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    Market Abuse

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    Corporate Law Assignment Criminal sanctions for market abuse by traders and investors are not adequate and we need other forms of enforcements –like the administrative sanctions‚ the civil penalties/fines etc.? Answer: Administrative sanctions may be the most viable solution to curb the problem of Market Abuse as there is a lower burden of proof for prosecution and it solves the purpose of deterrence. Background: Market abuse is a very general term to describe actions

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    Death Penalty Debate Pro

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    Death Penalty Debate – Pro Capital punishment or the death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. The judicial decree that someone be punished in this manner is a death sentence‚ while the actual enforcement is an execution. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. 58 countries maintain the death penalty in both law and practice. it as a way of deterring crimes. Death Penalty for Heinous

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    Discipline and Punish Michel Foucault (trans. Robert Hurley) Part One: Torture 1. The body of the condemned This first section of Part One serves as an introduction to the entire book.  Examples of eighteenth-century torture provide Foucault with many colorful episodes to relate in his account of how penality changed in modernity.  Foucault relates an explicit account of Damien’s torture to introduce his subject (3-5) and compares that account of penality to Faucher’s timetable for prisoners published

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    The Faerie Queene Analysis

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    Cory Urlacher Dr. Held Renaissance Literature 20 September 2015 The Book of Revelation and The Faerie Queene "Never affirm‚ always allude: allusions are made to test the spirit and probe the heart" (Umberto Eco). The Faerie Queene consistently alludes to the book of Revelation adding both richness and depth to the story. Revelation played a huge role in the development of this epic being that it was the main book that was referenced from the Bible. The allusions help set up the story‚ and also

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    reportedly more likely to become recidivists and commit new crimes that they have learnt from other inmates. This causes greater problems for the Government when it comes to tackling crime. I believe that Michel Foucault is right in the sense that imprisonment‚ along with constant supervision and discipline is an abuse of power. John Braithwaite’s work on a restorative justice system could be beneficial to some offenders‚ victims and more importantly society as a whole. I don’t think it would be effective

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    Prostitution in India

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    Prostitution in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia In India‚ prostitution (exchanging sex for money) is legal‚ but related activities such as soliciting sex‚ operating brothels and pimping are illegal.[1][2] Prostitution is currently a contentious issue in India. In 2007‚ the Ministry of Women and Child Development reported the presence of 2.8 million sex workers in India‚ with 35.47 percent of them entering the trade before the age of 18 years.[3][4] The number of prostitutes has doubled

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    Fundamental Rights in India

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    Fundamental Rights in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The Constitution of India (Hindi: भारतीय संविधान‚ see names in other Indian languages) is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles‚ establishes the structure‚ procedures‚ powers and duties‚ government and spells out the fundamental rights‚ directive principles and duties of citizens. It is the longest[1] written constitution of any sovereign country

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    Zimbabwean Criminal Justice

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    sophisticated and developed legal communities. However‚ the country ’s justice system was adversely affected by the political meltdown‚ with lawyers and judges fleeing the country by the hundreds. The country ’s prisons swelled and the pre-trial detention population soared. During this period of turmoil‚ torture became widely accepted as a legitimate tool for police investigation and judicial sanctions. A total system collapse resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe on a massive scale. Zimbabwe is

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    1. Constitution of the Philippines(1973) 2. 1973 Constitution of the Philippines The Constitution of the Philippines ( Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas in Filipino) is the supreme law of the Philippines. The 1973 Constitution ‚ composed of a preamble and 17 articles‚ provides for the shift from presidential to parliamentary system of government. The Constitution vests the legislative power in the National Assembly. A Prime Minister is elected from among the members of the National Assembly and serves

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    prisoners to detention facilities in the continental United States‚ making it virtually impossible to try them in civilian courts. As of April 2012‚ 169 remained in detention at GITMO (Sutton‚ 2012). An assumption made by the Bush administration in selecting this location was that it was beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. The administration wanted to avoid any judicial oversight of how it handled detainees‚ characterized as “enemy combatants.” A possible legal challenge to indefinite detention with

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