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21 sept. 2012
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British super - injunctions and the clash between private and public interests

Case study - 13 pages - Educational studies

One of the specificities of the British legal system and more generally of the common law is the notion of Equity. Equity is judge-made entirely and is meant to balance the stricter rules of pure common law with principles of fairness. Injunctions are an equitable remedy, insofar as they are not...

21 sept. 2012
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Racial discrimination in the administration of the death penalty

Case study - 15 pages - Educational studies

On 21 September 2011, Troy Davis, a 42 year-old African-American man convicted of the murder of a policeman in Savannah in 1989, was executed after a lengthy judicial process punctuated by numerous graces and ultimately ill-fated appeals. Troy Davis' case spurred a worldwide mobilization against...

21 sept. 2012
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Child labor in India: Assessing the efficiency of legal tools and governmental policy

Case study - 19 pages - Educational studies

Child labor is a widely condemned practice which can have staggering effects on the health and wellbeing of children, as it can often involve toiling in mines or quarries, being exposed to harmful chemical substances, or sitting and standing for long hours in dreadful conditions. In response to...

05 sept. 2012
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Compare and contrast essay: Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket, two views on the Vietnam war - publié le 05/09/2012

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

The First and mostly the Second World Wars have been often supported by Hollywood, which produced many propaganda movies. For instance even the classic Casablanca by Michael Curtiz had been shot in order to glorify the French Resistance and the US Army. But during the 1970s, we can observe a real...

05 sept. 2012
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Compare and contrast essay: Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket, two views on the Vietnam war

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

The First and mostly the Second World Wars have been often supported by Hollywood, which produced many propaganda movies. For instance even the classic Casablanca by Michael Curtiz had been shot in order to glorify the French Resistance and the US Army. But during the 1970s, we can observe a real...

06 août 2012
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Era to Era: The NBA's evolutionary debate

Case study - 7 pages - Sports

Is it a basketball blasphemy to think that Kobe Bryant or LeBron James are better than Michael Jordan? Then again, what makes it so that Jordan is untouchable? Of course one cannot doubt his undeniable athletic ability and unparalleled knowledge of the game of basketball. Certainly the era he...

26 juil. 2012
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Using the Socio-Ecological method to combat eating disorders

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Community health utilizes the ties between members of varied communities to change behaviors that lead to premature morbidity or mortality. We can use populations to analyze risk factors for those with a certain set of characteristics, but the real goal is to employ the bonds of the community to...

26 juil. 2012
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What factors account for the long-lasting neglect of Women in Public Welfare Systems?

Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies

Today, in Britain's full-time workforce, there is an average 16.4 gap between women and men in their hourly rates of pay . Although it varies across work sectors, the most striking is the 55 gap in the finance sector. In total 64% of the lowest paid workers are women . ‘A' 40 years on...

26 juil. 2012
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Describe the influx of foreign-labor migrants to Europe and the consequences for the welfare state in Western Europe

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

In Europe, the second half of the 20th century was a period of major change in all aspects of social life. It was marked by economic, social and demographic changes. Migration movements since 1945 have had an especially marked effect, both on the existing population and on newcomers, which...

25 juil. 2012
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The influence of Sweden on men's professional tennis

Case study - 4 pages - Sports

This paper will treat the different aspects that Swedes have brought to men's professional tennis over the last decades. I chose to speak about this because not only I am a big fan of this sport since I was a child, but also I believe that Swedish men's tennis has taken a huge part in the history...

10 juil. 2012
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Football governance: Is the current governance model stable and sustainable?

Case study - 20 pages - Sports

“Organized football” had started as an amateur and European sport. But for fifteen years, football has become a “big business” throughout the world. During the nineties, TV channels have understood the growing popularity of football and have turned this sport from something...

09 juil. 2012
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Civil society

Case study - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The topic of civil society is one of the main topics as far as policy and politics are concerned. It refers to people, taken as population in a country or organized associations in the State, but different from governors. t would be interesting to study the history of the concept first, then...

29 juin 2012
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Appeals of a Memory

Case study - 5 pages - Psychology

It's in every speech at the podium, every twist of the tongue, and every presentation we've ever done. Investor relations meetings, political campaigns, and weekly performance reviews. It's a part of every society that's ever risen to power since its inception, and is so deeply ingrained with the...

28 juin 2012
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The Copts: more Christian than Egyptian?

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

While it is true that the Middle East is an incredibly diverse area as far as religion is concerned, the Copts represent within Egypt a particular case. Indeed, although today they only represent 10% of the population , Christians claim themselves descendants of the people of ancient Egypt, and...

