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'Judging' Creationism or Evolution

This paper consists of five pages and considers a possible U.S. Supreme Court case on whether schools should teach creationism or ...

Inclusion, Exclusion and American Law by Martha Minow

In five pages this paper examines discrimination, victims, and court dichotomy. There are no other sources listed....

Gen. Billy Mitchell's Trial and Court Martial

This report consists of nine pages in an overview of First World War Gen. Billy Mitchell's trial and subsequent court martial. Tw...

U.S. Constitution and Freedom of Religion

In five pages this paper examines how the courts have interpreted the 1st Amendment clauses of free exercise and establishment. S...

Justice Quest of Kenya

In twenty pages this paper examines the corruption that has always unfortunately been a part of Kenya's judicial landscape in a co...

Quebec and Secession from Canada

if in fact a majority of Quebec residents wanted to secede, the prime minister and premiers were obligated to negotiate Quebecs in...

School Environment and Sexual Harassment

terminology likely is not. The difficulty in defining the term is further complicated with the settings in which it can occur. ...

Restaurant and Hotel Management and Ethics

In twenty pages the hospitality industry is investigated in terms of its use of ethics, how they can be improved, reactive and pro...

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 ...

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....

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...

4th Amendment Rights and the Practice of Search and Seizure

In ten pages this paper discusses the rights guaranteed by the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in terms of search and seizu...

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...

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...

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...

Americans' Dieting Obsessions

In 5 pages this paper discusses the American obsession with dieting and being thin. There are 5 sources cited in the bibliography...

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...

Evaluation of the Drug Court Program

In twenty one pages this paper assesses the drug court program which started in 1989 in Miami, with an abstract also provided. Tw...

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...

William H. Rehnquist, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice

his Masters from Harvard in 1950 (Barrett, 1995). Returning to Stanford for his law degree, Rehnquist graduated first in his clas...

Court Appointments as a Means of Altering Policy

The result is that laws can be interpreted in a variety of ways, depending on circumstances and depending on our place in history....

Judge Interpretation of the 1967 Abortion Act and the Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom v DHSS (1981) Case

Radioactive Substances Act 1948, section 3 (1) (a), the Therapeutic Substances Act 1956, section 9 (1) (a); the Drugs (Prevention...

Thomas Joe Miller El v. Janie Cockrell Supreme Court Opinion

DeMoss, Circuit Judge, 261 F.3d 445, should have been granted, based on the assertion that the petitioner showed adequate evidence...

Employee Complaint of Discrimination and its Process

John, who is an employee in a private sector organization. John, who believes he has been discriminated against, wants to file a c...

Race and Emotional Distress in the Workplace

racial supremacy destroyed the theoretical underpinnings of American racism (20). This is a nice thought, but while things have ch...

Tennessee Eviction Proceedings

end of November. In January 2003, they gave to the landlords agent (another tenant on the same property) a check for $700, which ...

Workplace, Sexual Harassment, Legal Issues, and the U.S. Supreme Court

as the accused, and also how due process is factored into the complex equation. Sexual harassment is regarded as a violation of t...

Authority in Thomas More's Utopia and Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince

who studied the conditions of power, political struggle, and warfare. As such, we note that this is where his authority stems from...