ABOUT THE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Our work ranges from voting rights to redistricting reform, from access to the courts to presidential power in the fight against terrorism. A singular institution – part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group – the Brennan Center combines scholarship, legislative
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Running Head: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT The Problem of Capital Punishment Charles W Lortz Kaplan University CM220-T The Problem of Capital Punishment The issue of capital punishment is a troublesome topic that encompasses many moral and empirical aspects of human justice. Ultimately, the key issue regarding the death penalty is as follows: is the death penalty as appropriate form of punishment for the United States of America’s judicial system to impose? This key issue incorporates the empirical
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Reading Notes: Flavin Ch. 8 and Conclusion Flavin, Jeanne. 2009. Our Bodies, Our Crimes: the policing of women’s reproduction in America. New York, NY: New York University Press. Chapter 8: “Asking for It”: Battered women and Child Custody 1. Jessica Gonzales obtained a restraining order against her estranged husband from herself and her three young children. a. The restraining ordered was not enforced and led to the killing of her three children b. Gonzalez sued the
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Rollwipes was a breakthrough product that “delivers the cleaning and freshening of pre-moistened wipes with the convenience and disposability of toilet paper.” Internal market research seemed to indicate that there was a clear customer need for a new product to supplement dry toilet paper. Surveys and focus groups revealed that over 60% of adult consumers had experimented with a moist cleaning method (e.g., using baby wipes, wetting a washcloth, sprinkling water on dry toilet paper) and one out
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place marketing Over the past decade or so, the industrial profile of many countries has tilted perceptibly in the direction of a new creative or cultural economy. In some countries, indeed, the cultural economy is now one of the major frontiers of expansion of output and employment. This turn of events is actually one facet of the wider resurgence of a so-called new economy generally in AUTHOR’S NOTE: This research was supported by the National Science
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customers so that lead times are minimized, and distributing finished goods or services. Relevant decisions range from how much material to order for making a product, to determining how much capacity is needed to provide a good level of service, to evaluating which technology will best meet a company's needs. In short, this course focuses primarily on developing and applying tools and techniques to ensure that the right products and resources are at the right place at the right time so as to maximize
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profitability? Team: Grant Carter William DiSciullo Andrea Kalmans Professor McAfee April 9, 2002 1 Introduction In the April 1st, 2002 edition of Barron’s, a tag line in the “Marketweek” column reads, “Airlines and other money-losing companies.” 1 This tag line reflects the intense rivalry and the massive financial losses undergone in the airline industry in the past few months due to the economic recession and the 9/11 terrorists attacks. Amidst this airline industry malaise, however, JetBlue Airlines
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own original work.[1][2] The idea remains problematic with unclear definitions and unclear rules.[3][4][5] The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as anideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, particularly with the Romantic movement. Plagiarism is considered academic dishonesty and a breach of journalistic ethics. It is subject to sanctions like expulsion. Plagiarism is not a crime per se but in academia and industry it is a serious ethical offense,[6][7] and cases of plagiarism
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fraud from the auditors. However, questions were raised whether the auditors failed to find or simply overlooked the fraud at HealthSouth. Central to the investigation was the issue of what role Scrushy played in “cooking the books.” However, as the case unfolded, it highlighted many other issues such as: The role of Board of Directors in corporate governance; the role of the auditors; the effect of conflict of interest between an accounting firm and its consulting arm on auditing; whether the relationship
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Study of Corporation By-laws Table of Content I. Introduction II. Standard template of Corporation By-laws III. Case study (focus on corporation control provision) a. JP Morgan b. Lorillard c. KRAFT d. NYACS e. DUPONT CIRCLE CONSERVANCY IV. Summarization I. Introduction Corporate and organizational bylaws contain the rules and procedures that regulate the organization to which they apply and are generally concerned with the operation of the organization
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