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    court for the public cause (or public interest or public welfare) by filing a petition in the Supreme Court under Art.32 of the Constitution or in the High Court under Art.226 of the Constitution or before the Court of Magistrate under Sec. 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure‚ 1973. The seeds of the concept of public interest litigation were initially sown in India by Krishna Iyer J.‚ in 1976 in Mumbai Kamagar Sabha vs. Abdul Thai (AIR 1976 SC 1455; 1976 (3) SCC 832) and was initiated in Akhil I3/taratiya

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    Women In The 1930's

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    number of American women working outside the home increased slightly. In 1920‚ women made up 23.6 percent of the labor force; by 1940‚ this percentage had risen to 25.4. Some advances were made in working women’s rights‚ but during the Great Depression‚ many female workers lost their jobs or were forced to accept severe cuts in pay. Despite the economic difficulties of the period‚ some outstanding businesswomen achieved great commercial success. In the 1930s‚ despite the fact that women were a big part

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    representation‚” said by Abigail Adams‚ First Lady and advocate of women’s rights (Abigail Adams Quotes). In the past hundred years‚ women have accomplished more than anyone could imagine - from joining men in the work force to building multi-million dollar fashion industries. In each decade‚ the economy seems be a driving factor in the forward movement of women in politics and in the work force. The fashion of each decade is a reflection of their feeling

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    Hammurabi Laws

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    Laws can be unfair and prejudicial to certain people. Even though they are two different time periods and places‚ Ancient Mesopotamia and 1900s Mississippi had very strict laws that were unfair to people of certain classes or colors. Both the Code of Hammurabi of Ancient Mesopotamia and the Jim Crows of Mississippi were similar in that they were very harsh and had extreme punishments. These punishments were used differently

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    Women In The 50's

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    The aim of my dissertation is to explore the way women have been represented within magazines. From the stereotypical housewife magazines from the 1950’s and 60’s‚ through the evolution of women as a sex symbol in magazines primarily made for men‚ and how women throughout time more often than not have been viewed as a ‘thing’ presented to the world to be looked at and objectified. In my dissertation I intend to write about how women since the 1950’s have been put into stereotypical boxes created by

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    Women 50's

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    In life itself women are the household care takers‚ they bore the children‚ raise the children‚ cook‚ and clean‚ that is the role of the women. The 21’st century has made an exception to that rule‚ today the average woman has a career‚ a family‚ along with rights that were not equally given to them only 62 years ago. After World War II was over in 1945‚ American’s were overwelmed with the amount of soldiers returning home to their girlfriends‚ families‚ and jobs. Women were responsible for taking

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    Hammurabi Reaction

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    Today’s laws are not as harsh as Hammurabi’s. They are more civilized. For example‚ none of today’s laws include amputating other people’s body parts. Hammurabi thought it was necessary to amputate arms‚ breasts‚ digits‚ etc. I believe our laws are better‚ overall because they do not incorporate corporal punishment. I think Hammurabi’s Code of Law was an excellent deterrent against crime‚ and very few people would try to break the law. I think this is due to how harsh the laws were. There was zero

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    Do you know who was the king of Babylon and what he did? About 4‚000 years ago‚ Hammurabi‚ a king in Babylon‚ created a code of 282 laws to protect the weak. I think that his laws were fair. To begin with‚ Hammurabi’s code was just because it helped the family be together. For instance‚ in Law 129 it says if a married lady is caught in adultery‚ they shall both be bind and cast into water. Also‚ in Law 195 it says that if a son has struck his father‚ his hands shall be cut off. Based on what

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    IMPACT OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ON SOCIETY PRESENT STATUS‚ GROWTH AND IMPACT OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS Abstract Women constitute around half of the total world population. So is in India also. They are therefore‚ regarded as the better half of the society. In traditional societies they were confined to the four walls of houses performing house hold activities. In modern society they have come out of the four walls to participate in all sort of activities. The Indian women are no more treated as beautiful

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    Rahil Rajesh Gala Media Studies Professor Sylvia Martin 6th April‚ 2010. Fight for your rights: The effect of Bollywood on the status of Indian women. “However much a mother may love her children‚ it is all but impossible her to provide high-quality child care if she herself is poor and oppressed‚ illiterate and uninformed‚ anaemic and unhealthy‚ has five or six other children

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