In School-smart and mother-wise: Working-class women’s identity and schooling by Wendy Luttrell‚ the author discusses how American education disadvantages working-class women as children and adults. The purpose of the study is to discuss the circumstances that led the participated women to drop out from schools and then attend the Adult Basic Education Programs and to examine the identity and schooling of working class women through stories. The central question that the research tends to answer
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The theme presented in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was that you should never judge someone until you’ve walked in their shoes. This theme presents itself multiple times throughout the novel in many different ways. One of the most obvious of these ways is with all of the stigma and gossip surrounding Boo‚ or Arthur Radley. From just the name we can see how widely misjudged he was‚ Boo‚ his name implies that those who don’t know him think him to be a monster‚ a spirit that is only talked of-not
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“The Human Rights Act has revolutionised the way in which judges interpret statutes.” Student Number: 111242632 Candidate Number: 110855 The statute is a piece of legislature that is set out by Parliament to legislate the laws of United Kingdom to be used by the courts in legal proceedings. Though written by the Parliament‚ the duty to interpret and apply the statutes fall on the courts‚ more specifically the judges to enact the statute and interpret it to suit the proceedings
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To what extent do judges establish the existence of a contract based on the intention of the parties? In 1893‚ the famous case of Carllil v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.1 demonstrated the extent of the establishment of a legally binding contract based on the intention of the parties via advertisements. However‚ the formation of contracts is not solely based on the intentions between parties. After the invitation to treat‚ there should be an offer and acceptance‚ intention to create legal relation‚ consideration
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Introduction Judges do create law in the process of adjudication‚ especially when there are no precedent‚ competing precedents‚ or ambiguous law‚ Such judicial creativity‚ however‚ leads to a potential conflict between the judiciary and the legislature‚ since judicial law-making overlaps with the legislature’s function to enact law. To strike a balance between these two branches‚ self-restraint among judges is crucial. Whenever judicial law-making is unavoidable‚ it must be done subject to strict
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When people lose their job‚ it wreaks havoc on their lives. If a person is fired without reason or unfairly‚ they are likely to seek compensation. If a person hasn’t signed a contract or is fired‚ with exception to a few points in the employment at will doctrine‚ there is not much they can do about it. The law is on the side of the businesses in most cases of at-will employment. In the case of Elaine‚ she was fired without notice or reason for termination. Elaine had been promised career opportunities
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Name: EbunOluwa Oyesina Matric No: 144636 Course: Law of Evidence Assignment: The question of admissibility of evidence belongs to the judge; those of its weight‚ credibility‚ sufficiency belong to the jury. Discuss Date: 29th May‚ 2012 The law of evidence is the basic kernel that underpins the administration of the civil and criminal laws of any common law country when it comes to fair and
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Irina Platt · Page 4: Irina’s actions speak louder than her words. (Irina looks down‚ impassive) - page 4. This shows that she does not agree with what Sir Peter and Cuddeford‚ yet she does not say anything as it is an argument of some sort between the two men and she doesn’t want to get involved. · In the first two scenes‚ Irina speaks in one-word answers and short sentences. This effect creates a sense of mystery to her character on her attitudes. · In the third scene (page 11)‚ we see Irina’s
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One year in high school some of the boys thought it would by funny to make a list of all the girls. They wanted to rate and make a comment about them next to get their hands on the list. They wanted to see how they rated and what they said about them. It seem like we couldn’t get the list quick enough. I never thought anything was wrong with me until I heard of the list they were making. I always thought there was nothing wrong with me and that’s what everyone else thought of me too. Before I saw
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Othello describes himself as "one that loved not wisely‚ but too well‚" which infers that his love is so intense‚ passionate and fulfilling that he has a dramatic weakness for making mistakes. Othello is a man of action‚ often makes quick and irrational decisions‚ enters his loving relationship under false pretences and has his own conflicting identities as well as being self-deluded‚ which ensures that he is judged as "one that loved not wisely‚ but too well."Othello is a man of action and as a
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