International accounting regulations: Understanding differences - USA/ Europe
Essay - 6 pages - Management
Throughout the globe, U.S.A. has been famous for their notion of freedom, their way of life, and their entrepreneurship, stemming back to its very origins. This is a legacy from the very first pioneer, which still affects them nowadays either in their private or business life. It's a country...
Is the adversarial system of criminal procedure more or less effective than an inquisitorial system in finding out the truth about an alleged offence? Advantages and disadvantages of adversarial and inquisitorial criminal procedure - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 7 pages - Criminal law
As early as 1866, Faustin Helie, a French judge and legal author, underlined the idea of a necessary equilibrium between the interests of the society (which needs to be protected from infringements) and the interests of the accused persons (whose rights must be totally guaranteed) in the...
Moving toward Men-streaming Development
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Men have always been known to exercise power socially over women. This is as a result of how gender has been socialized in various regions and communities. It has hence resulted to discrimination, inequalities and women subordination in all major activities. This issue seems to be ignored so much...
Is the adversarial system of criminal procedure more or less effective than an inquisitorial system in finding out the truth about an alleged offence? advantages and disadvantages of adversarial and inquisitorial criminal procedure
Essay - 7 pages - Penal procedure
As early as 1866, Faustin Helie, a French judge and legal author, underlined the idea of a necessary equilibrium between the interests of the society (which needs to be protected from infringements) and the interests of the accused persons (whose rights must be totally guaranteed) in the...
History of Britain before Shakespeare
Internship report - 7 pages - Modern history
Before 450 AD: Celtic Originally the populations of England were mixed, partly Neolithic and Celtic, Celts of Britonnic variety (the Britons), hence the first name of the island, Britannia when it was conquered by the Romans who only were stopped by the Scots up north. Between 450 and 650 AD:...
Catholic Identity and Culture of the Australian Catholic Schools
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The Catholic identity is centred on the presentation of the person of Jesus Christ with his call to repent and believe. It also espouses crucifixion Christianity which leads to the call to believe that everyone stands under the last fourthings of death and judgement, heaven and hell. As a...
Europe and the ports of religious symbols at school: an absence of obvious consensus
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
The Sahin v / Turkey is fundamental in that it tends to limit the risks of inconventionnalité edited measures against violators of the ban on the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols and after the decision Karaduman c / Turkey of 3 November 1993, already unfavorable to the applicants ......
Significant limitations on freedom of education
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Already in the Kjeldsen, limits dawn we saw some this educational freedom. First, even assuming that the second sentence of Article 2 of Protocol I applies to public school, it would involve only the right for parents to have their children exempted from religious instruction to denominational....
Tunisian government
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to Stefan Prins Sottiaux and Dajo, "it might have been better to make the first condition less strictly, so that only callers political parties systematically make use of illegal means can be prohibited." The Court E.D.H. talking serious violent offenses and refers to jihad. In...
The Kokkinakis and Larissis judgments
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
The Court states, unanimously, that the measure "a legitimate aim" as it was aimed at protecting public order. Thus, the Court recognizes that the States a margin of appreciation in assessing the existence and extent of the need for interference. However, the judges point out that this...
Crimes Against Humanity And The Principles Of Legality: What Could the Potential Offender Expect?
Essay - 10 pages - International law
Les juges ne sont que la bouche qui prononce les paroles de la loi, des êtres inanimés qui ne peuvent ni en adresser la force ni la rigueur. " Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, L'esprit des Lois, Livre XI, Ch. III, 127 (1748). " If the interpretation of laws is evil, their obscurity, which...
The Crucible - Arthur Miller (1953) - Act-by-act summary
Book review - 8 pages - Literature
This document is a synopsis of the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, in which we can first read of presentation each character, followed by an act-by-act summary. John Proctor is a serious man who keeps all of his thoughts private. He protects his position of power in the community but sees...
Ethically dubious employee conduct - Discussion questions
Case study - 2 pages - Human resources
This document concerns cases of questionable behavior of employees within their company. You have to explain how to judge this.
Socialist Party of Turkey
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
M.Levinet indicates that Shariah is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. His religious principles have a stable and invariable. But this is contrary to pluralism defended by the Convention. In effect, the Court defends a reading of principles constantly changing. In...
Civil Litigation
Course material - 55 pages - Other law subjects
55 typed and very detailed pages of Civil Litigation Law Revision Notes which provide summary revision points in preparation for the legal practice course exam and undergraduate law on the following sub-topics: - Elements of causes of action and remedies available - Commencing proceedings and...
