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    Gerry Gault Case Unfair The case about Gerry Gault was an obscene phone call that he made. Gerry was 15 when he was taken to the juvenile detention center. Gerry wasn’t told what his crime was when he was taken in by the police. His parents didn’t know where he was either because the police didn’t tell them. Gerry made an obscene phone call this was claimed by Mrs. Cook. Gerry Gault’s case was unfair because he wasn’t told what the charges were‚ he was sent to the juvenile detention center without

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    Free and Fair Election The electoral system have to be fair and just and to ensure this‚ free and fair election will be held when the Parliament is dissolved or finish it’s sitting duration of 5 years. A free and fair election must be in orderly manner and it must not have Coup d’état. Coup d’état is meant by a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics . It is an alteration of an existing government by a small group that tend to create riots and chaos. The current Malaysia government believe

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    The child support system is unfair and too hard on the noncustodial parent‚ because of jail time‚ garnishment of paycheck‚ and work-release program‚ revoked driver license are very harsh tools . That doesn’t does not help the children. Failure to obey a court order is called contempt of court . If noncustodial parent owes unpaid child support the custodial-parent can ask for a hearing before the judge asking that the noncustodial parent be held in contempt of court‚ the court can issue a

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    The Babylonian king known as Hammurabi will forever be remembered throughout history for being a diplomat‚ builder of temples‚ and a lawgiver‚ that epitomizes Mesopotamian society. In this paper‚ multiple aspects of Hammurabi and Babylonian society will be addressed. First‚ how Hammurabi took an insignificant city-state and through a series of wars with neighboring kingdoms‚ made it into a powerful empire which would control all of Mesopotamia. Second‚ how he realized that his empire needed control

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    8-hour workday Rationale: Through this project‚ we see how far people went in the protests to get what they desired‚ or their rights. What’s significant about this is that we could compare it to current protests we have‚ and we can see how drastically law makers or protesters have changed. This occurred in the 1880s‚ and we currently have the 8-hour workday. It’s interesting to see that over 100 years later‚ we got what they were achieving for. Topic 3: Double V Campaign: After events of WWII‚ this

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    compensation is deplorable. They were sent to internment camps for the duration of the Pacific War. The big question that everyone wants an answer to is why the American government and people decided on this path to act. Japanese internment camps were unfair to the vast majority of the Japanese people who would not have engaged in sabotage or spying for japan during the war. The government’s enforcement of Executive Order 9066 during World War II was a result of racism and prejudice. On Thursday‚ February

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    Salesman” written by Arthur Miller‚ the author manages to create an unfair situation for Willy Lowman by showing how Howard humiliates him in the whole conversation. Also‚ by showing Howard is not interested at Willy situation at all. In addition to this‚ by using stage directions and exclamation marks the writer creates a tense atmosphere which contributes to an unfair situation. To start with‚ Howard fires Willy in a really unfair way‚ he had work for many time for his father and they had a very

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    Introduction In the present essay the problem covered will be The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977‚ known as UCTA and the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999‚ known as UTCCR. As things stand at present‚ consumers are faced with two pieces of legislation in a vital area of contracts. The main areas analysed will consist of a historical background of the Act and the Regulations‚ a comparison between them but also the inconsistencies and overlaps which exist regarding these two layers

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    Hammurabi’s Code Just? If you compare our modern societies’ technology‚ architecture‚ and laws to ancient times you will notice many differences and a few hidden similarities. We have gone so far in our technological and architectural advancements that the similarities can barely be seen‚ but the foundation and base of many of our laws can be traced back almost 4000 years ago to a Babylonian king named Hammurabi. Hammurabi ruled a grouping of city-states in Mesopotamia and created 282 laws that citizens

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    Examinations are a fair gauge of a student’s ability. Discuss. Scholastic tests are unjust barometers for students’ aptitudes as they are one-off gauges of understanding of the subjects‚ which may be unfair as psychological factors could come into play. Moreover‚ students with a clearer perception of the standard methods and types of questions will excel better than others‚ meaning that scoring well for an examination will not just be based on ability of application for a subject but rather on

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