in the student roles. The film portrays the real-life Erin Gruwell‚ a white teacher that fights an uphill battle to inspire trust‚ belief‚ and changes in her inner-city students. Instead of accepting their violent fate‚ her students struggle to break free from their vicious life cycle‚ open their minds to life’s possibilities‚ and dare to dream the impossibilities. As Woodrow Wilson High School’s bright-eyed and naive‚ new English teacher‚ Erin Gruwell is thrown into a strange‚ unbeknown world to
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may be caused deliberately or carelessly * One person’s single harmful act to another person (deliberately or carelessly) can give rise to one or more legal liabilities * Legal Liabilities * Tortious Liability: harmful act can be a tort (civil wrong)‚ other than breach of contract‚ remedy is compensation (commenced through litigation) * Vicarious Liability: Liability for harmful act caused by another * Statutory liability: harmful act by breach of statute‚ prosecution
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TOPIC: WHAT IS TORT‚ AND TORTIOUS LIABILITY ? From a legal standpoint‚ a tort is a private or civil wrong or injury (other than a breach of contract) for which a court of law may provide a remedy through a lawsuit for damages (compensation). For example‚ when a person violates his/her duty to others created under general (or statutory) law‚ a tort has been committed. Tort law relies heavily on the common law‚ the legal opinions of the Courts‚ general trends in the community‚ and legal scholarship
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Freedom Riders by holding a peace march and prayer vigil at the Washington Monument for victims of intolerance. The Freedom Writers Diary has photos of this‚ and I can only imagine what a touching site this must have been. In 1998‚ their senior year‚ Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers won the Spirit of Anne Frank Award. It was extremely special for the Freedom Writers to receive this award as a group‚ since the award is usually given to individuals. The Freedom Writers all traveled to New York for
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By Florida State University September 9. 2014 History of Torts The Anglo- American tort goes back to the action for trespass to property or to that person. The late 18th century was when this first was observed the distinction between that which is unintentional and injuries that are willfully inflicted. Negligence was distingue as a different tort. The basic idea is today is that a breach of duty constitutes a tort. In American there are courts that treat unjustified and willful
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undergarments itself. A recent advertisement from the lingerie company proves that the lingerie is just a prop. In the ad there is a billboard with Erin‚ a Victoria Secret Angel‚ who appears to be naked with a bar that is able to be scanned over her breasts as well as a caption that says “Reveal Erin’s Secret.” Once the barcode is scanned the image reveals Erin in a Victoria’s Secret bra with a new caption that reads‚ “Sexier than Skin.”It implies that Victoria’s Secret undergarments is sexier than skin
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when Erin changed up the seating plan‚ the whole class was disgruntled about being integrated with one another. The racism displayed towards The Freedom Writers can also be explained with the conflict theory. The students of class 203 are subjected to discrimination as the white teachers and students are strongly against the integration program. Ava and the other students hate white people because they are privileged in the aspects of money‚ power‚ and opportunities. The class disliked Erin and Ben
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Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach‚ California. Erin Gruwell first time teacher faced her first group of students‚ told to be “unteachable and at risk” teens by the administration. Erin’s class room diverse mix of African-American‚ Latino‚ Cambodian‚ Vietnamese‚ and Caucasian students‚ whom many of had grown up in poverty‚ rough neighborhoods in Long Beach fighting their own war’s in gang violence‚ mental and physical abuse and reactions to Erin and her unconventional teaching methods realizing
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Task 1 A. Contrast liability in tort with contractual liability Principles of Responsibility distinction Tort liability in general‚ the principle of fault liability‚ under the special provisions in the law‚ to take the principle of liability without fault‚ if the law does not specify to which the parties the two sides nor the fault of the concept of fair‚ can also take the principle of equitable responsibility. Contractual obligations after the conclusion of the contract‚ or the formation of
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Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Medical malpractice lawsuits are startlingly common and result from a number of reasons. Doctors and medical specialists can make medical errors‚ missed diagnoses‚ drug errors and miss test results (Lovenberg‚ 2015). Doctors can also make surgical errors and anaesthesia mistakes (Lovenberg‚ 2015). Unfortunately‚ all of these failures can result in serious injury and often death. Malpractice tort law is a Constitutional right and provides a means for individuals
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