The great common law and civilian law divide is a myth
Essay - 5 pages - Civil law
Common law and civil law are generally considered the two major legal traditions that developed in Western societies. Common law is based on judge-made law through precedents set in past court decisions. Civil law originated in Roman law and is codified in comprehensive legal codes....
Freedom of religion: an endangered freedom but protected by the European Convention on Human Rights
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
To quote Professor Catherine Teitgen-Colly, "political pluralism, respect for human rights and the rule of law have become true" statutory conditions ". In terms of the constituent rights of democratic society, the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Convention are not only individual rights...
Separation of power in Australian law
Essay - 3 pages - Other law subjects
Principally, it refers to constitution principle and ideology that offers check and balances to any power vested in any institution or person. Governmental authorities are divided into different branches for example, there is legislative arm that comprises of senate and parliament, executive...
Anatomy of the Russian disinformation campaign: understanding the complexity of a covert network as part of state policy and a military tool against Europe
Tutorials/exercises - 73 pages - Journalism
About two decades ago, it was impossible to imagine that foreign disinformation could actually affect the policy decision making or disturb social cohesion and solidarity in European countries. Back then, media outlets such as television, radio stations and newspapers enjoyed munificent funding...
Criminal Law in an Islamic Legal Society
Essay - 5 pages - Criminal law
The Shari'a does not focus as much on criminal law as it does on family law, but a small part is dedicated to crimes and sanctions, and despite not being strictly applied, those principles still have a normative force among different modern Muslim states' legal systems. Islamic criminal...
"Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law" by Herbert Wechsler and the Brown v. the Board of Education Legal Decision
Essay - 2 pages - Constitutional law
In "Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law", Herbert Wechsler brings up difficult issues that are eternally present in cases that make their way up to the Supreme Court. While we often deny these issues and simply assume that the court is making a decision that is "Constitutional" and...
Education and the disabled
Case study - 18 pages - Social, moral & civic education
From everything I have been exposed to this semester I feel that I have a good understanding of what is necessary to achieve excellence in teaching. The teacher must be attentive to the needs of the students, be able to relate to them in some way, be willing to dedicate extra time and energy to...
The American revolution: Case study in detail
Thesis - 17 pages - Modern history
In 1763, the Treaty of Versailles ended the Seven Years War between France and Spain against Great Britain. The victory of the latter (gain of French, Canada, of all the territories east of the Mississippi except New Orleans, and with Spanish, Florida) was certainly a matter of immense pride in...
Freedom of expression in Europe
Thesis - 5 pages - Constitutional law
According to Article 19 regarding the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, an individual must be able to know whose ideas he endorsed or not, without weighing stress on him or resulting in any penalty. He must be able to speak without...
Ethics and the consumer coursework
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In a world where globalization seems to be everywhere, emerge some notions as ethics, consumer policy, involving government and others organizations. The aim of that is finally the well-being of people, more precisely, consumers. The term “ethics” is used to define a system of moral...
The control of constitutionality and its limitations in France and United States
Thesis - 4 pages - Political science
The Constitution is the supreme law in the hierarchy of norms laid down by Hans Kelsen. This poses a problem in the domestic hierarchy of norms by raising a question about how to enforce the superiority of the Constitution, particularly with respect to the law. Thus, the difficulty faced by the...
Tyranny under ancient Greece
Essay - 3 pages - Ancient history
Between the seventh century and first decades of the sixth century BC, the Hellenic world witnessed a series of tyrannical regimes that seem to have first developed in the Asir colonies (Ephesus, Miletus, Chios, Lebos) and then in the cities of European Greece (Corinth Sieyone etc.). There are...
Strategy marketing of the mineral water: Dasani (Coca-Cola group) in France
Case study - 10 pages - Services marketing
The French market for bottled water (6.0 billion liters) is ranked third in Europe in terms of volumes consumed. The water market is oligopolistic and can be described as a concentrated one. There are three main groups, first with Nestlé Waters, which represent 25.2% of the French market, Danone...
American political culture
Essay - 2 pages - Political science
If “by vast majorities Americans believe that every citizen should have an equal chance to influence government policy and to hold public office,” then the protests occurring in congressional town hall meetings across the country are perfectly acceptable, and indeed, are to be...
Criminal Law
Thesis - 22 pages - Criminal law
What is an actus reus? An actus reus is more than just an act. It includes whatever circumstances and consequences that are required for liability for the offense in question which means that an actus reus is composed by all the elements of an offense other than the mental element. Some crimes,...
