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    Registration Act 51 of 1992 excludes the registration of birth under join surnames as provisioned in section 9(2) of the same act for children born out of wedlock. As Cindy and Daniel are not in any legally recognised marriage or civil union‚ they are excluded from exercising this choice until such time that they are married or joined in a civil union. b) Cindy and Daniel may register their son as “Jonathan Marais.”. In terms of section 10(1)(b) of the Birth and Death Registration Act 51 of 1992‚

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    Voting Rights Act of 1965 Introduction: The Voting Rights is known as one of the most successful parts of civil rights legislation in the American history. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped accomplish a level of colored enfranchisement that had seemed futile since the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment approximately a century earlier. Even though the Voting Rights Act withstood a number of Constitutional challenges over the many years‚ the United States Supreme Court held that the code

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    Disfranchisement In 1965

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    By 1965 deliberate endeavors to break the hold of state disfranchisement had been in motion for quite a while‚ yet had attained just minimum achievement and in a few regions proved to be inadequate. The killing of voting-rights activists in Philadelphia‚ Mississippi‚ gained national attention‚ alongside various different demonstrations of the viciousness and brutality African Americans endured. On March 7‚ 1965‚ State troopers reeked havoc on black Civil Rights marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus

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    of the 13th Amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1965 In the turn of the fifteenth century African American traveled with European explorers‚ especially Spanish and Portuguese to the New world many serving as crew members‚ servants and slaves (Bigelow‚ 2011). African Americans were free in the beginning times of the New World‚ though first white landowners faced labor crisis‚ what appeared easiest was to force the strong‚ hardworking African Americans to slavery by the mid-sixteen hundreds‚ second

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    Immigration Law of 1965

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    Richard Rossi Instructor: Gerald Kelly Immigration Act of 1965 Research Paper 9-22-10 Immigration Act of 1965 The Immigration Act - also called the Hart-Celler Immigration Bill - of 1965 was signed by President Lyndon Johnson. This new Act phased out the Nation Origins quota system. This radically changed patter and scope migration to America. It created migration worldwide versus a majority of the migration from the 3 core counties; United Kingdom‚ Ireland‚ and Germany. [ (Three Decades of

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    Older Adults

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    A) According to the American Psychology Association‚ older adults are defined as “persons 65 years of age or older (APA‚ Practitioners‚ 2002) The older adult population is separated by two subpopulations called “young old”‚ “older old”‚ and “oldest old.”(APA‚ Practitioners‚ 2002) “Young old” describe those between the ages of 65-74‚ “older old” describes those between the ages of 75 and 84‚ and oldest old refers to those 85 and older. (APA‚ Practitioners‚ 2002) Other important subpopulations include

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    American Disabilities Act

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    In nineteen ninety Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act. This act was established in order to eliminate discrimination of people with disabilities and to break down barriers in society that limits the freedom a disabled person. According to Section 2 Subsection A part one‚ "some 43‚000‚000 Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities‚ and this number is increasing as the population as a whole is growing older." As the number suggests there are a lot of people that would

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    Law MA & AA 1.0 Introduction It is defined in Section 33(1) Companies Act 1965 that the Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of a company shall‚ when registered‚ bind the company and the members of the same extend as if they respectively had been signed and sealed by each member‚ and contained governance on the part of each member to observe all the provisions of the memorandum and of the articles . So‚ it is required for all the members in the company to follow the

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    Buy American Act

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    Buy American Act The Buy American Act is an attempt by the government to protect domestic labor by providing a preference for American goods in the governmental purchases. It was put in place in 1933 and has been amended four times after its placement. The most major amendment took place in 1979 when Congress passed the Trade Agreements Act. In order to be labeled an American product‚ the place of origin to the product of service has to be of the United States of America. The nationality of the

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    Americans with Disabilities Act University of Maryland‚ University College Human Resource Management HRHM 300 July 19‚ 2013 Americans with Disabilities Act Martina Navratilova (2013) said: “Disability is a matter of perception. If you can just do one thing well‚ you’re needed by someone.” With an estimated three hundred billion people in the United States‚ it would be impossible to find two people exactly alike. Differences are what set people apart from one another. This allows employers

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