Child labor has been going on for quite some time. Many people that you ask that grew up in the 1900s will tell you the story about working on a farm. Many of these people only went to school until the 6th or 7th grade due to the family needing their help on the farm or different business. We used to see this happen all of the time‚ but today the United States has child labor laws that require children to go to school up until a certain age. This may be the case for the United States‚ but not for
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EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW In school especially‚ as well as throughout our daily lives‚ we learn in America to live by the idea of freedom and equality for all. We do not allow race‚ class‚ or creed to determine a person’s stature in the community. It may seem as if this is the standard of society‚ but these ideas of equality have been fought over since the beginning of written history‚ and even in America today‚ prejudice still exists. To address these and similar problems‚ the founding
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Consumer Protection CONSUMER PROTECTION: Consumer protection is a group of laws and organizations designed to ensure the rights of consumers as well as fair trade competition and the free flow of truthful information in the marketplace. The laws are designed to prevent businesses that engage in fraud or specified unfair practices from gaining an advantage over competitors; they may also provide additional protection for the weak and those unable to take care of themselves. Consumer protection laws
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Goods Act 1979 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which regulates contracts in which goods are sold and bought. The Act consolidates the Sale of Goods Act 1893 and subsequent legislation‚ which in turn consolidated the previous common law. The Act lays down a small number of compulsory legal rules‚ but these restrictions are minimal: the bulk of the Act is concerned with an array of presumptions and implied terms‚ which aim to reflect the commercial expectations in the most commonly
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significant harm and keeping them safe which is everyone’s responsibility. The guidance from Every Child Matters framework remind us that all those who come in to contact with children and families in their everyday work‚ including practitioners have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children including health and safety. All these come under the umbrella of safeguarding. Child protection means to protect children and young people from significant harm or danger in which there is a need
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I believe that the banks are not acting in a responsible fashion with their solicitation of consumers for credit cards and credit card lines. As mentioned in the article‚ the banks are advertising "promotions of credit card and debt to increase limits" in an attempt to gather additional consumers. I think by advertising these credit cards to college and high school students‚ and then providing them with higher credit limits and promotions‚ the banks are aiming to increase the number of irresponsible
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PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCES: LAW AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS *INTRODUCTION Childhood is considered to be the most crucial phase of human growth and also the most memorable one. It is much more than just the space between birth and the attainment of adulthood. It is a precious time in which children should live free from fear‚ safe from violence and protected from abuse and exploitation. It’s time for children to be in school and at playground‚ to grow strong and confident with the love
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• Not question children‚ allowing them to tell me things in their own time and their own way‚ using their own words. • Ensure confidentiality – not discussing with any other party‚ particularly the parents of a child I suspect may need safeguarding if that may put the child at risk.
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Demographics The national population of the Philippines is approximately ninety million people. The national language of the Philippines is Filipino‚ which is also called Tagalog. English is also spoken and understood throughout the country. English is the language for commercial and legal transactions. The Philippines is the third largest English-speaking country in the world. The major religion of the Philippines is Roman Catholicism. The Philippines is divided into three different geographical
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Country Reports on Local Government Systems: Philippines Philippines _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY 1.1 Socio-economic profile The Philippines is an archipelago of 7‚100 islands‚ with a land area of 30 million hectares. As of the last census in May 2002‚ the population was 76‚498‚735 with an annual growth rate of 2.36 per cent. Given this population growth rate the country is expected to
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