In his study of ancient Greece‚ David Cohen highlights various differences in the way legal matters were handled in Athens as appose to how we handle legal matters today. One of the more obvious differences is the limit of individuals allowed to participate in the institution of law. During ancient Athens‚ “women‚ slaves‚ foreigners‚ and certain social outcasts were excluded” (Cohen‚ 195‚ p.64). Furthermore‚ there was no strict body of rules and procedures for Athenians to follow. There was no focus
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Legal and Ethical Issues Relating to Business Information Learning Objectives: I will be able to explain the legal and ethical issues relating to the use of business information (Pass) Legal Issues These are various items of legislation (law) to protect the use of business information. Data Protection Act 1998 Many businesses store and use information about people. The Data Protection Act protects information held about people from being misused. The information stored by businesses on databases
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Critical Legal Issues in Criminal Justice CJ500 Unit 9 Project Brenda Colbert September 26‚ 2011 When it comes to the criminal process‚ it typically ends when a defendant is found not guilty. However‚ in retrospect‚ it does not end whenever a defendant is found guilty‚ and that is for three primary reasons: 1) the accused must be sentenced; 2) the accused can and often does appeal their conviction; and 3) in the event that the accused’s appeal fails to succeed‚ the U.S. Constitution provides
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1. Introduction The use of social media in the hiring process has important legal ramifications that employers need to be aware of. While the content and postings by job applicants on social network sites is in the public domain‚ considerable legal problems exist for employers over the use of the obtained information if it infringes upon legally protected areas of privacy. This section discusses compliance issues primarily in the United States and also in Japan. Recently‚ there has been a lot
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Case No. 1 Sandigan throws out DepEd director case THE anti-graft court Sandiganbayan dismissed the case of a former Department of Education (DepEd) regional director and a regional accountant because of lack of evidence and jurisdiction.The Sandiganbayan First Division scrapped the cases of former chief of DepEd Region IX Ibrahim Albar and regional accountant Edwin Romero. Albar and Romero were charged of violating the Government Service and Insurance System (GSIS) Act of 1997 and the
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The legislation Is the school leaving age changing? A law was passed by the New South Wales Parliament in May 2009 to increase the school leaving age from 15 years of age in 2009 to 17 years of age. This law operates from 1 January 2010. Leaving age aims Why has the government increased the minimum school leaving age? The minimum school leaving age is being raised to ensure that school-leavers have the opportunity to maximise their preparation for further education or training or employment
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--had four laws that were passed together because of a supposed danger or threat to American safety. --had four laws that were passed together because of a supposed danger or threat to American safety. --both Acts were shaped out of fear --both acts wanted to abandon those parts of the Constitution that the creators felt needed to protect our government. --The Alien Enemies Act‚ forms a basis of the Patriot Act‚ permits the President to capture and deport all immigrants whose country was
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Psychology Journal #1 Word Count – Animal Testing In the world of psychological research‚ using animals for research testing is a great thing. Scientist have developed and proven many theories through this research. For this journal assignment I read several articles on animal testing and was amazed at the things we as humans have gained through research. We developed cures for major forms of sickness including Tuberculosis‚ Meningitis‚ and Parkinson’s disease. As well as perfecting blood transfusions
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Legal and Ethical Issues in Business Unit 1 Individual Project In order for a business to succeed into the future growth is needed. The success of this company is not in the amount of products we make but the amount of customers we gain. In order for us to ensure our customers continue to do business with us we need to provide a product that holds quality as well as the company name. With this being said there are a few products that could potentially be defective and should be recalled prior
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UNIT 16 1.1 As a support worker current legislation and codes of practice that relates to handling information in my work place are: Data Protection Act – Records keep on my service user has always been kept in a secure place for example his medication records which are store in a lock cupboard. The documents about my service user have only be used for the purpose they were collected. My service user care plan and other documents are normally only available to those who need to see them for
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