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The Green River Serial Killer Investigation
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This is a 6 page paper discussing the investigation and its progress over the past twenty years in pursuit of the Green River serial killer who murdered 49 women from 1982 to 1984 in Seattle. Although a suspect, Gary Leon Ridgway, has been arrested and is currently on trial for four of the murders due to recent DNA evidence, it is estimated that it will take another two years and several million dollars to complete the trial and still will not satisfy investigators, criminologists and the public in regards to the other women who were killed and why the killings apparently abruptly stopped in 1984. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TJGrRiv1.rtf

The Growing Problem of Music Piracy
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A 6 page discussion of the societal factors behind the growing problem of music piracy. The author asserts that the unauthorized reproduction of music is a crime and that it mustbe treated as such. Equally important, however, is the establishment of some means to curb the problem. One such means is the establishment of honor codes in our nation's universities. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPmscCpy.rtf

The HealthSouth Scandal
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This 5 page paper examines the issues defining the HealthSouth scandal including the charges against CEO Richard Scrushy; as well as whether or not the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is flawed. It argues that the Act is sound by the prosecutors at Scrushy's trial were not sufficiently prepared to obtain a conviction. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: HVHelSou.rtf

The Hinks Case and the Theft Act of 1968
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A 5 page paper discussing the dishonesty aspect of this British law. The intent of the Theft Law obviously is a good and useful one. The judge in the Hinks case defines well the measure by which the jury was to determine dishonest intent, and framing the definition in terms of current codes of decency keeps the law current. All involved in the legal system likely needs to guard against perverting the goal of the law, however. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KS-HinksUK.wps

The Historical Importance of John Jay
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This 6 page paper discusses the career and impact of John Jay, one of our lesser known "Founding Fathers." Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: HVJonJay.rtf

The History of Traffic Law
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A 4 page paper documenting the origins of traffic law in Western Civilization. The writer provides an overview of the basic history from thousands of years ago to the present (literally from chariots to automobiles !) behind traffic laws and the progression from the origin to the need for laws in the present day. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Lawtraff.wps

The Human Rights Act 1998 and its' Impact on Property Law
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This 5 page paper examines how the Human Right Act 1998, and the Human Rights Convention may be seen to impact on property law. The writer argues that the traditional UK law is undermined by this act by looking at a range of issues including, but not limited to, compulsory purchase orders, planning permission, environmental issues, the freedom of expression and the right to enjoy ones own property in peace. Numerous cases are cited. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEprophr.rtf

The Human Rights Act and the Case of R v DPP ex parte Kebilene
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This 5 page paper considers how this case can be seen as important in the interpretation and application of the right to a fair trial by way of a presumption of innocence until proven guilty and the privilege against self-incrimination which was seen to be in contraction of Article 6 of the Human Rights Convention. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEhuman1.wps

The Idea of Government: The Comparable Views of Locke and Kant
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A 5 page discussion of the similarities between John Locke's philosophy of government and that of Immanuel Kant. Notes that each had very definitive ideas of individual rights and the relation of those rights to law and government. Contends that in practically every respect John Locke's idea of government can be demonstrated to be fully compatible with Immanuel Kant's thesis in "Idea for a Universal History". No sources are listed.
Filename: PPlckKnt.wps

The Impact of Barclays Bank PLC v O’Brien [1994]
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This 7 page paper examines the special protection afforded by equity to married women as a result of the judgement made by Lord Browne-Wilkinson in the English law case of Barclays Bank v O'Brien (1994)1 AC 180, the writer also considers subsequent cases that have been influenced by this case. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEwifepr.rtf