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    Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft‚ Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum‚ Cambridge‚ MA‚ Harvard University Press copyright 1974. The purpose of this book was to examine the history and social life of Salem Village to try to figure out what was the cause of the events that occurred there. I believe that the authors achieved their objective at least they did to me. Boyer and Nissenbaum’s explanation for the outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Salem hinges on an understanding of

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    Trials and Tribulations

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    Throughout life we experience many trials and tribulations. Each and every person endures his or her fair share of burdens. The photo seems to portray the burdens that we each “carry” with us daily; as well as‚ how heavy and stressful your load can be because of this. Not everyone handles these burdens in the same manner‚ however; some chose to ignore them‚ while others face their problems head on. While the problems of life are inevitable‚ they are not unsurpassable‚ as Lou Holtz stated‚ “Life is

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    Parris‚ Abigail and the Putnams The witch trials supply Reverend Parris in numerous key ways. Initially he was frightened that any indication of witchcraft be established in his home; he has been the Reverend after all‚ has not been establishing in effectively with the community. If it was established that it was his home that was the origin of witchcraft‚ he would end up being unemployed. However‚ it eventually ends up in his favor. As soon as witchcraft is found in his home‚ and his niece‚ daughter

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    Nuremburg Trials

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    The Nuremburg Trials The Holocaust was an unparalleled crime composed of millions of murders imprisonment‚ racism‚ and destruction. It destroyed millions of lives and wiped out over six million Jews during the course of World War II under Hitler’s power. The aftermath of these horrific events proved to be a difficult one since no form of punishment could ever suffice to the torture and pain the Nazi’s inflicted on the Jewish Community. This challenge was attempted by the International

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    Fair Trial

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    Is it part of the concept of a fair trial that‚ if an accused cannot afford legal representation‚ the state must provide it? INTRODUCTION ‘When a person is faced with deprivation of liberty‚ the most stringiest standards must be followed to ensure that the person is properly subject to that restriction.’ The notion of obtaining a fair trial has long been questioned as far back in the time of trial of King Charles I of England in 1649. His highness insisted upon his conception of the rule of law

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    Poverty‚ Witchcraft and Witch-killing in Africa “The campaign to make poverty history- a central moral challenge of our age- cannot remain a task for the few; it must become a calling for the many”. -Kofi Annan‚ United Nations Ex- Secretary-General‚ October‚ 2006 The Kofi Annan’s challenge above is a mean one; a clarion call to every citizen of the world to do their

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    Trial by Media

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    Introductory The subject of ‘Trial by Media’ is discussed by civil rights activists‚ Constitutional lawyers‚ judges and academics almost every day in recent times. With the coming into being of the television and cable-channels‚ the amount of publicity which any crime or suspect or accused gets in the media has reached alarming proportions. Innocents may be condemned for no reason or those who are guilty may not get a fair trial or may get a higher sentence after trial than they deserved. There appears

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    Clinical Trials

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    Clinical Trials ‘All patients should receive the best possible therapy AND the well-being of the individual research subject must take precedence over all other interests.’ Says article 11.3 of the ‘Declaration of Helsinki’‚ the Holy Grail for biomedical research on humans. With more and more clinical trials being conducted in developing countries‚ the question naturally arises…while outsourcing these trials‚ are the pharmaceutical companies growing to disregard this declaration? To be able

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    Racism on Trial

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    Racism on Trial Ian F. Haney-López Tyler Turbenson There were many forms of Mexican Americanism and different goals that Mexican Americanism strived to achieve. Two of the most important goals for Mexican Americans born in the wake of the Mexican American Era‚ were equality and social mobility through education. Albert Einstein stated it best when he said‚ “The only remedies against race and prejudice are enlightenment and education. This is a slow and painstaking process.” This in fact is what

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    Jeany Sulpha Eng 101 CW 1 Gail Lighthipe 06 April 2009 The Amistad Trial The Amistad Trial‚ also known as United States v. Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad‚ was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of slaves on board the Spanish schooner Amistad in 1839 (Jones). The Amistad Case is part of The Freedom Trial consisting of four cities Farmington‚ Mystic‚ New Haven‚ and Hartford. In 1839‚ fifty-three Mendi Africans

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