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Prison Litigation
Prison Litigation Reform Act
Prison Litigation and its Effects
Since the 1960s, U.S. prisoners have filed thousands of lawsuits in state and federal courts. While some prisoners seek their freedom through the filing of habeas corpus petitions, many others file civil lawsuits seeking damages for alleged injuries or for improvements ...
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Methodology
Research Methodology
Interview vs. questionnaires
Interviews:
The interviews were used to gather information orally, through questions suggested by the analyst. Respondents may be managers or employees who are current users of the system existing, potential users of the proposed system or those who provide data or be affected by ...
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RACE AND LAW
Race and Law
Race and Law
Answer 1
Victims of sexual violence are men and women, of all races and ethnicities, rich and poor, young and old. Statistics identify that sexual assault/rape happen between members of the same race much more frequently than across races. This myth comes from social messages ...
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First year Tort Law
First Year Tort Law
Introduction
Tort law is often treated as synonymous with 'accident law'. In reality, this is misleading as tort addresses many situations that go beyond compensation for accidents. Law of tort establishes the principal mechanism for the provision of compensation for personal injuries through the tort ...
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FIRST YEAR CONTRACT LAW
First year Contract law
First Year Contract law
Invitation to Treat
An invitation to treat is a mere declaration of willingness to enter into negotiations; is not an offer, and cannot be accepted so as to form a binding contract. In this case, invitation to treat means that the advertisement ...
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CRIMINAL LAW
Criminal Law
Criminal Law
Homicide
Homicide is a term used by criminologists—those who study crime and criminals—and sociologists—those who study society and its members—to describe the act of an unlawful killing of another person. The term is used to enable them to discuss and study the whole category of ...
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Should US Supreme Court Justices be Elected?
Introduction
The Framers of the Constitution established the U.S. Supreme Court as the nation's highest federal court. However, the Constitution did not provide any detail on the Court's powers or the organization of the federal judicial branch. Therefore, when the first Congress met in 1789, ...
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EMPLOYMENT LAW
Employment Law
Employment Law
Introduction
Unfair dismissal in the employment law of the UK refers to the termination of the employment of a worker for a reason that is not permitted under statute. This area of law is statutory and is superimposed on the common law of employment. An employee is 'dismissed' ...
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CONTRACT AND NEGLIGENCE
Contract and Negligence for Business
Contract and Negligence for Business
Introduction
The concept of negligence dominates tort law. Most tort cases are about negligence. Much tort law scholarship over the past several decades has been about the meaning of negligence. The new draft Restatement (Third) of Torts: General ...
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Critical Evaluation Of The Two Decisions
Critical Evaluation Of The Two Decisions
Introduction
The modern definition of recklessness has become of R v. Cunningham (1957) 2 AER 412 in which the definition of "malicious" for purposes of the Offences against the person Act 1861 was held to require a subjective test rather than ...