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Civil Rights Legislation Backlash, Liability, and Discrimination

organizations are facing today when they try to hire or replace employees based on qualifications rather than racial, ethnic, or g...

Democracy and Latin America

arise in its place. Indeed, the respective governments were not about to allow such a perceived takeover without as much as an al...

Psychological and Physical Disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act

act notes that "reasonable accommodations" must be made to provide disable individuals with equal opportunities (Legal Information...

1924's National Origins Act and 1965's Immigration Act

to immediately become accustomed to the American way of life; the National Origins Act of 1924 served as the culmination of such u...

Schools and Mandatory Psychotropic Drug Use

as analyzing and evaluating the issues involved. This examination will show that the new legal directives in regards to Ritalin us...

Gun Control and the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

were needed, and with that, the Second Amendment guaranteed the right of individuals to bear arms in service of that militia, so t...

Pending Bill Legislation Number S. 2187 for the 2004 Haitian Refugee Immigration Improvement Act

2004, Pending Legislation Bill Number S. 2187. II. Social Problem...

Congress United Post September 11, 2001

obtain search warrants and allows the FBI more power to look at Internet transmissions (2001). The law allows the surveillance of...

Abuse and Fraud in Medicare

American Medical Colleges, American Medical Assn. et al. v. United States), which alleged the government is conducting illegal Med...

Reflective Learning Document on Safety and Health Policy Formation Information

party where contact may result in exposure of a risk. For a small company with no employees the lessons of the health...

Legislation Regarding Religion in Public Schools

that their religion is consistently under attack (Hickey, 2003). For that reason, Burch notes, religion in public schools, as well...

Government Should Not Legislate Morality

stand up to scrutiny. The question as to whether or not Americans are better served by the conservative stance in terms of person...

Mississippi Blacks Prior to and Following the Second World War

despite their shared desire to risk their lives to serve Uncle Sam in his time of need, racial barriers did not miraculously come ...

The Failure of Breed Specific Legislation

Further, there is little credible information to back up the claim that such legislation would reduce deaths from dog attacks. Tha...

Teen Pregnancy, Regulatory and Legislative Influences

Because antiabortion activists have been so successful in blocking legislative approaches toward governmentally subsidized contrac...

Proposed Legislation Patient Safety Act of 2004

legal errors (Fackelmann, 2002). Furthermore, the AMA study demonstrated that there is a direct statistical connection between th...

Regional vs. Federal Employment Protection

opposed to other countries and their employment protection laws and policies, it seems that the United States stands out for leavi...

Indian Child Welfare Act

discussed in more detail below, it represents a phenomenal improvement in the way the parental and familial rights of Native Ameri...

Political Environment of Gun Control

In six pages this paper discusses gun control in terms of legislation and politics with the positions of 2000 presidential candida...

20th Century Eugenics in Germany

In five pages the practice and legislation pertaining to Germany's eugenics use during the 1930s are examined. Six sources are li...

In Support of Gun Control Legislation

stress and arming robots with shotguns (Hanchette PG). And while these things did occur in Waco and Ruby Ridge, they prompted gun ...

European Union and Legislation Problems

In twenty six pages the EU's legislation and the problems it represents regarding nations' sovereignty are discussed in terms of E...

Glass Steagall Act and Deregulation

In fourteen pages deregulation and financial institute issues are examined within the context of the controversial 1933 legislatio...

Japanese Workplace, Opportunities for Women, and Josei Sogoshoku

In twelve pages Japan's 1986 legislation providing for equal opportunities is examined in terms of what this meant in terms of Jap...

Three Strikes Law Evaluated

A hypothetical situation submitted by a student forms the basis for this paper consisting of eight pages in which Hawaii's 'three ...

Increase of Gay Hate Crimes

In 9 pages this paper examines the increase of hate crimes targeting homosexuals and what the federal government is doing about it...

U.S. Legislation Regarding the Rights of Patients

In nine pages this paper considers the rights of patients in a discussion of U.S. legislation designed to protect them. Four sour...

Just Say No to Gun Control Legislation

In five pages this paper argues that gun control legislation restricting firearms' ownership is not the answer to increased violen...

Victim’s Rights Legislation in Washington State

or when their status changes; it says in part that a new "statewide automated victim information and notification system" will be ...

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

counter to the moral expectations and values of the American public" and in addition it is bad for business because it "erodes pub...