Children's lawyers typically serve in one of two roles; first is Attorney Guardian Ad Litem. ... This is frequently the role of the child's attorney in child protection like abuse, neglect and dependency cases. ... This is typically the role of an attorney representing a child in a delinquency case. ... An attorney representing children in delinquency court has a dual role. ... Hence, an attorney representing children in delinquency proceedings has a dual role. ...

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It will discuss the role of the professional nurse relation to the protection of research participant rights. ... The professional nurse plays an important role in the protection of research participants' rights. ... The nurse has a challenging role, they give direct care to research participants, keeping them safe from harm and protected. Provision three in the Codes of Ethics for Nurses focuses on the role of the nurse in all areas of research activity. ... This provision addresses the role of the nurse for promoting the knowledge of the profession and nursing research. ...

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The role of this branch is to consider, debate and decide whether proposed bills should be made into a formal law. ... Their role is to hear cases before the court and make a decision about whether to apply the law or not. ... The role that the Treaty of Waitangi plays in the constitution is very ambiguous. ... The main arguments for leaving the role of the Treaty the same are that the Treaty no longer reflects the multinational country that New Zealand has become. ... As Dame Silvia Cartwright said, "If we are to make changes to our constitution to reflect the role of the Treaty, it is import...

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I do believe that politics played a role in the decision to place the three Florida Supreme Court justices up for retention because with the judicial system politics is apart of what maintains the checks and balances of whether these justices should be removed. ... Politics and partisanship should play no role in our great judicial system. ... Politics is playing a big role in the retention of these three Supreme Court justices when it shouldn't be....

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Some legal commentators have argued that the most important characteristics of the U.S. legal system are its common law heritage and origins, the role of its written Constitution, and the federal-state division of power. ... In this respect, I concur with the assertion that among the fundamental characteristics that define the legal system of the United States of America entail: the role played by the written constitution, the federal division of power, and its common law heritage and origins. ... Under U.S. legal regime, other than The doctrine that judges are bound and essentially have expli...

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This case study will decide the roles the host governments played in the business of Nike sweatshops. ... Roles of Host Governments in Global Business Operations Host governments did play a role in the Nike global business operations. Nike does have a role in the responsibility of corporate compliance, and the host governments are to ensure protection of their citizens. ...

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"3 However, the jury system still plays a main role today as the trial by jury is an ancient and democratic institution. ... It was by about the 15th century when it begun to assume the role of the independent assessor of fact in a case, and it is from this that its modern-day role has developed. By examining the historical changes of the role of jury, indirectly, we can see it changed to adapt to the society requirement at that time and so we can understand better the role of jury in English legal system. ... Apparently, this historical case was to protect the role of jury in giving ver...

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This situation raises many questions about the power of the judiciary, the right to privacy, democracy's role to protect minorities, and the effects of changes in culture on the Supreme Court. ... Eugene Rostow, in his work "The Democratic Character of Judicial Review" (1952) purports, thus, that it is a defined role of the Supreme Court to ensure that the minority is protected from "tyranny of the minority." ... Interest groups also are playing an important role in the political landscape of this trial. ...

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Our legal process emphasize the role of judges when making legal decisions. ... While we study the legal process, we are going to focus on the roles of the judges in making legal decisions. We know that judges play many different roles. Some of the judge's roles are interpretation of the law, assessing the evidence presented, controlling how hearings and trials develop in their courtrooms but most importantly judges are impartial decision makers in the search of justice. ... Therefore, the judges plays a big role in preserving the principles of justice and the rule of law and most respect...

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With this new law in place, Religion will play a major role in shaping Americans' views towards gay and lesbian rights, and consequently towards policy decisions. ... Leaders play key role in providing citizens with equality, therefore it is important to have leaders who will fight for equality. ...

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The victim is almost always given a nonessential role within the framework of the legal process. ... Christie does not provide a resolution to the case, rather he focuses on the process which he describes using five characteristics: 1) the conflicting parties are in the centre of the room and are the focus of everyone's attention; 2) they are surrounded by loved ones who know the situation and the parties involved; 3) there is a general audience who occasionally participates, but does not dominate; 4) the judges involved play a minimal role; and 5) No reporters attended, they were all the...

