg). Indeed, it can e...

Jim Crow's Emergence and Decline

The Jim Crow laws are examined in five pages in an overview of the 'separate but equal' 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court deci...

Reverse Discrimination and Regents of University of California v. Bakke

history of slavery alone but also that a whole people were marked as inferior by the law. And that mark has endured. The dream o...

Discussion of U.S. Supreme Court Cases with Controversial Issues

This single, historic decision brought forth a great many opportunities for each state to recognize the importance of allowing peo...

Salting as Defined and Practiced

treated as employees at the companies for which they had applied (Baskin PG). Other courts were split on the issue and so the Supr...

Comparison Between a Preliminary Case and One Decided by California's Supreme Court

In five pages this paper examines how a similar judgment in a preliminary case regarding liability in a shopping center parking lo...

Brook Thomas' Edited Text Plessy v Ferguson A Brief History with Documents

In three pages this paper provides a history and general overview of this landmark case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court as prese...

Cultural Climate of the Period and the Dred Scott Decision

even if the federal government could buy the slaves, the freed slaves could not be turned into citizens without an amendment to th...

Riggs v. Palmer Court Case

and was termed, the forfeiture rule. The forfeiture rule in the context of succession law is a rule of public policy under which t...

New York's Urban Environments

This 10 page paper describes various experiences in urban environments in New York City. The environments include a factory, a wel...

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Sexual Harassment

In five pages this paper presents the history of a sexual harassment case that was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court and discusses w...

Supreme Court Justice Appointments and the 2000 Election

In five pages this report discusses how Presidents can influence constitutional law interpretation through Supreme Court justice a...

U.S. Military's 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Policy

In six pages this policy is examined within the context of the Thomasson v. Perry court case. There are no other sources listed....

Texas Flag Burning Case Arguments

In three pages this paper argues that the overturning of this decision by Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist was correct. On...

Canada's Struggle With Child Pornography

p.PG). Courts in the West have been struggling with the definition for quite awhile as they try to keep a balance for the right ...

Tolerance, Freedom of Speech, and J.S. Mill

in his views. Freedom of speech should be given precedent over the reaction which that speech may cause. This precept has been u...