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    waste the lives of innocent animals. This type of treatment is malicious and unjust for animals. Although some animal testing has created life-saving cures and treatments‚ it is still unfair and wrong because it’s cruel and inhumane‚ there are better alternative methods and it’s bad science. Animal testing is unfair because it is cruel and inhumane. Taking animals and using them as testers is no better than testing on humans (ProCon‚ n.d.). Animals are innocent and don’t deserve to be taken and tested

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    warfare. In 1792 B.C.‚ King Hammurabi conquered and merged the neighboring city states of ancient Mesopotamia‚ creating a Babylonian empire and becoming the sixth king of its capitol city‚ Babylon. During his reign‚ Hammurabi established law and order and funded irrigation‚ defense‚ and religious projects. He personally took care of and governed the administration. In fact‚ in 1786‚ he wrote two hundred eighty-two laws governing family‚ criminal punishment‚ civil law‚ ethics‚ business‚ prices

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    Unfair treatment of the Native Americans- the Cherokee Nation Throughout the 19th century Native Americans were treated far less then respectful by the United States’ government. This was the time when the United States wanted to expand and grow rapidly as a land‚ and to achieve this goal‚ the Native Americans were “pushed” westward. It was a memorable and tricky time in the Natives’ history. The US government made many treatments with the Native Americans‚ making big changes on the Indian nation

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    Unfair Dismissal Acts 1977 – 2007 1. What workers are excluded from the protection of the Unfair Dismissals Acts? • Employees with less than one year’s continuous service‚ but this does not apply when the dismissal results from pregnancy or trade union activities – dismissal for such reasons is indefensible • Employees who have reached normal retiring age • Close relatives of the employer‚ employed and living at the employer’s residence or farm • Members of the Defence Forces or Gardai

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    Imagine you lived in ancient Babylon and Hammurabi had just created his code. There would be 282 laws on a stone stele in the center of the city. Together‚ these laws were called Hammurabi’s code. Hammurabi ruled for a total of 42 years. But unfortunately‚ Hammurabi’s code was unjust because of it’s family and property laws. Hammurabi’s code was unjust because of it’s family laws. For example‚ law 168(doc c) gives the judge control over a man’s property. The man should be allowed to remove

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    The first supreme court case that impacted fair use was Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios‚ Inc.‚ 464 U.S. 417 (1984). In Sony Corp. of America‚ owners of copyrights on television programs brought infringement actions against manufacturers of home videotape recorders. The Court argued that the situations in which fair use most commonly recognized are found in the statute itself; when a work is used “for purposes such as criticism‚ comment‚ news reporting‚ teaching‚ ... scholarship‚ or

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    Q4a) Summarise the laws and codes of practice affecting work in schools There are a number of pieces of current legislation which govern the work in schools and although these are large in number it is important to recognise the key pieces of legislation and how these affect work in schools. The key pieces of legislation are listed below with a brief outline of how each piece affects work in schools: a) The Data Protection Act 1998 This Act sets out the guidelines in relation to how schools use

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    INSIDE THE LINES THE NIKE CODE OF ETHICS Defining the NIKE‚ Inc. Playing Field and the Rules of the Game DO THE RIGHT THING A Message from Phil At NIKE‚ we are on the offense‚ always. We play hard‚ we play to win‚ and we play by the rules of the game. This Code of Ethics is vitally important. It contains the rules of the game for NIKE‚ the rules we live by and what we stand for. Please read it. And if you’ve read it before‚ read it again. Then take some time to think about what it

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    activity. In paragraph 4-1‚2 Martin says‚ " I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.".  King also says that there can’t be justice when there is injustice. He agrees with St. Augustine‚ “An unjust law is no law at all” and “ If you live in a country built on freedom then you should never be considered an outsider regardless of your skin tone. In paragraph 18‚1 “I must make two honest confessions to you my Christian and Jewish brothers” King compares what

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    Our justice system today can be unfair in the way we decide who is guilty for what crime and how to punish them for that crime. There are many factors that play into how we decide what’s best to do with a criminal. There are also many factors that have nothing to do with the crime but they play a part in deciding your fate. Depending on what time of day it is could mean you could go to prison. If it’s late in the day the judge and jury could be ready to go home so they are willing to decide

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