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In theory the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) now plays that role but to what extent it will serve as an effective check and balance remains to be seen. In the United States the written constitution does play this role. ... It has the following key features: (i) It is a written document which has its origins in John Locke's notion of - Limited government' (a) laws are written and knowable (b) the property rights of citizens take precedent over government (ii) Madisonian Model rests on federal government with three ...

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Machiavelli thus acknowledges the importance of the citizen's role in the functionality of the state. More importantly, he believes that the citizen has an inherent role within the state by virtue of his individuality and uniqueness. ... Machiavelli's Republic Considering Machiavelli's concepts of virtu and the functional role of the citizen in state affairs, we can infer that Machiavelli's republicanism is above all else a commitment to the vivere civil or civil life. ...

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Independent journalism is not only beneficial for people, but also plays another significant role in a democratic society. ... In conclusion, it is important that journalists can report the truth as they see it because independent journalism plays an essential role in a democratic society. ...

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While the judicial branch is depicted as the "weakest " of the three branches, the judiciary, however, plays a vital role within our government. ... Without the role of the judiciary, both the legislative and executive branch would pass laws that they believe are constitutional when in reality, they are not. ... This is because the judiciary's main role is to declare action and laws as unconstitutional. ...

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A good citizen is a person that adequately fulfills the role to follow his/hers expectations of what is considered a good citizen. ... Whereas, being an engaged citizen emphasizes a more absolute role of involvement community actions citizenship. ... "An engaged citizen emphasizes a more assertive role for citizen and a broader definition of the elements of citizenship to include social concerns and the welfare of others " (Dalton 5). ...

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For several generations in the American colonies, politics were very archaic. Leadership structures were weak and undefined, socialization low, and political consciousness undeveloped. Under these conditions, public life was unstable and would-be leaders jockeyed with one another for power, prestige...

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The three branches of the federal government have experienced many shifts in power since the writing of the Constitution. Despite the original intentions of the founders, certain branches have found ways to stretch their powers beyond the boundaries laid out in the Constitution. When a branch takes ...

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Race has played an important role over the years in identifying the communities that became the targets of the drug war, consequently exposing their cultural practices and institutions to military-style attack and police control. ... According to Callahan in which racial injustice ties to the war on drug, "since the notion of scaling back, let alone stopping, the drug war is too controversial for most politicians to handle, it's hardly surprising that its role in racial profiling should go largely unacknowledged" (Callahan 2). ...

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The role of the executive would be to govern the country and implement law, while the legislature would be responsible for creating and managing the law itself. ... Describing the role of independent judiciary, Alexander Hamilton noted: "In a monarchy, it is an excellent barrier to the despotism of the prince; in a republic, it is a no less excellent barrier to the encroachments and oppressions of the representative body." ...

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Unlike the Lochner case where the advocates for the working law mostly stressed the material danger to health of employees, the Justice emphasized more on the limited role and disadvantaged position of women in the Muller case. The dominant ideology was that the primary role of women was merely to produce babies and keep the health of the offspring instead of working. ...

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Thus, as the RIAA and other agencies that protect the use of the intellectual property have a role to play, so do all the individuals that make use of computers. ... The emergence of the internet and the increase in the number of cases of pirating committed show that organizations such as universities among others have a role to play. ...

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The state legislature went in and revised current laws so that it would do away with gender roles. ... Johnson said "My dissent form the majority's mandate is grounded on the government's limited interest in dictating public morals outside the scope of police power, and the differing roles of the judicial and legislative branches in our tripartite system of government ." ... Granting benefits and protections to same sex couples through a system of civil unions will provide due respect for tradition and long standing social institutions, and will permit adjustment as unanticipated...

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There are many influences on Parliament before and during the legislative process such as Pressure groups and lobbyists, News Media and the Law Commission. The aims of these influences vary, for instance pressure groups may protest to create legislation on a pedophile name and shame system whereas M...

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The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. It officially declared the independence of the thirteen British North American colonies. Many people view the Declaration of Independence as mere propaganda developed by the colonies to draw much needed suppor...

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