CRITICAL LEGAL STUDIES Critical legal study (CLS) is a theory that challenges and overturns accepted norms and standards in legal theory and practice. Supporters of this theory believe that logic and structure attributed to the law grow out of the power relationships of the society. The law exists to support the interests of the party or class that forms it and is merely a collection of beliefs and prejudices that legitimize the injustices of society. The wealthy and the powerful use the law as
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The Abu Sayyaf Group and the Counter-terror Response Introduction The Abu Sayyaf group (ASG) emerged in the 1990s and operate as a violent splinter group in the southern Philippines (San Juan 2006‚ 391). In 1997‚ the U.S. State Department declared the group a terrorist organisation. However‚ since 1998 the ASG increasingly carry out criminal acts motivated by financial gain rather than religious ideologies (Council on Foreign Relations 2009; Crowley 2005‚ 8-12). While the Philippine government
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Cara Resnick Professor Clarke U.S. History II March 20th‚ 2011 The Psychedelic Lifestyles‚ Opinions‚ and Major Events of the 1960s The 1960s was an era of peace among war‚ love among hate‚ and full of innovation. Some of the biggest events in history happened during this era such as President John F. Kennedy’s assassination‚ Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech followed by his assassination five years later‚ the first U.S. astronauts landing on the moon‚ the first Civil Rights
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STUDY GUIDE Hate Crimes Spring 2013 This study guide is offered as a starting point for your studies. It is not exhaustive. All topics covered in class lectures‚ readings and films may appear on the exam. The Hows and Whys of Hate Crime Laws What is a hate crime? A crime motivated by racial‚ sexual‚ or other prejudice How many hate crimes were recorded by the FBI in its most recent hate crime report? 6‚222 According to the Petrosinos article and our text‚ were there hate crimes
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The Civil Rights Movement is often thought to begin with a tired Rosa Parks defiantly declining to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery‚ Alabama. She paid the price by going to jail. Her refusal sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ which civil rights historians have in the past credited with beginning the modern civil rights movement. Others credit the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education with beginning the movement. Regardless of the event used as the starting point
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Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining‚ establishing‚ and defending equal political‚ economic‚ cultural‚ and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A feminist advocates or supports the rights and equality of women. Feminist theory‚ which emerged from feminist movements‚ aims to understand the nature of gender inequality by examining women’s social roles and lived experience; it has developed
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Strong Center‚ first operated under the provisions of the British made 1935 Act alienated the small provinces‚ generated sentiments of separatism‚ violence‚ distrust. Frequent failure of Counsel of Common Interest‚ National Finance Commission‚ disputed water distribution and energy resources‚ the right of royalty‚ inequitable job distribution‚ have endangered the security and prosperity of
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Richard Rodriguez The Chinese in All of Us A Mexican American Explores Multiculturalism The other day‚ the phone rang; it was a woman who identified herself as the “talent coordinator” for the “Oprah Winfrey Show.” She said Oprah was planning a show on self-hating ethnics. “You know‚” she confided‚ “Norwegians who don’t want to be Norwegian‚ Greeks who hate Greek food.” Anyway‚ she said breezily‚ wouldn’t I like to make an appearance? About 10 years ago I wrote a thin book called Hunger of
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Short Biography: Born in Mecca where his forefathers had settled during the 1857 Revolt‚ Abul Kalam Azad came with his parents to India in 1898. Settled in Calcutta‚ he began participating in the freedom struggle by associating himself with the revolution¬aries during the swadeshi uprising. Through Al Hilal and Al Balagh‚ weeklies which he began in 1912 and 1915 respectively‚ he started spreading nationalistic thoughts. He came in contact with Gandhi and began lending support to the non-cooperation
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Outlined Notes 2011 Chapter 1 Sex – designated based on biology‚ naturally born body parts Biological‚ based on chromosomes and anatomy‚ influenced in utero by progesterone levels Gender – socially constructed and expressed‚ it is not stable or innate Can change based on: self‚ culture‚ in relation to others gender Transgender – have the physical characteristics of one sex buy identify internally strongly as the other sex Intersexed – people who have biological qualities of both sexes
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