nearly absolute power with an almost non-existent Estates General‚ and poorly constructed and scattered “parlements.” Economically‚ taxation was biased toward the aristocracy‚ leading to corruption practiced to substitute for lost income. With the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685‚ Louis XIV effectively cut what little rights the Protestant Huguenots had in France. Under Louis XIV‚ French society had a strong middle class‚ setting an example for the rest of Europe to follow. The French
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Parish‚ Berkeley County‚ South Carolina. His parents‚ Gabriel and Esther Marion‚ were of French Huguenot descent. The Huguenots were French Protestants who had suffered persecution for their beliefs during the reign of Louis XIV. Following the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes‚ which forbade the practice of Protestantism‚ 50‚000 Huguenots left France. Marion’s grandparents were among them. Along with 70 or 80 other Huguenot families‚ they farmed the banks of the Santee River near Charleston‚ South
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Blood banking law RA 1517: Blood banking law June 16 1956 PURPOSES -safeguarding -promoting -preventing RA 7719: Repealed or repeals 1517 May 5 1994 The national voluntary blood services act AO 9 s. 1995 Ao 17- As. 1998 Purpose of 7719 To promote voluntary blood donation To provide safe‚ adequate‚ affordable and equitable blood products To inform the public To require all blood banks/ centers to operate on a non profit basis Donors 1. Voluntary
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History of Corrections Michael Perdun Professor Mendez CJ232 July 24‚ 2010 The historical development of corrections since the colonial period is very interesting to look into. After the colonial period there were other significant events that led up to how the history of corrections is so important such as the arrival of the penitentiary‚ the reformatory movement‚ the rise of the progressives‚ the rise of the medical model‚ community
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my life rehabilitating criminal’s. Parole officers evaluate offenders to determine the best course of rehabilitation. They also provide offenders with resources such as job training assistance in getting a home if necessary. Becoming a parole officer will allow me to do so. In order to pursue a career as a parole officer there are some steps that I will have to take. I must first get the education that is required to work in this field. In order to become a parole officer‚ I must have a least a bachelor’s
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Their ideas about the cause of crime were more centered around the social‚ economic‚ and psychological pressures on people. The progressives brought up programs that were discussed in 1870 at the Cincinnati meeting. These programs included probation‚ parole‚ and other indeterminate sentences that are still used in corrections today. As we can see
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AGENCY RELATIONSHIP An agency is a relationship which exists when one party called the principle appoints and authorizes another called the agent to enter into a contract with a third party ‚ which contract is legally binding to both parties. An agent is therefore a party who is authorized to represent or act on behalf of another for the purpose of bringing that other party into legal relations with a third party. A Principal is a party who authorizes another party to represent or act on his
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FORMATION OF A CONTRACT OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE For a contract to be valid‚ firstly there must be an AGREEMENT between the parties i.e. one party must make an OFFER which is UNCONDITIONALLY ACCEPTED by the other. OFFER What is an offer ? An offer is a promise that the person making the offer (known as the offeror) is prepared to be legally bound upon specified terms – he is making a statement of the terms on which he is prepared to be legally bound‚ for example A
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Some people are for it some oppose it because death penalty has cons and pros. The cons of death penalty are that it is not fair that murderers or criminals are often given parole after only a few years in jail‚ those convicted should be jailed for life with no option for parole. Cold-hearted criminals are put in parole after only serving several years‚ and they still think that being against killing is okay. In addition‚ criminals live an easy life in prison‚ and they probably don’t think twice
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one instance in which a young female offender’s case was handled more harshly than a similar case regarding a young male. During my first observation‚ the judge interrupted the prosecuting attorney’s list of suggested parole conditions for a 14-year-old girl who had breached her parole to remark “Look how beautiful this child is! Don’t you see she’s vulnerable? Her curfew should not be that late [10 pm]‚ and I’ll remind you that you would be justified in preventing contact with [friend 1] and [friend
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