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    Legal Awareness

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    Legal Awareness: Valid Warrantless Arrest No. 1: A police officer or a private person may‚ without a warrant arrest a person when in his presence‚ the person to be arrested has committed‚ is actually committing or attempting to commit a crime. The most common application of this is the “in flagrante delicto” rule in “buy-bust” operations. “In flagrante delicto” basically means getting caught in the act of committing a crime. A buy-bust operation is a form of entrapment usually conducted to enforce

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    Legal Alien

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    Licup 1 Metaphor‚ Tone and Antithesis in "Legal Alien" "Legal Alien‚" a collection from "Chants‚" is a short free versed poem written by Pat Mora. The poem explores the lives of Mexican-Americans and the cultural tension they have to face. The poet discusses a bi-cultural person whose parents are from Mexico but the person was born and raised in America and is an American citizen by law. Although he can speak fluent English and Spanish‚ he still has a hard time being accepted by both or one race

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    William David MCAA 580 Legal Aspects of Sport Legal Issue Paper 08-08-2010 Intro/statement of issue/relivence Many physical education teachers are being sued for negligence while on the job for what may seem to be petty reasons. Each and every year there are hundreds of reported cases that make it to court that pin responsibility and liability on the part of the teacher. Simple accidents occur such as a student not wearing proper athletic shoes or slipping on the gym floor

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    Legal Stuff

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    problems‚ there are those which the specific agreements are not met‚ intentionally or unintentionally‚ which is in breach of the consumer law. When non-compliance occurs‚ the suffering party can begin taking action against the non-compliant party. Criminal prosecution for breaches of the law is only a single action of a range of methods regulators may take to ensure compliance with the law. Other actions and strategies include: • education‚ guidance and influencing good practice • voluntary industry

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    Legal Influences

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    Legal influences: Consumer Protection This covers all aspects of the sale of good’s and services and‚ as such‚ provide protection to consumers and regulates the operation and activities of the business. For the protection of customers it is required by law for business to follow the rules and regulations. There are various Act’s that business follow‚ they are listed below: - Consumer Protection Act (1987) - Sales of good act (1994) - Distance selling regulation (2000)

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    Legal Medicine

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    LEGAL MEDICINE Identification of Persons Importance 1. For the living a. amnesia‚ coma‚ infants and other mental defects b. cases of paternity and filiations for purposes of inheritance‚ support and parental authority c. cases involving personal crime: rape‚ murder‚ physical injuries (for the culprit) 2. For the dead a. for proper administration of justice particularly in suspicious death occurrences

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    Legal Alien

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    Legal Alien The poem “Legal Alien” by Pat Mora is in the open poem form‚ it has no stanzas. It does have a few words that rhyme which are “English” (5) and “Spanish” (6) and also with “Mexicans” (14) and then with “Americans” (15). The poem also has rhythm‚ it is a low steady beat. It is a straightforward poem about how life is for a person with the same race/ethnicity as others and at the same time‚ different from others. The poem “Legal Alien” is about a woman of Mexican parents‚ who is born

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    Legal Framework

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    1. Definition of Clause According to Legal dictionary‚ clause is referring to a section‚ phrase‚ paragraph‚ or segment of a legal document‚ such as a contract‚ deed‚ will‚ or constitution‚ that relates to a particular point. A document is usually broken into several numbered components so that specific sections can be easily located. The Supremacy Clause‚ for example‚ is part of Article IV of the U.S. Constitution An exclusion clause is a term in a contract that seeks to restrict the rights of

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    Legal Framework

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    International College Module Title: The Legal Framework Programme: BABS Semester: Three Academic Year Period: June 2013 – August 2013 Lecturer: Dr. Bahma Sivasubramaniam Date Given and Available on the Student Portal: Date of Completion and Submission: 15 August 2013 Submission Method: Online via turnitin Assessment Type: A group type-written assignment Assignment Question: Explain at length the doctrine of separate legal entity. Identify another jurisdiction that

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    legal abortions

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    that an abortion should not be legal. Many people feel aborting an unwanted child or killing an unwanted child should be against the law. Many people do not’ know what abortion is‚ who can receive abortions‚ and why people would even choose to get them. I feel as though a woman’s body is her own to do with whatever she wants. Therefore‚ on the topic of abortions‚ I am pro-choice. First‚ before a person makes a decision about abortions‚ they should know exactly what it is. The dictionary defines

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