Equitable remedy

Educating white children on white privilege is not as straightforward as it may seem. One study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology suggests that when presented with evidence of white privilege, white people actually respond with denial on the basis of personal hardships (Phillips, Lowry 12-18). The study also states that understanding privilege, “requires a comparison to someone of another group membership with the same life circumstances” (Phillips, Lowry 12-18). If white children…

Since the European Union has opened its market, its preferential treatment toward African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries has threatened the entire future of free trade in the global banana industry (Lightner & O’Mara, 1999). The EU’s banana regime gives special duty-free import privileges and guaranteed import quotas to ACP countries apart of the Lome Convention, while those “dollar” bananas, exported here in Ecuador and other Latin American countries, are subject to rigid tariff quotas…

14.4.4 Testing of pesticides It is important to recognize that pesticides are among the most thoroughly tested chemicals used by man. Each new pesticide must pass up to 120 EPA required health and environmental tests before being registered. These tests take an average of 9 years to complete at an average cost incurred of the order of $180 million per compound. Only 1 compound out of 139,000 tested will reach the market ultimately. Despite this thorough testing of pesticides and the assurances…

Elements of Battery The law of torts is the compensation of losses suffered by private individuals in their legally protected interest through socially unreasonable conduct. Moreover, the law of torts seeks to protect bodily integrity and is actionable per se. Consider the following case of Moon v. Whitehead, the legal issue considered was consent in the tort of battery. Ms. Whitehead the respondent, plead that she retired to bed in an apartment she and the appellant were sharing in Sydney for…

With respect to public housing, America has fell below the curve in providing adequate and equal public housing for all citizens. In the 1960’s, public housing was perceived to be a ladder of opportunity for whites, but it had become the ladder to nowhere for blacks. The country started to blame the tarnished image of public housing on black people instead of holding the federal government accountable for its absent in the housing sector. The case of Gatreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority…

Individual Analysis: ACCJC Background Reviewing recent reports surrounding the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) reveals that there are many issues that have been proposed in regard to the efficiency and efficacy of their accreditation processes (CITE). For this reason, many feel that the ACCJC is not meeting their obligation to maintain institutional quality. In the following sections, I will discuss what issues specifically the ACCJC is having in terms of…

Winfeild ,Tortuous liability arises from breach of a duty primarily fixed by law; this duty is towards persons generally and its breach is redressable by an action for unliquidated damages Sir John Salmond defines Tort as a civil wrong for which the remedy is common law action for unliquidated damages and which is not exclusively…

What are those two elements? Explain fully with complete details (1) the performance of a prohibited act and (2) a specified state of mind, or intent, on the part of the actor. Additionally, to establish criminal liability, there must be a concurrence (agreement) between the act and the intent. The Criminal Act—In criminal law, a prohibited act is referred to as the actus reus, or guilty act. In some cases an act of omission can be a crime, but only when a person has legal duty to perform the…

Social inequality has been feature of every civilization since the earliest agrarian societies. In almost all cases, the aristocracy oppresses the lower and middle classes socially and economically. However, throughout history, there have been individuals who have spoken out and fought against social inequality. In the short story, “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara, Miss Moore is the character who tries to combat social inequality by pointing it out to the young protagonist Sylvia and her…

Nelson & Prilleltensky (2010) provide a template for devising “value-based interventions in multiple settings - schools, workplaces, hospitals, communities - and with a variety of foci - health promotion, drug-abuse prevention, teenage pregnancy, formal and informal support, minority rights, and child abuse”. Their research shows that “Community psychologists are interested in values that promote the well-being of disadvantaged people. However, given that people’s needs vary according to their…