Victim’s Right Amendment National victim surveys indicate that almost every American age 12 and over will one day become the victim of a common law crime‚ such as larceny or burglary. (Resnick) Survey shows that more of the 75 percent of the general public has been victimized by crime at least once in their lifetime; as many as 25% of the victims develop posttraumatic stress syndrome‚ and their symptoms last for more than a decade after the crime occurred. (Kilpatrick) According to the Department
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Women Rights No Rights? Are You Kidding Me? In the early 1900s‚ women barely had any kind of rights. There were many laws that prevented us from doing anything. For one thing‚ women were EXPECTED to stay at home and take care of the cooking and cleaning. Women were also considered as the “property” of men once they got married. They couldn’t do anything without the permission of their husband. Women couldn’t sign any contracts‚ and so they wouldn’t be able to start any businesses without their
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A Child’s right to an Education As a child‚ you are entitled to the right to finger paint‚ run around the playground‚ to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich‚ and the right to an education. You are entitled to the right to be able to flourish socially and academically in a safe environment. You deserve to be given the opportunity to develop an identity‚ and to think freely for yourself as you grow into an adult. Every child should be given the possibility to get educated‚ eventually breaking
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Women’s Rights Women had it difficult in the mid-1800s to early 1900s. There was a difference in the treatment of men and women then. Married women were legally dead in the eyes of the law. Women were not even allowed to vote until August 1920. They were not allowed to enter professions such as medicine or law. There were no chances of women getting an education then because no college or university would accept a female with only a few exceptions. Women were not allowed to participate in the affairs
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Children rights In the past people used to treat children as adults. However‚ nowadays there is a law that conserves children which is children rights. Children rights established to prevent children from abuse‚ unawareness‚ death and other factors that oppressed children. Some countries provide good services for children in several fields. On the other hand‚ in some countries children are prevented from their rights. The United Nations Convention created children rights to protect children in the
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Chapter 5 Review Questions 1. Civil Rights are the government-protected rights of individuals against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by governments or individuals. The concept of equality got introduced into the constitution. The 14th Amendment‚ one of three Civil war Amendments ratified from 1865 to 1870‚ introduced the notion of equality into the constitution by specifying that a state could not deny “any person within jurisdiction equal protection of the laws.” It is evident in the recent
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Question 1: Explanation of Matt’s parents right regarding the sales of Goods Act (1979) Under Section 12 (1) in The Sale of Goods Act (1979) the seller has the right to sell the goods when he can pass the good’s title to the buyer (rights of ownership)‚ looking at Rowland v Divall [1923] ALL ER REP 270‚ the court of appeal decided that Divall has breached S.12 of SOGA and that Rowland was entitled to a full refund‚ as he had paid £334 for the right of ownership of the car which he had not received
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Women’s Rights! Women’s rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls of many societies worldwide. In some places‚ these rights are institutionalized or supported by law‚ local custom‚ and behaviour‚ whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls in favour of men and boys. Issues commonly associated with
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OSCOLA Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities Fourth Edition Faculty of Law‚ University of Oxford www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Employee Rights & Responsibilities in Health & Social Care Level 2 Q 1. Identify 3 aspects of employment covered by legislation 1.1 1. Contracts; these are legally binding on both sides (the employee and employer). 2. Conditions of employment; these may be varied by the employer with agreement of the employee. 3. Self- employed people are not covered by the employment law except for health and safety aspects. Q 2. Why do you think it is important to have employment legislation? 1.3 It
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