Negligence Causation And Remoteness Revision The following is a plain text extract of the PDF sample above‚ taken from our Tort I (Intentional & Negligence) Notes. This text version has had its formatting removed so pay attention to its contents alone rather than its presentation. The version you download will have its original formatting intact and so will be much prettier to look at. Causation & Remoteness Causation According to CLA s 5E‚ plaintiff bears onus of proof of causation. • At common
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Understanding the similarities of Strain Theory‚ & General Theory of Crime Angela Sampson # 2396467 Sociology 345: Social Control Professor: James Chriss Cleveland State University April 30th 2012 Abstract: The purpose is to identify the similarities between Strain theories‚ and General Theory of Crime. Strain was developed from the work of Durkheim and Merton and taken from the theory of anomie. Durkheim focused on the decrease of societal restraint and the strain that resulted
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Trait Theory and Violent Crime Petra Torri Nova Southeastern University [CRJU 2220: Criminology Prof. J. Brecher] The Latent Trait Theory and Violent Crime Developmental theories‚ such as the Latent Trait Theory explain criminal behavior through life-course fundamentals. Violent crimes‚ such as murder and battery are accordingly the result of behavior that has been shaped starting in one’s childhood. This paper explains violent behavior and it’s causes through the Latent Trait theory and
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Multifactorial Causation of Obesity WHO has defined “obesity” as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that present a risk to health which may even result in reduced life expectancy. A simple index of weight-for-health‚ namely‚ body mass index (BMI) has been used to classify overweight and obesity in adults. A BMI equals or more than 30 kg/m2 will be classified as “obesity” which is now ranked the fifth leading risk of deaths worldwide. It has been estimated that more than 2.8 million of adults
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I have completed the Lotus of Control assessment and found out I am internal in which I believe to be correct. There is a positive side to my type of control. In reading‚ I found that internal orientation get better paid jobs‚ and are more achievement orientated. However‚ psychologically internals can be unhealthy and unstable. They have the tendency to want to control everything. They need a circle of influence in order to experience success. External orientation can lead easy-going‚ relaxed
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A Role for Equity Theory in the Turnover Process: An Empirical Test1 RODGERw.GRlFFETH2 AND STEFAN GAERTNER Department of Management Georgia State Universiw The purpose o f the present study was to examine the role o f equity theory in the context of the contemporary turnover process. A model was developed and tested with 192 hospital employees using structural equation modeling (SEM)‚ which placed satisfaction and intention to quit as mediators of employee turnover. The results strongly support
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Kant’s Moral Theory: The Flaws One of the most controversial aspects of Kant’s moral philosophy is his theory regarding the concept of duty. Duty is the moral necessity to perform actions for no other reason than to obey the dictates of a higher authority without any selfish inclination. Immanuel Kant states that the only moral motivation is a devotion to duty. The same action can be seen as moral if it is done for the sake of one’s duty but also as not moral (Kant distinguished between immoral and
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The Idea of Mill ’s ethical theory is his Greatest Happiness Principle in that “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness and they are wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the intended pleasure and the absence of pain. Unhappiness is the pain and the lack of pleasure. Pleasure and freedom from pain are the only desirable things.” Mill ’s view of happiness is hedonistic‚ which suggests that the only good thing in a person is pleasure and the
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of an offence. The accused must have been responsible for conduct which is otherwise prohibited by the law; this is referred to as the ‘actus reus’ of a crime. However this alone is insufficient for conviction‚ unless it concerns a crime which is of strict liability‚ like Harrow London BC v. Shah . Alongside the ‘actus reus’ element of a crime there is also a requirement for the accused to have the appropriate state of mind known as the ‘mens rea’. Both ‘actus reus’ and ‘mens rea’ need to be apparent
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“Correlation doesn’t equal causation” Albert Einstein once said “The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” At this point in my life‚ I couldn’t have found that statement to be any truer. I’m an activist‚ an avid one at that. I try to fight evil educating others‚ on what not many people have ever even questioned before; Vaccines. When I tell most people this‚ their first reaction is “oh‚ you’re one of those people” or “I get it
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