20 juin 2012
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The importance of Non-State Actors- A Realists Perspective

Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies

Non-state actors, do they matter? To answer this question one must first become familiar with the traditional, historical, and future trends and issues of global politics. Upon analyzing these aspects, one of the most remarkable changes occurring as a result of the dynamics involved in the...

06 juin 2012
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A case study of Marilyn Monroe

Case study - 15 pages - Psychology

Most people have heard of late actress and Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe(1926-1962). Many are aware that she endured a tragic life; however, just as many are unaware of exactly how tragic it was. To briefly summarize, she was born as an unwanted, illegitimate child to a mentally ill mother and a...

06 juin 2012
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Psychology research proposal

Case study - 11 pages - Psychology

The purpose of the proposed study is to determine how much of an influence being afflicted with a physical disability during childhood has on the quality of life and ability to be resilient in adulthood. Specifically, this study will focus mainly on adults who have been physically disabled since...

06 juin 2012
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Generalized anxiety disorder

Case study - 9 pages - Psychology

Anxiety disorders are one of the most complex psychological disorders in existence and also one of the least understood, etiologically. It is extremely important to understand anxiety disorders from an etiologically genetic standpoint, because it often explains why those people who experience the...

06 juin 2012
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Gaps in research knowledge

Case study - 9 pages - Psychology

Finkelhor, D. (2004) discovered several gaps in the research knowledge associated with the history of childhood sexual abuse. The authors affirm that the plethora of research that is currently available on adult survivors of CSA is valuable; however, they cite some weaknesses in some of those...

06 juin 2012
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The good, the bad, and the ugly: Health care comparisons of three nations

Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies

Out of the three nations I chose to examine, Europe proved to have the best and most cost effective health care overall. While studying Europe, I mostly analyzed the UK's system, though I can say that most - if not, all - of the health care in other countries throughout Western Europe are...

06 juin 2012
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Crohn's disease and its psychosocial implications

Case study - 24 pages - Psychology

Crohn's Disease is an autoimmune disorder that falls under a category of diseases known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (sometimes referred to as Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome; Hanauer, S. B., 1996). An autoimmune disease is one in which a person's body determines its own cells and tissues to be...

04 juin 2012
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Paranoid Schizophrenia

Case study - 16 pages - Psychology

Paranoid schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that encapsulates a myriad of symptoms, including various states of psychosis and disorganized thought, speech, and behavior. Its etiology has not been ascertained, but evidence suggests a genetic role in its development. Those afflicted with...

04 juin 2012
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The struggle with poverty

Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies

In today's society, poverty is not only a regional issue for the United States, but an issue for all countries. Many different variables factor into a country having a high poverty level, but one variable that needs to be addressed primarily is the educational dilemma. As there is a direct...

30 mai 2012
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Globalization of Culture - published: 30/05/2012

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Globalization has been known to benefit local communities through the creation of new opportunities, financial capital and culture. But it is even more famous for the detrimental effect that it has brought upon the world's poorest countries. This essay will be focusing on the examination of the...

30 mai 2012
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Relational aggression

Case study - 12 pages - Psychology

Among modern children and adolescent peer relationships lies a subtle, but sinister variety of bullying that is becoming more prominent, especially among girls. It is called relational aggression and it is defined by “behaviors that inflict harm on others by manipulating their peer...

30 mai 2012
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Report for French expatriates in Russia: Cultural differences and recommendations to succeed in business there

Case study - 10 pages - Educational studies

We are cross-cultural consultants and experts in Russia's business culture and we are going through this report to show how to successfully do business there. This report will facilitate the cultural integration of French expatriates in Russia and help them to succeed doing business there....

30 mai 2012
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Report for French expatriates in Russia: Cultural differences and recommendations to succeed in business there - publié le 30/05/2012

Case study - 10 pages - Educational studies

We are cross-cultural consultants and experts in Russia's business culture and we are going through this report to show how to successfully do business there. This report will facilitate the cultural integration of French expatriates in Russia and help them to succeed doing business there....

30 mai 2012
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Development of ships of the future

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The planet population has doubled between 1960 and 2010, and are expecting a 50% growth by 2040. From this rapid growth it is important to mention that in 40 years the world seaborne trade has quadrupled from just 8 thousand billion tonne-miles in 1968 to over 32 thousand billion tonne-miles in...

29 mai 2012
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Why international agreements are necessary to protect environmental health and community health?

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

Environmental health refers to the elements present in the environment that affect and influence human public health. As established by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the United Nations health agency, Environmental health refers to both direct pathological effect of different elements...

29 mai 2012
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Anxiety

Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies

Anxiety disorders are one of the most complex psychological disorders in existence and also one of the least understood, etiologically. It is extremely important to understand anxiety disorders from an etiologically genetic standpoint, because it often explains why those people who experience the...