Baker v Canada [Minister of Citizenship and Immigration]‚ [1999] explains the importance of “the best interest of child” in Canada Immigration proceedings. Mavis Baker‚ a Jamaican woman entered Canada as a visitor in August of 1981‚ after the expiration of her visitor’s visa‚ Ms. Baker lived illegally in Canada as a live-in-worker to support herself and children for 11years. Though‚ Ms. Baker had four children in Jamaica before visiting Canada‚ she however gave birth to four other children in Canada
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The Oncale v. Sundowner happened in 1998 when an employee named Joseph Oncale worked for Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc. in the Gulf of Mexico and experienced sexual harassments and humiliation from his male co-workers‚ which led Oncale to quit his job at Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc. during that same year. Oncale did not leave the matter at rest‚ so he decided to bring it to court to get to the bottom of this matter. A. Key Factors • Title VII of the Civil Rights protects man and women
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Susan B. Anthony once said‚ "Men‚ their rights‚ and nothing more; women‚ their rights‚ and nothing less." Today‚ there are many female leaders and role models. They have changed this world for the better by finding cures and inventing useful things. What if these women hadn’t had the opportunity to perform these actions? The women’s rights reform was an extremely important topic in the 1800’s. A variety of many feminists fought for women’s rights. In the 1800’s‚ women had little to no rights compared
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information B. objective information C. an assessment D. a diagnosis 2. In a hospital setting‚ the care provider takes the patient ’s history‚ details the reason the patient is being admitted and performs a physical exam. The report of this information is known as the: A. initial progress note B. discharge summary C. history and physical D. SOAP note 3. The SOAP documentation format is most commonly used in which healthcare setting? A. hospital inpatient B. physician ’s office C
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Hustler Magazine and Larry C. Flynt v. Jerry Falwell: 108 S. Ct. 876 Supreme Court of the United States CAUSE OF ACTION: Recover damages for invasion of privacy‚ libel‚ and intentional infliction of emotional distress. FACTS: The inside front cover of the November 1983 issue of Hustler Magazine featured a "parody" of an advertisement for Campari Liqueur that contained the name and picture of respondent and was entitled "Jerry Falwell talks about his first time." This parody was modeled after
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The History of Kenneth B. Clark An Introduction to Kenneth B. Clark Kenneth Bancroft Clark was born on July 14th‚ from the country of Panama. His father‚ Arthur Bancroft Clark worked as a manager for the United Fruit Company. His mother was Jamaican-born housewife‚ Miriam Hanson Clark. Despite the comfortable living situation in Panama‚ Kenneth’s mother wanted her family go grow up in the United States‚ where there were more opportunities for her children. Kenneth’s father‚ however
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Roe v. Wade‚ 410 U.S. 113 (1973) Facts: Texas had passed a law that made it illegal for women who were expecting to have an abortion‚ unless‚ pursuant to medical advice‚ given to save the life of the mother. Jane Roe was an unmarried‚ pregnant woman. She was unable to get a lawful abortion in Texas because her life was not endangered by going through with her pregnancy. A law existed in Georgia at that time also and was heard as a case relating to it. Issue: Whether or not a pregnant
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PHILPS Consumer Electronics division set up a joint taskforce to create a new audio format (i.e. Compact Discs) and thereon in 1984‚ the second wave of PAP’s were born with SONY introducing the “DISCMAN”‚ a portable CD player. Further‚ in the 1990’s with computers becoming truly “personal” and with the wide spread adoption of the internet‚ music and its consumption too became revolutionized. The revolution was primarily on account of the introduction of a sharable digital audio format called MP
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Case Study Decision: Change In Circumstances Gagnon v. Coombs pRESENTED BY: SVETLANA SHEVCHENKO To recap this matter: Francis Gagnon and his wife executed powers of attorney (POA) appointing their daughter‚ Joan Coombs‚ as their agent. Later on‚ the document was revoked per their son’s request but Joan was not advised of this fact. In two months‚ after Mrs. Gagnon’s death‚ Mr. Gagnon signed an agreement selling the farm he owned in Shelburne‚ MS and informed Joan of the sale and
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Simmons was convicted and sentenced to death for capital crimes he committed when he was 17 years old. At the time of his conviction the Court’s ruling in Stanford v. Kentucky held that the 8th Amendment did not proscribe juvenile between the ages of 16 and 18 from being sentenced to death. In 2002 the Supreme Court ruling in the Atkins v. Virginia barred the use of the death penalty on mentally retarded offenders due to “evolving standards of decency” which put them in a class that is “categorically
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