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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Summary Arrighi‚G‚. Silver‚J‚B‚. and Brewer‚D‚B‚. 2003. Industrial Convergence‚ Globalization‚ and the Persistence of the North-South Divide. Studies in Comparative International Development. p.3-31 Through the use of descriptive and comparative analysis‚ the authors intend on demonstrating that the convergence of the industrialization gap was not accompanied by a convergence in the income levels gap between former First World and Third World countries. Thus‚ the North-South divide still exists
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Based on Stanovich and Stanovich’s (2003) framework for evidence-based practice in education‚ Memory Tutor and Wordle have markedly different evidence bases linked directly to their relative effectiveness‚ as well as the strength of the theoretical foundations upon which the techniques are based. The three factors upon which a teacher should found their evaluations of an educational practice can be reduced to the following: publication of findings in peer-reviewed‚ refereed journals; replication
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I am going to answer these two questions in this essay. They are “Do you think that the right to life entails a right to die under certain circumstances?” and “Should the laws be changed to grant a universal right to voluntary euthanasia?”. In this essay‚ I am going to give reasons using ethical theories to justify these questions. Euthanasia Euthanasia is the act of a physician or other third party ending a patient’s life in response to severe pain and suffering. Euthanasia can be classified
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The law of intention‚ following the cases of Woollin [1999] 1 AC 82 and Matthews [2003] 3 Cr App R 30‚ is now satisfactorily defined in the criminal law. Intention‚ normally means desire to aim at something. However‚ in criminal law‚ mens rea known as ‘guilty mine’‚ it requires two distinguishable intentions which are direct intention as well as oblique intention‚ and apart from‚ also recklessness. Direct intention means the consequences of the action is desired specifically‚ just like murder
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Dijk‚ T. (2001). Multidisciplinary CDA: A plea for diversity. In R. Wodak‚ & M. Meyer (Eds.)‚ Methods of critical discourse analysis. (pp. 95-121). London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Reviewed by Ola El-Wassify Helwan University Cairo‚ Egypt Ola.el-wassify@hotmail.com Van Dijk‚ in this article‚ aims at creating principles and workable instructions for doing critical discourse analysis (CDA). He is focusing on the socio-cognitive interface of discourse analysis. Also he is stating that CDA is flexible
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CF & Moreland‚ KD 2003‚ ’United Airlines’ and American Airlines’ online crisis communication following the September 11 terrorist attacks’‚ Public Relations Review‚ vol. 29‚ no. 4‚ pp. 427‐41. Q1 Despite the previous analysis of airline specific crisis communication by researchers such as Sturges and Coombs (Greer & Moreland 2003‚ p. 428) the aim of this specific study compares and analyses the specific use of web based communication by ‘United Airlines’ (Greer & Moreland 2003‚ p. 428) and American
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debt and current ratios for 1995 assuming that the dividend payout ratio was 20 percent from 1993 to 1995. The extra money would have been used to reduce the firm’s notes payable. Project Dunham’s income and balance sheet for 1996 assuming the bank grants Dunham a $675K note payable at 12 percent and no existing interest-bearing debt is retired. Dividends will be 50 percent of net income. Cash will be the balancing item. Calculate the firm’s 1996 minimum cash balance by assuming that the average cash
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is commission or omission that is illegal. The act must be voluntary and must break a criminal statue. Mens rea is the guilty state of mind. Accidently switching briefcases with someone at an airport does not possess mens rea. (Jon’a F. Meyer‚ Diana R. Grant‚ 2003) The relationship of the two must be present for a crime to be committed. I have to rob a bank and be in the guilty state of mind as a do it to be guilty. There are three elements to a crime: 1. actus reus- a guilty act. 2. mens rea- intent
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mistake of fact‚ necessity‚ entrapment‚ coercion‚ and syndromes (Meyer and Grant 2003). Infancy is one of the ten general legal defenses used when a child‚ an individual of seven years of age or younger‚ is found to be an offender of the law. Our text defines infancy as‚ “she or he is too young (typically younger than seven years of age) to be able to form the mens rea necessary to commit a criminal act.” (Meyer and Grant 2003) Children who are under the age of seven do not understand the difference
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