200-word response to each of the following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use. What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. (Racial and Ethnic Groups - Chp. 3‚pg.61) Discrimination is different from prejudice in the following ways. Prejudice depends upon how a person thinks and feels
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(a)Explain the role of tribunals. (b)Evaluate the extent to which tribunals have been reformed. Tribunals are an essential part of the British Legal System and are see as part of the popular Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Their main purpose was to give the public a means of settling disputes regarding their scial rights and various other areas such as employment law. For example if a person felt they were incorrectly dismissed from their employment‚ they would use a tribunal as means
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Landlord tenant law Explore the legal rights and responsibilities of the tenant and the landlord. Landlord rights incorporate • Accepting full‚ convenient installment of rent as concurred in the lease. • Charging late expenses for past due rent if indicated in the lease. • Tenant’s support of the premises unless generally specified in the lease. • Ousting tenant for legitimate reasons indicated in the lease. Landlord obligations incorporate • Keeping tenants’ units and basic territories sheltered
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International law ------------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------------------------------------------- International law‚ body of rules considered legally binding in the relations between national states‚ also known as the law of nations. It is sometimes called public international law in contrast to private international law (or conflict of laws)‚ which regulates private legal affairs affected by more than one jurisdiction. -------------------------------------------------
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employment contract by quitting before the end of the term. What can his employer‚ MNO Inc. recover as damages? A. All amounts already paid to the employee under the contract. B. The costs of hiring a replacement employee plus any increase in salary paid to the replacement employee. C. Nothing‚ because courts do not order anyone to perform a job against his or her will. D. Only amounts paid to the employee for which the employee has not yet done the work.
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Discrimination against Women in the Workplace Jessica Holmes Professor Williams April 10‚ 2012 From the beginning of time the male and female have been expected to perform certain roles in society. Males have been expected to work and provide for their family while the female raises the children‚ cooks‚ cleans and keeps the house in order. Today many women have broken that tradition and are starting their careers and becoming more independent. Even though females today are braking
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generally black have been killed. In 2012 Trayvon Martin an unarmed 17 year old who had a recently before purchased a bag of candy and juice was shot by the neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. Michael Brown a high school graduate was fatally shot more than 6 times by police officer Darren William. Darren Williams’s claim was that he was attacked. If he was attacked where are the bruises and serious damage to his body? The kid was taller and more built‚ Micael could have easily punched t
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Law is a system of rules and guidelines‚ usually enforced through a set of institutions. It shapes politics‚ economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. For example‚ Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets and Property law defines rights and obligations related to the transfer and title of personal and real property and so on. Then‚ Natural law or the law of nature (Latin: lex naturalis) has
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Discrimination against women is still a global social epidemic today. Is this true? Women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours and produce half of the world’s food‚ yet they only earn 10 per cent of the world’s income and own less than 1 per cent of the world’s property and only 12.7 per cent of all parliamentary seats. These statistics show that women are still being discriminated throughout the globe and it is a wake-up call for everyone to the severity of this issue. Discrimination refers
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Racial discrimination has been a problem in America’s social history. Discrimination of ethnic minorities (especially Blacks) has long been a controversial issue‚ prevalent in societies‚ and workplace for several years. Racial discrimination remains a key concern in the United States’ workplace. Employers not only use discriminatory screening and recruitment processes‚ but also often stereotype Blacks by rating them as workers with weaker soft and hard skills compared to Whites (Bobo & Fox 321).
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