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    jacob stevens P R I S O N S O F T H E S TAT E L E S S The Derelictions of UNHCR T here are currently over 20 million people ‘of concern’ to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Just over half of those are internally displaced or stateless‚ with 8 million having fled across an international border. Established in 1950‚ unhcr was charged by the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees with the protection of their interests: full political and economic rights in

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    Ethiopia by Dr. Donald Johanson‚ an American paleoanthropologist. According to Johanson‚ Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) represented the missing link between apes and humans. She was our oldest human ancestor‚ the ape who walked upright. According to Dr. Donald Johanson‚ Lucy was one of the greatest paleoanthropological finds of the 20th century‚ but to others‚ Johanson’s discovery and methodology of identifying Lucy had many flaws and contradictions to his theory. In 1972‚ in Hadar‚ Ethiopia‚ Dr Johnason

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    In 1976‚ the California Supreme Court ruled that psychotherapists have a duty to warn and protect potential victims if their patients made threats or otherwise behaved as if they presented a serious danger of violence to another. This ruling happened because of the Tarasoff Case of 1969‚ in which the court determined the need for therapists to protect the public was more important than protecting patient-therapist confidentiality. (Vitelli 1) The Tarasoff Case is based on the 1969 murder of a University

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    Being true to yourself in an important virtue to carry on throughout one’s life and should be focused on vigilantly. In S. E. Hinton’s novel‚ The Outsiders‚ it features a young Greaser dubbed Ponyboy Curtis. Ponyboy‚ the protagonist in The Outsiders‚ has matured since the ending of the novel‚ and is now ready to graduate from high school and enter into the real world. Although‚ he must make the decision of whether he would prefer to remain as a greaser‚ and stay in his comfort zone‚ or change to

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    THE RULE OF FOSS V/S HARBOTTLE There are 2 elements present for this rule to happen. They are found in the case of Edwards v/s Halliwell. • It is the proper plaintiff in an action in respect of a wrong done to a company is prima facia the company itself. • Where the alleged wrong is a transaction which might be made binding on a company and all its members. No individual member is allowed to maintain an action in respect of that matter. This means that whenever there is a transaction within the

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    Law and Courts in Today’s Business Environment In today’s business environment there is no exact definition of law. Law is a set of rules‚ standards and principles that outlines the behavior we practice in business. The legal system is a major institution that assists us in defining acceptable social behavior. Laws limit the activities that are not in the best interest of the public. All people have different values and desire different things in life laws act as a way to dispute resolution. Laws

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    Nature V/S Nurture

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    NATURE V/S NURTURE Good morning‚ ladies and gentlemen. My name is and I am standing here in front of you all to present to you my opinions about the topic “Nature v/s Nurture”. Considering it‚ the foremost question that comes to mind is what exactly is nature and nurture? My dear listeners‚ nature and nurture are a convenient jingle of words‚ for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed. Nature is all that

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    Even if transgender people were hired‚ the employment relationship is short-lived as they often faced with the hostile work environment. The court case Glenn v Brumby clearly illustrates the workplace discrimination against the transgender individuals. Glenn‚ the plaintiff was hired as an editor in October 2005. About a year later‚ Glenn informs her supervisor regarding her transition to a female‚ furthermore‚ Glenn came to work dressing up as a female during Halloween. Her employer Brumby sent her

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    Appeals When an offender and it’s representing counsel feels that the judge made a substantial mistake in their case then the defendant through his representing counsel has the option to appeal the decision. Both sides of the case has the opportunity to appeal (in a civil case) if both feel that the decision made by the judge was a mistake or in most cases the loosing side and in criminal cases only the defendant may appeal the verdict ("The Appeals Process"‚ 2012). An appeal is a formal request

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    of Jamaica having its own final court of Appeal (For & Against) The Privy Council based in Britain and serves as the final Court of Appeal for all of the countries of the region except Guyana and Barbados. Barbados and Guyana both accepted the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) established in 2005‚ as their final Court of Appeal. Caricom governments established the Caribbean Court of Justice to replace the London based Privy Council as the regions final court and concerns such as the CCJ being

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