juvenile delinquents prior to adjudication. After this decision was rendered‚ it was established by the Supreme Court that pre-adjudication detention of a juvenile was in fact constitutional and did not go against their due process rights granted in the Bill of Rights. Prior to this decision‚ juvenile detention centers were very temporary in nature. The average length of stay in the nation was about 15 days and it typically covered the
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The assisted death movement gained traction and popularity in the early 90’s‚ making the death with dignity laws a fairly new and recent controversial topic. Oregon was the first state whose legislation passed a death with dignity bill and are looked upon for guidance. About 20 years ago in 1997 the Supreme court gave the state lawmakers jurisdiction over the right to assisted deaths in the washington V Glucksberg case. Laws both legalizing and prohibiting Death with dignity were found to be constitutional
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administration all involve trading off the possibility of perfect outcomes for security against the worst outcomes. Policing is the most visible part of this: employees on the bottom have more discretion than employees on the top. Philosophers such as Ronald Dworkin and H.L.A. Hart have referred to discretion as "the hole in the doughnut" (doughnut theory of discretion) and "where the law runs out" (natural law theory). In perspective‚ discretion is the empty area in the middle of a ring consisting of policies
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that women can be to blame after being physically abused and/or raped. In “The Landscape of the Ordinary Violence Against Women” by Dworkin‚ she explains that after being raped women find a way to blame themselves for the attack and that in cases of marital rape juries almost always side with the offender because they find a way to make it the woman’s fault (Dworkin 64). This justification of violence against women is dangerous for
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1. PRESENT YOUR ARTEFACT (about 100 words) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=RTsqFxA7EgM This video from The Young Turks News Network discusses Indian Athlete‚ Santhi Soundarajan who failed a gender test following her silver medal in the women’s 800m race at the Asian Games in Doha. The show’s host Cenk Uygur‚ is nonchalant in his mockery of the athlete and candidly jokes about the athletes gender saying‚ “Maybe the executive staff member slipped out of her shorts (laughs)”
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Restricting free speech for the sake of free speech - Can speech ‘silence’‚ if so should it be restricted? A Introduction Freedom of speech is almost universally endorsed in western-liberal countries. Literally‚ speech refers only to the communication of thoughts in spoken words but more widely interpreted the concept also includes publications‚ television and the like. The intuitive idea of how to promote free speech is to allow more speech. Therefore‚ proponents of free speech oppose
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The Cost of Free Will “The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” David Russell Deciding the path on which you wish to tread for the rest of your life is a difficult one and often complications arise. In this short story‚ the son is unsure of whether his chosen role is the one he truly wants. However‚ because of the decisions he has made‚ there is no way to go back across the already charred and blackened bridges of his past. The author develops
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Option 2: National Football League Negotiation The National Football League (NFL) was formed in 1920 with 11 teams. It is currently divided into two conferences of 16 teams further divided into 4 four-team divisions. The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) acts as a labor union for NFL players by negotiating with owners. NFL players and owners started negotiations in 2011 to divide revenue for its $9 billion a year business. The earlier NFL agreement was agreed on in 2006.
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According to popular usage an insolvent is one who is unable to pay his debts. But no man can be called “insolvent” unless a competent court declare him an insolvent. In short‚ therefore‚ “insolvent” means a person against whom an “order of adjudication” has been passed. The term “insolvent” and “insolvency” as used in Indian Law are synonymous with the terms “bankrupt” and “bankruptcy” of English Law. 1.2:OBJECTS OF INSOLVENCY LAWS: Prior to the enactment of insolvency legislation‚ a debtor
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established its Nike website to assist its worldwide fan base‚ allow them to ask questions‚ design their own shoes‚ and order shoes directly from the factory (Dworkin‚ 1999). There was practIcally no e-commerce in 1995‚ but in 1997 this segment earned businesses $26 billion. By 2002‚ it explode into a $330 billion industry and $1
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