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    a mental element‚ of which one has a blameworthy or culpable state of mind. British law strictly abides by the notion “Actus non facit reum‚ nisi mens sit rea” Nonetheless‚ when culpable of a crime‚ it is questionable as to such‚ whether one has a guilty mind‚ with one querying whether the accused exhibits direct intention as seen in Smith (1960) and Moloney (1985) or whether an individual does not desire a specific result to occur‚ yet still was aware it may happen‚ forming indirect intention

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    Life Is Better Now African Americans are better off today than in the 1960s because schools were segrated. It was very hard for blacks to learn everything they needed to know because they didn’t have all good books they needed to help them. They thought blacks weren’t good enough to get their education just as the same as whites did but we all knew that wasn’t true. Everyone should have been treated equal. We all need education and all the help we can get. Blacks had to go their own schools and

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    Has the American dream changed from what it used to be in the 1960’s? In the 1960’s the American dream was gaining equal rights for women and people of minority races. During that time Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King jr. gave a speech simply stating that people who have been neglected rights that were clearly stated in the Declaration of Independence saying‚ "that all men are created equal..." The very act of taking away rights from men of color and women in general goes against that declaration

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    The 1960’s were years full of change; nations were still recovering from WWII and new national identities were being formed. Canada was no different. Following WWII‚ the country experienced “fifteen years of deceptive calm‚” so the sudden‚ forceful revolution within Québec shocked the country as well as the province itself. The revolution shook the foundations of nationalism‚ and strained the relationship between French Canada and English Canada more than ever before. During this period‚ extremist

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    Youth‚ and Popular Culture in the 1960s 1960s is one of the most transformative decades on the timeline of America‚ though those old days were gone now‚ its impacts were still so eventful and momentous that they cannot be neglected even in nowadays (which is already half a century away from then on). The impacts were mostly on popular culture‚ it had changed people’s view on societies and it had also increased people’s capabilities and tolerance on different cultures‚ or more specifically‚ countercultures

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    many differences to the present. A few very popular fashion items in the 60’s such as baby doll dresses‚ miniskirts‚ and hippie dresses are still very popular today. There are many fashion items that are not so popular‚ one of these are smocks. The 1960’s put forth the emerge of unisex clothing such as denim jeans‚ which is worn by both male and female and is still very popular today. As we see fashion over time stays the same obviously making some small changes and this trend will probably continue

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    The Space Race 1960’s‚ It was an important part of the Cold War.The Soviet Union did whatever it took to tell the U.S. that they were better. They decided to become the first people to step on the moon. The U.S. found out and went to work on it right away‚ but the movie studios? Yep‚ the U.S. was trying to claim that they were the first ones on the moon.The Soviet Union on the other hand was actually trying‚ but failed. They broadcasted the “moon landings” all across the world‚ which made the Soviet

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    Four young Englishmen added a word to the worlds vocabulary in the 1960s. A word that became synonymous with the 1960s‚ especially with the music of that time that word was of course the Beatles the Beatles became the most famous popular music group of the twentieth century and have held the loyalty of many fans into the present century The Beatles were popular in Liverpool England and in Hamburg Germany before they came to America on tour and became world famous Liverpool and Hamburg loved the four

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    going that far back. Instead to understand Americas Criminal Procedures you must view and understand the struggle between the individual and conflicting interests. In the book written by Esmein‚ there was a lot of discussion about the effects the 1960s and 1970 had on criminal procedure. This time was important because it was the start up to a revolution on due process. What was the reason behind criminal procedure? It’s as simple as Equal

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    the inequality they faced throughout the state. In the 1960s‚ the Watts Riots broke out sparking violence throughout the city of Los Angeles and Watts neighborhood. African Americans we fed up with the housing discrimination‚ deteriorating and crowded neighborhoods‚ serious unemployment‚ police harassment‚ limited opportunities made worse by an insufficient education system‚ and increased poverty (Textbook‚ 525). As California entered the 1960s‚ the Civil Rights movement was beginning to challenge

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