1) Public Interest Litigation: The words `Public Interest’ mean "the common well being also public welfare (Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Edn. Vol.Xll) and the word ’Litigation’ means "a legal action including all proceedings therein‚ initiated in a court of law with the purpose of enforcing a right or seeking a remedy." Thus‚ the expression `Public Interest Litigation’ means "some litigations conducted for the benefit of public or for removal of some public grievance." In simple words‚ public
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Independent Research Project – Religions of Ancient Origin “Assess the religions role in society and how it affects the lives of individuals and the community” Lao Tzu founded the religion of Taoism in ancient China. In the long history of China the religious cultures have developed into an important part of Chinese traditional beliefs and culture. Taoism was a main religion that had great influence in the thinking of Chinese people as well as on almost every aspect in political‚ economic and
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For almost two hundred years‚ Historically Black Colleges and Universities or HBCUs have played a pivotal role in the education of African-American people‚ and negro people internationally. These schools have provided the majority of black college graduates at the Graduate and Post-Graduate level; schools such as Hampton University‚ Morehouse University‚ Spellman University and Howard University are four universities at the forefront of the advanced education of blacks. For sometime there has been
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Men are the main characters in “The Odyssey”‚ but women are highly influential in the epic as well. With a common theme throughout the poem(s) of: You can always find your way home‚ just don’t give up. In Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey”‚ there are many women that influence Odysseus but Penelope‚ Circe‚ and Athena mainly control his course. Penelope‚ Odysseus’s wife‚ is an influential background character in “The Odyssey”. Penelope not only stalls for Odysseus with the hope that he will come back
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ancient Greek society. She suffered immensely due to the unjust and debilitating circumstances from the social structure. As a result of her gender‚ she was belittled and undermined immensely. In Ancient Greek society‚ while men were attributed with positive masculine characteristics‚ the connotations correlated with women were degrading and restrictive. They were believed to be emotionally unstable‚ insecure‚ treacherous‚ spiteful‚ passive‚ and helpless. In contrast to men‚ women embodied a villainous
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Racism‚ today‚ is alive and well. We see it all over the media so frequently. Media plays a crucial role in society. It shows us how society views us‚ as people. Media focus crimes and gang relations when it comes to African Americans or Hispanics. When Trayvon Martin was murdered back in 2012‚ the media destroyed the young teenager’s image. The media made claims of Martin using drugs and used negative photos during the coverage. Instead of using photos of his accomplishments‚ media displayed photos
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American Society Do you know that most homes in the US contain more TVs than they do people? People have been buying more and more things than they need to over consume for decades because of the current ideology that consumerism can help them reach the level of satisfaction they want. In the article “Spent” the writer Mr. Amitai Etzioni discusses the current view of the American society on consumerism. Mr. Etzioni explains that consumerism is becoming like a culture in the American society and is
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or hindrance. Americans do not have freewill because of Social Security‚ the laws and amendments that are put into place‚ by the religions that are practiced‚ and by individuals involved in a community. As safety becomes a significant role in the American Society‚ rules and laws begin to be established‚ deducting from humans freewill. If an American chooses to have Social Security‚ to receive help from the government‚ then
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Treatment of Women Dating all the way back to the days of pre history‚ the treatment of women has varied an awful lot. Women were as equal as men in pre history but eventually evolved into the men being ahead of women in all ways of life except taking care of the household‚ while the men were gone. The variation of treatment of women from pre history to the Mesopotamian society was a huge advantage for the men‚ in that they were higher then the women in all standards. In pre history women and men
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the person in charge does not stay involved. Like similar events‚ colorism played an important role in the development of this strategy. Colorism is the act of discrimination‚ commonly seen in the same ethnic groups‚ based on the lightness and darkness of someone’s skin tone. The domino effect of divide and conquer could be traced back to slavery and continue to affect people of color in today’s society such as perpetuating colorism. Willie Lynch demonstrates different tactics on how to keep control
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