Illuminating Aspects of Totalitarian Dystopias Through Character Lines Winston Smith from 1984 and Evey Hammond from V for Vendetta are used by their authors to showcase different aspects of dystopian worlds and totalitarian governments. Both characters face similar losses early in life‚ which play a role in their distaste of control. Evey faces the loss of her parents to an oppressive and dictatorial government. Winston similarly loses his mother‚ as described by Orwell in “[t]ragedy‚ he perceived
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Adarand v. Pena 1. What constitutional issue is raised in the Adarand litigation? The issue is an affirmative action case that make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court was being asked to decide whether categorizing citizens by race in order to determine the kind of treatment those individuals would receive was constitutional or not. This is not something new to be tried within the United States Supreme Court system. Attorneys for each side of the Adarand v. Pena case presented to the
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Bily v. Arthur Young & Co.‚ 834P. 2d 745 – Cal: Supreme Court 1992 Summary of the case The litigation was brought by investors of Osborne Computer Corp. a computer manufacturing company. The business was founded in 1980 by Adam Osborne. The Company grew rapidly‚ and by fall of 1982‚ sales reached $10 million per month‚ making the company one of the fastest growing enterprises in the history of American business. Late in 1982‚ Osborne planned an initial public stock offering. In the process
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Derek Brown Dr. Janet Smith Employment Law BA370 30 June 2011 EEOC V. FEDERAL EXPRESS The EEOC filed suit complaining that FedEx violated Title I of the ADA by failing to provide reasonable accommodations and for discharging him in retaliation for his discrimination complaint. Additionally‚ the complaint sought compensatory damages (i.e.‚ damages paid to compensate the claimant for actual injury or harms they suffered) and punitive damages (i.e.‚ exemplary damages paid to penalize the defendant)
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The People of the State of New York V. Donald L. McCray Nature of the Case: Appeal upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of assault on a police officer and criminal use of a firearm in the 2nd degree. Concise Rule of Law: Mental Hygiene Law § 9.41 which permits persons who appear to be mentally ill and acting in a manner that threatens safety of self or others to be taken into custody. The Penal Law § 120.08 imposes strict liability with respect to the serious injury aspect
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In the case of Keller v. Inland Metals All Weather Conditioning‚ Inc. Inland Metals did have an express warranty with the humidifier it sold to Keller. According to NOLO (2015) “an express warranty is a verbal or written statement that guarantees that a product is of a certain quality or will work in a certain way or for a certain amount of time.” In the case of Keller v. Inland Metal‚ Inland Metals provided both verbal and written statements about the quality of the humidifier they sold the
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After reviewing the United States v. Parks case‚ I believe that Parks should have been charged with a crime. The responsible corporate officer doctrine states that even if the corporate officer did not know about the crime or engage in the crime then the court can still find the officer criminally liable (Kubasek‚ 2017 p. 161). In this case‚ Parks received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration and still failed to correct the unsanitary conditions. Parks should be convicted even
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In our history as a Nation‚ we have had some conflicts that have arisen when this occurs and it can be difficult to define what it means to have religious freedom. It should not come as a surprise to us that this may be a conflict in our future. Religion is an asset in our human lives that has directed us toward morality from the beginning of humanity as religions have grown in diversity. There is no category to which it belongs; therefore‚ it is difficult to face this problem head on when there
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Case Synopses Philips versus Matsushita: The Competitive Battle Continues 10/01/13 Philips and Matsushita add together more than two hundred years of history in the high technology consumer electronics industry. During this period both companies followed contrasting strategies and experienced disruptive changes in its environment forcing them to review‚ adapt and implement new corporate strategies. The following case synopsis focus on how these companies developed different organizational
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religion‚ color‚ sex or national origin (Dessler‚ 2016). This is the first law that needs to be considered when looking at hiring an employee. After this‚ employers need to make sure they are following the guidelines and example of the Griggs v. Duke Power Company case (Dessler‚ 2016). This law is to ensure that when in the hiring process‚ the requirements of the candidates applying
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