Examine the ways in which social policies and laws may influence families and households. Jedy 3030 Social policies and laws have influenced families and household very significantly for the past century‚ take same-sex marriage as a famous example‚ Stonewall (2008) did a campaign for homosexual and bisexual rights‚ estimates that about 5-7% of the adult population today have same-sex relationships‚ research also shown that the number of the one-person household increased to
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Many people came to Canada because they thought it was a country of opportunity to them. If you were to look into Canada’s history‚ you might say Canada was not a land of opportunity for all groups. Gender‚ race‚ religion and education were all very important aspects that shaped Canada’s history. These four categories weren’t respected and treated with care. This is why gender‚ race‚ religion and education are still a problem within our country today. The government of Canada was not fair to the
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The Role of Law LAW/421 August 6‚ 2012 Michael S. Green The Role of Law Laws are “the body of rules or principles‚ prescribed by authority or established by custom‚ that a state‚ community‚ society‚ or other group recognizes as binding on its members” (Ferguson Publishing‚ 1999‚ p. 105). The purposes of laws are to maintain peace and order‚ to define the rights of citizens‚ to secure justice‚ to harmonize conflicting interests‚ and to provide means for punishing wrongdoers. Laws are applied
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Employment Law: Legal Process for a Discrimination Complaint The purpose of this assignment is two-fold: (1) analyze a scenario in which an employee wishes to file a discrimination complaint against his/her private sector organization and (2) explain the civil litigation process for such a claim. "Litigation refers to the process by which cases are brought and prosecuted in the court system" (Legal Advice for Free‚ 2005a). In the case of a discrimination suit‚ the civil litigation process begins
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Study on Racial Discrimination In the United States history‚ as a society we have been unable to accept being classified under one label. For instance‚ the financial network of the United States is not based solely on capitalism. Communism also exists in the United States economy. Like the economy‚ it is hard to classify the United States under one category when it pertains to race. Our place as a racial state has changed throughout history‚ but still remains a mix of two ideas‚ racial dictatorship
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Should natural law be recognized by the Courts of Canada? Should the Supreme Court of Justice‚ the highest the level of court in Canada‚ allow natural law to be part of the decisions they make in their rulings? In Canada‚ Legal Law is used to settle private and public disputes and also for the sentencing of criminals. Committing a crime is against the law‚ which would mean that the person who committed the offence would need to serve the punishment unless it were special situations‚ such as duress
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Care homes should by law have a care home medicines policy. This has to be reviewed regularly to ensure it is up to date and it is based on current laws. . The policy should include: The policy should include a procedure for sharing information about a resident’s medicines. This is especially important if the resident has to go into hospital or move onto another care home. The policy should include procedures that the resident’s medicine records are kept up to date. This is especially
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Obeying the law is a general moral obligation. Usually‚ laws are written from societal ethical codes; therefore the law can embody morality. Obeying the law usually implies the greatest good for the greatest number of people and therefore complies with Mill’s utilitarianism. Especially if the law reflects general morality or protects people from pain‚ such as the admonition against murder‚ utilitarian theorists would argue that obeying the law is a general moral obligation. However‚ there are certain
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of the 20th century when the international community came up with the law guiding human rights‚ various nations have also enacted specific bills to provide equal rights to their citizens. However‚ there are certain aspects which are common to all human rights across the globe. That is; they are inalienable‚ indivisible and inherent in every human being. Unfortunately‚ the well pronounced human rights as they may be understood have not guaranteed women in many countries equal rights to that of their
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Back in the 1960s‚ African Americans were promised that the United States of America would no longer judge people by the color of their skin. Today‚ nearly fifty years later‚ the issue of double standards pertaining to race and ethnicity still remains quite controversial. One of the many ways the problem manifests itself is the practice of racial profiling‚ which is “any arbitrary police-initiated action based on race‚ ethnicity‚ or natural origin rather than a person’s behavior.”1 In an attempt
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