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Social Construct and Crime

social construct (Haralambos and Holborn, 2000). In looking at the role of the law in relationship to detaining what is an...

A Legal Cause Study Causey v. St. Francis Medical Center

battery under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) (Pub. L. No. 99-272, 100 Stat. 164 (codified as amende...

Early Childhood Education and Major Concepts

private, in order to reach their full potential (Harbin, et al, 2004). The current incarnation of this legislation is the Individu...

Law Firms and Software Uses

facts ("Summation Products," 2005). In addition to helping lawyers locate important information, it provides links for documents, ...

Downloading Music Legally

legal downloads in the United States and Europe, and it has been predicted that by 2010, downloads may account for up to 25 percen...

Issues Pertaining to the Exclusionary Rule

In essence, the development of the Fourth Amendment protections against illegal search and seizure were defined by the belief that...

Scenario on Malpractice in Nursing

when he cannot feel a pulse. A new nurse, a first year graduate, Sally enters the room, sees Long and runs out. She encounters Nur...

Functions of Management Defined

of task, there may be an overall strategy, but there may also be the need to plan for a specific case, the lawyers determining wha...

Sustaining Life or Death by Assisted Suicide

quality of life, the patient must be in such a frame of mind and body where life is a pleasure and not merely a perpetual struggle...

Aging Society and the Ethical Challenges This Presents

the American population becomes progressively older. This report warns that we are on the threshold of becoming a basically "geria...

English Language Learning and Lau v. Nichols

for some native language maintenance (Texas Education Agency Bilingual/ESL Unit, 2004). * 1988: More amendments to Title VII impos...

Legal Brief on Monsanto Co. v. Coramandal Indag Products, (P) Ltd

something that is to be used by anyone making such a chemical compound? It is noted that Butachlor is covered by the patent but w...

Student Submitted Case Study on the Purchase of 2 Laptops by an Australian Company's Purchasing Officer for Personal Use

The law regarding the agency relationship may be found in both statute and common law, but the basis of the relationship is that...

Government and the UK Rule of Law

be backed up by the relevant authority to make that decision based in the law (Thompson and Allen, 2005). This may be seen as a ve...

UK, Work, and Disabilities

employer discrimination. Ironically there does appear to be greater gender equality in terms of work, and discrimination among the...

Counseling and Ethical Issues of Confidentiality

of influence upon their patients, as it is their expertise and guidance for which people seek them out. Without question, counsel...

Decubitus Ulcers and Nursing Shortage

1999). Elderly patients who are alert, and not declared incompetent, have the right to refuse treatment, which includes turning or...

Terri Schiavo Case and Withholding Nutrition in Comatose Patients

controversial issues and decide accordingly the best way to appease both the law and the public; its decision about whether to inc...

Dementia and Mental Health Problem Origins

where, after an initial stage of processing the information will be divided up, for example, one stream of information may concern...

Precontact Law and Government in Native America

contends that these rules included such considerations as individual rights, provisions for private property, and even adjudicatio...

eTherapy Websites

site provides a disclaimer: " E-therapy is not a universal substitute for face-to-face psychotherapy. Rather, it is an alternative...

Trespass, False Pretenses, and Obscenity Laws

light and the case of Howl was essentially thrown out of court because the poem was deemed socially valuable in many respects (Min...

Euthanasia and Ethics in Counseling

of omission to end the life other than to permit the natural process of dying" (State of Florida, 2004). Within the past se...

Business in America

deceptive practices concerns; and labor-management concerns (Bixby, 1996). Major Laws Regulating Business Regulations pertaining ...

UK's Tesco PLC Retailer

senior analyst at Verdict, says it has succeeded because "it has delivered what consumers want" (Rigby, 2005, p. 2). Legal and ...

Work Safety and Health

work on both these areas. There are many models which are used to assess risk, each have different advantages and disadvantages....

PhysicianOffice Software Business Plan

health care industry continues to writhe through its evolution away from the structure in which it has operated for more than a ha...

Analyzing the Film Adaptation of The Rainmaker by John Grisham

tradition of good vs. evil, the inexperienced novice is cast in the role of David facing off against Goliath, the legal dream team...

Consideration of Medical Negligence

In ten pages medical negligence is considered with such cases as 1957's Bolam v. Friern HMC and 1997's Bolitho v. Hackney HA refer...

2003 Recall Election in California

set off a recall campaign.ix Both the state Constitution and the California election law spell out the administrative requirements...