fits‚ the sense of something crawling on the skin‚ vomiting‚ choking‚ and hallucinations. The preachers’ daughter Betty Parris was the first to become strangely ill‚ her symptoms almost identical to those of Ergot poisoning‚ over time more girls starting showing these same behaviors. According to historian Peter Hoffer the girls "turned themselves from a circle of friends into a gang of juvenile delinquents." They contorted themselves into unnatural positions‚ fell down into frozen postures‚ and
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GENERAL 1. causal link between defendant’s conduct and plaintiff’s damage is requirement for delict 2. person only liable for damage caused by him 3. causal link? - question of fact which must be answered in light of available evidence of each case 4. many theories of causation have been developed to determine causal link ( Boberg: “morass of controversy that surrounds this element of liability” 5. 2 questions: ← whether any factual relationship exists between defendant’s conduct
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Memoirs of a Geisha director Steven Spielberg. Both texts highlight the notion of the inability to belong to place and culture and thus not being able to belong to self causing the protagonist to feel limited in their belonging experience‚ and the trials and tribulations implemented to overcome this to consequently feel a sense of belonging‚ which furthermore allows the protagonists belonging experience to be enriched. Belonging to culture and place is often the most complex battle; the inability
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The Scottsboro Trials‚ which tried and unfairly convicted nine innocent black youths of raping two white females (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica)‚ was a milestone in the African-American civil rights movement‚ primarily because of the way racism influenced the outcome of the trials. Firstly‚ the protests held against the convictions mobilized the movement for equal rights. This was illustrated on May 8th‚ 1933‚ ten years after the last notable African-American March on Washington‚ when upwards
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Anyone that has watched television‚ has probably watched a civil or criminal court case. Court TV‚ Judge Judy‚ The Peoples Court‚ or even the news. Odds are‚ these shows have altered your perception about what happens in court. The media being present in this type of environment can influence how a person acts. Some people might get nervous and be apt to change their testimony‚ or might even play it up for the camera. With the peer pressure of being on television‚ do you think allowing media in
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Despite numerous efforts to reduce torture during police custody and pretrial detention‚ it is still a remaining issue around the world‚ mostly occurring in the LEDC countries. It is debated heavily for a clear and myriad different kind of consequences across the world‚ but yet there hasn’t been any clear resolution to this problem. Although the practice is banned currently‚ however there are still countries which take place such as: China (Solitary Confinement)‚ Egypt (beating)‚ Iran (sleep deprivation)
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Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials During the time period of 1691 to 1692 the town of Salem‚ a small thriving community within the Puritan Massachusetts Bay colony‚ was struck by widespread hysteria in the form of witch trials. The way these trials and accusations played out are historically unlike any other witch trials found in European and American history. Historians have pointed to a number of economic‚ political‚ and social changes of the then existing institutions throughout the Massachusetts
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The Salem Witch Trials are known as a series of people being accused and prosecuted of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts beginning in February 1692 until May 1693. The trials began after a group of girls claimed that they were possessed by the devil. Several local women were accused of witchcraft and this began the wave of hysteria that would forever haunt Salem and leave a painful legacy for a long time to come. Nearly every major school of historians has attempted to explain the answer to the
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actions due to fungus on rye. Even though there are many theories as to why the girls of the Salem witch trials made accusations‚ the two most believable are that there was fungus growing on the rye and the girls suffered from an outbreak of encephalitis because the girls showed signs of sickness and questionable actions. In February 1692‚ the people of Salem were all caught up in a case of mass hysteria: (Saxon). Eight girls ruled the town by accusing their neighbors of witchcraft (Saxon).
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The Salem Witch Trials of colonial Massachusetts is an infamous event known throughout the entirety of the world. This is a result of the unnecessary executions of a collection of people. The bloodshed of the number of citizens is referred to as unnecessary for the reason that the trials were supposedly surrounded by paranormal activity. Proof that the accused legitimately participated in demonic activities such as witchcraft was incapable of being found. Although it may be factual that it could
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