was not being pretty‚ defendant’s failure to promote the plaintiff and decision to terminate her employment. The court’s finding that there is not sufficient evidence to support the claim. “Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is granted.” The legal principles The plaintiff filed a charge against the defendant under Title VII and U.S. Code Section 1981. Title VII protects individuals against employment discrimination on the basis of race and color as well as national origin‚ sex‚ or religion
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insufficient evidence of recent history of traditional ownership of the land. This was a problem faced by many other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. As well as that the High Court had ruled that the Yorta Yorta were required to pay for the legal costs of the
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extent to which the law reflects moral and ethical standards.” As societies morals and ethics constantly change the law must adapt to meet the needs and standards that society holds valuable. To ensure that the wider community is content with the legal system it is important for individuals to investigate how the law deals with certain categories of crime‚ as well as how well the law is dealing with the prominent issue. Societies changing values influence the process of law making and the implementation
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Legal Studies. Man jailed for crime spree A man from Gin Gin‚ west of Bundaberg in south-east Queensland‚ has been jailed for stealing more than $32‚000 during a seven-month crime spree. Anton Michael Janezic‚ 39‚ pleaded guilty to 34 charges including fraud‚ theft‚ drug and driving offences between September 2009 and April last year. Of the fraud charges‚ 15 relate to activity in the bank account of Duingal man‚ Robert Pitman‚ who was found dead in his caravan after a fire last April. Magistrate
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Speluncean a. Truepenny CJ i) Does the law exhaust the requirements of ’justice’? Depends on one’s view of Justice. Justice in Truepenny’s eyes is to extend clemency to the defendants and that if this is done then in his eyes‚ ’ justice will be accomplished without offering any encouragement for the disregard of law’. ii) Mercy may not be part of the law if it is followed to the letter of the law. iii)
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Regulatory Environment of Financial Reporting Nicholas Vujnich Accounting 561 September 25th‚ 2014 Chelsea Bjorkman Regulatory Environment of Financial Reporting Over the last 100 years‚ there have been significant changes to the regulatory environment that shaped financial reporting requirements. The Securities Act of 1933‚ The Securities Exchange Act of 1934‚ and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are the most notable laws enacted to ensure transparency and accuracy in reporting. Each new law subsequently
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accurately evaluate how sentencing and punishment attempts to balance the rights of victims‚ offenders and society”. Poor question. This question starts after an offender has been found guilty and is to be sentenced. This is the key part of the Legal Studies syllabus that pertains to the question: 4. Sentencing and punishment • statutory and judicial guidelines • the purposes of punishment: deterrence (specific and general)‚ retribution‚ rehabilitation‚ incapacitation • factors affecting a
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Regulatory Bodies Checkpoint Basically‚ a regulatory body is a tiered system put in place to protect investors and banks from cons and scams. It helps to prevent fraud and punishes offenders for things such as insider trading. At the top of this regulatory structure is the United States Congress which is itself the in charge of the SEC or Securities Exchange Commission‚ this body puts regulations and laws in place which banks‚ brokers‚ investors and the Marketplace must abide by‚ it also
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Accounting Regulatory Bodies The success of an organization relies heavily on accounting. Investors are extremely important to publicly traded companies‚ and they rely on accurate accounting documents when choosing whether or not they want to invest in a company. Several accounting regulatory bodies exist‚ and each of them plays an important role in accounting and the effects that accounting has on an organization. The primary goal of these regulatory bodies is to establish a set of rules and
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Regulatory Angola’s ordinary corporate tax is 35 percent‚ with a reduced rate of 20 percent for agricultural and forestry enterprises. The government offers a variety of corporate tax exemptions‚ reductions‚ and exemptions from real estate taxes on land and buildings as investment incentives. Income tax for individual’s ranges from 1-40 percent for employees‚ and 3-60 percent for self employed professionals. Inheritance and gift taxes are also added along with a payroll tax for social
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