“Three strikes and you’re out”. This is the all too familiar term we are used to hearing in baseball and in the rules of the law in some states. Most heard of in California. Three strikes sentencing were adopted in 1994. It imposed longer prison sentences for repeat offenders. The law requires a person who is convicted of a felony and who previously has been convicted of one or more violent and/or serious felonies. The main feature of the Three Strikes law is the imposition of a life sentence for
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Chief Operating Officer: Employment-At-Will LAW‚ ETHICS‚ & CORP. GOVERANCE 11/4/2013 First and foremost I would just like to say thank you for the promotion to Chief Operating Officer; I have really been looking forward to this day‚ and I will continue to do my best to successfully build this prestigious corporation! Subsequent to me celebrating my promotion‚ quite a few things have been brought to my attention. We have several issues that need to be handled‚ immediately. In
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ever wondered who the best scientist ever know is? Or how about who made the three laws of motion known. Well if so you are about to find out. His name was Isaac Newton and he was a great English physicist and mathematician. First‚ Growing up Newton had a difficult life. He was born as a premature baby. He also had to grow up without his dad because his dad passed away three months before he was born. When Newton was three his mom left him to go live with her new husband‚ leaving him to live with
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Why we have laws- The law is a legal set of rules that the government and courts have made for everyone to follow. Without laws‚ confusion and chaos would occur. In extreme cases of conflict‚ a state of anarchy would develop. The person with the most strength will start to dominate and the weak and helpless would suffer. However‚ when laws are enforced‚ a sense of order is created resulting in a society where everyone can live peacefully. Why laws change-? Societies’ perceptions have changed over
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Texas Payday Law: protects employees who feel that they have not been paid all wages earned. All business entities except for public employers regardless of size are covered by the Texas Payday Law. Employees who feel that earn wages was not fully paid can file a complaint no later than 180 days after the date the claimed wages originally became due for payment to the Texas Workforce Commission. If the commission finds in favor of the employee the employer can face a fine of up to $1‚000 in damage
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Clause for Learning Team Charter LAW 531 Alternative Dispute Resolution Clause for Learning Team Charter This paper will discuss an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) clause that might be used by a Learning Team to resolve a disagreement among members. This paper will identify all provisions and information necessary to enable the ADR to occur and function effectively. The dispute that the ADR clause that might be used by a Learning Team will be when a member
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The English word “law” refers to limits upon various forms of behavior. Some laws are descriptive: they simply describe how people‚ or even natural phenomena‚ usually behave. An example is the rather consistent law of gravity; another is the less consistent laws of economics. Other laws are prescriptive - they prescribe how people ought to behave. For example‚ the speed limits imposed upon drivers that prescribe how fast we should drive. They rarely describe how fast we actually do drive‚ of course
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Problem 1 Issue1 Is the La Rochelle website‚ including the slogan‚ protected by copyright law? Law Copyright law protects text‚ images and other forms of expression. The requirements for protection are as follows: (1) The creation is a ‘work’ or ‘subject matter other than works’; (2) The creation is original; (3)The creation is expressed in a material form. Application The slogan is not a ‘work’ or ‘subject matter’ because Single words‚ names‚ titles‚ slogans are too short to be protected
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Police And Law Enforcement Response Checklist 1 Police and Law Enforcement Response Checkpoint Amanda Robertson CJS/200 8/3/2013
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by-laws AUDIT 610 ADVANCED AUDITING ETHICAL CONDUCT & CODE OF ETHIC Prepared for: Madam Fairuz bt Fauzee Prepared by: Nur Rabiah bt Radzi Nur Hidayah bt Johari Nurul Hanisah bt Hasan Rohayu bt Rashid ACB 8Ba Question 1 1. There is violation of ethical conduct under professional independence( Financial interest).it is because Wani not take part in the audit of the client and the value of her shares is not material in relation to her husband wealth. 2. According
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