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    The American Civil War The American Civil War was one of the most significant and controversial periods in American history‚ in where Americans killed each other (about 600‚000 men died) and still‚ some of the past arguments on state’s rights are still argued today. The Civil War was a matter of south versus north‚ confederacy (Southern States) versus The Union (Northern States). Northern states claimed that if the Southern slaves were property‚ then they should not be counted toward voting representation

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    Disadvantages of Plea Bargaining Cherese Murphy CJA/224 May 17‚ 2012 Maxine Craig Advantages and Disadvantages of Plea Bargaining The history of plea bargaining go back to the 19th century; by the second half of the 19th century plea bargaining was somewhat a common practice. (Siegel‚ Schmalleger‚ Worrall 2011‚ 320) However‚ plea bargaining became more common in the early and mid-1900’s. From 1916 to 1921 the Georgia Department of Public Welfare advised that guilty plea rates increase 70

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    The process of collective bargaining is one that is includes many strategies. The intent of collective bargaining is to reach a unified agreement that satisfies both parties. A perfect example of the use of the principles defined in the article “Behavioral Research in Negotiations: An Application to Collective Bargaining” by John Magenau is the negotiations that are occurring between the UAW and Chrysler. There are many issues that have halted the negotiations between

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    Running head: At the Bargaining Table At the Bargaining Tablet Professor Moody Marion Beaufort III November 14‚ 2012 At the Bargaining Tables Ernest Montague‚ self-made entrepreneur‚ “the owner and general manager” of a local manufacturing business “North Valley Muffler Company” located in New Mexico. North Valley Muffler Company supplies a variety of mufflers to the east and west coast part businesses. This small company employs over 100 workers. Over sixty percent of the workers

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    The Mauritian Economy: 2012 Outlook Executive Summary Bracing for another storm While the Mauritian economy has been resilient thus far‚ the flip-flops in select Government policies have sent mixed signals to both the private sector and potential investors. Nonetheless‚ the economy grew at an estimated 4% in 2011 driven by a resurgent textile industry‚ and a strong performance by the financial sector. A year ago we had believed that the worst was behind; however‚ the issues surrounding the

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    USU 1300 Is Judicial Activism in the best interest of the American people? Suzanna Sherry reminds us in her working paper‚ Why We Need More Judicial Activism‚ that “an examination of constitutional practice shows that too little activism produces worse consequences than does too much” and since we cannot assure judges are consistently “fair” it is better to be overly aggressive than overly restrained. In the most basic sense‚ judicial activism is when judges apply their own political opinion in

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    Essay: What is a better monetary system: bargaining or money? The preference of a monetary system is determined by considering several factors. Among them includes a wide range of production parameters which affect the rate at which goods and services are produced into the market. On the other hand‚ the preference is determined by the parameter affecting the customer behaviors in their purchasing (L. Meehan‚ 2015). Money and bargaining is the two main systems which the markets in the universe utilize

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    Judicial Review: A Double-Edged Sword Judicial Review: A Double-Edged Sword 1. Traditional theories of judicial review hold that neutral or principled grounds are the only legitimate bases for judicial decisions and reject political motives in judicial decision-making. Do you believe this is true? Do you see principled v. political motives in important U.S. Supreme Court constitutional decisions which overturn laws passed by legislatures (such

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     In the criminal justice system‚ there is the Judicial System where it is the system of courts that applies the law for a particular state. In speaking of the court‚ there are tons of roles that professional people are employed in such as the prosecutor and defense attorney. With the regards to the prosecutor‚ their job in a criminal trial is to represent a state where they prove a case beyond reasonable doubt against a defendant. On the other hand‚ there is the defense attorney in the criminal

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    Distributive bargaining‚ also known as a win-lose bargaining process is a competitive negotiation approach that is utilized to choose in what way a fixed resource such as money will be distributed. It is assumed by each person involved that in this method gains for one party’s interests will come at the expense of the other party for the reason that there is a limited quantity of resources obtainable to the parties with which to meet bargaining goals. (Holley‚ Jennings‚ Wolters‚ 2012 pg.257) In other

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