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    or looking at any options around us. It may mean you have to make a decision for a big group or have to make a decision for yourself; in this case‚ both of those options weren’t good ones for the man who killed the elephant. In “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell narrates a story about his experience as a police officer in Burma that had killed an extreme elephant. Being British in a Burmese community made his perspective of a police officer a little different. He was hated by the Burmese community

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    The Supreme Court has been given credit and blame for having a wide range of effects on society. The decisions that they have made on current and past issues have initiated change in American society. These changes have had both positive and negative results. The effects of their decisions have ranged from improving the status of certain ethnic groups to limiting the procedures of law enforcers and clearly defining the rights of lawbreakers. In essence‚ Supreme Court decisions have had a profound

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    Equal protection

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    Equal Protection for Gay Marriage Danny K. Fattori POL 303 Mark Miller March 10‚ 2014 Gay Marriage In a country were countless soldiers fight on a daily basis for freedom and countless have lost their lives in this pursuit‚ why are we all not free? Are we not all provided equal protection under the law? But what if that law is by its very nature‚ unfair and biased? In a country where we are now all supposed to be created equal‚ why are we all not looked at in the eyes of the law as equals?

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    Consumer Protection

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    ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Vol.1 Issue 1‚ May 2011‚ ISSN 2231-5780 CONSUMER PROTECTION AND CONSUMERISM IN INDIA Ms Kiran Chaudhry*;Ms Tanu Chandhiok**;Mrs Parveen Dewan*** * Assistant Professor‚ Shivaji College‚ University of Delhi‚ Delhi‚ India **Lecturer‚ Yamuna Group of Institutions‚ Gadholi‚ Jagadhri‚ Haryana‚ India *** Principal‚ Sanatan Dharam Model School Jagadhri‚ Yamunanagar‚ Haryana‚ India __________________________________________________________________

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    Police Morale

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    Police Morale The University of Tennessee at Martin Ripley Campus Police Morale Morale‚ such a simple word‚ six letters in a combination to make up a word that by its very definition means confidence‚ enthusiasm‚ and discipline. This word‚ morale‚ when coupled with a human being‚ can be a very powerful word. Morale is a great contributor to a healthy or unhealthy workplace. Morale‚ in the sense of police‚ can make or break a department. A high morale‚ and the department is firing on all

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    Consumer Protection

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    producers‚ distributors and suppliers of unsafe products is covered under Part II of the Consumer Protection Act of 1987‚ which has mandated a general safety requirement. The producer‚ distributor or supplier of unsafe products incur criminal liability for failure to exercise due diligence. The law is strict but the criminal liability can be dispensed with after showing that they exercised due diligence and have reasonable grounds to believe that the products passed the general safety test (Ruff‚ 1995)

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    Environment Protection

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    Environment Protection Environmental modification is as old as the history of human development. In the last century‚ development and modification have come much faster then ever before. While it took a few thousand years for man to pass from Paleolithic to Neolithic tools‚ it has taken less than a century to modify conventional weaponry to nuclear devices. Development has been so rapid that nature has not had time

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    Child Protection

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    INTRODUCTION. Every single child in the world regardless of race‚ culture‚ gender‚ age deserves to be loved‚ cared for and kept free from harm and abuse. Children have a right to enjoy their childhood free from violence‚ injury or abuse at the hands of adults. This right is preserved in law‚ from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child down to national laws and guidelines which cover all children not just those that are abused and neglected. In 1987 the Department of Health introduced the

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    Police Discretion

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    Police discretion by definition is the power to make decisions of policy and practice. Police have the choice to enforce certain laws and how they will be enforced. "Some law is always or almost always enforced‚ some is never or almost never enforced‚ and some is sometimes enforced and sometimes not" (Davis‚ p.1). Similarly with discretion is that the law may not cover every situation a police officer encounters‚ so they must use their discretion wisely. Until 1956‚ people thought of police discretion

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    I affirm Resolved: The United States ought to extend to non-citizens accused of terrorism the same constitutional due process protections it grants to citizens. When evaluating the resolution we see that the value must be JUSTICE as implied. WE can uphold the value by granting those who are ACCUSED of terrorism the ability to be proven guilty or innocent through due process before detaining them indefinitely. An excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states:

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