law including neighboring India in 2005, Pakistan in 2002, and Nepal in 2007. After the restoration of democracy in 1990, gradually a demand of giving the people the right or access to information emerged and subsequently a massive discussion among civil society to media practitioners continued. Unfortunately, no political government passed the freedom of information law even though they several times focused the issue on their respective election manifestos. Finally, light has seen at the end of the
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1. The platoon’s critical tasks are as follows: a. Conduct unit operations. b. Guard detained prisoners of war. c. Treat casualties. d. Perform in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) environment. e. Implement combat survival techniques in area of operation. 3. Use the class reference material to select the appropriate tasks for your squad to train that support the platoon’s critical tasks. Record your answers (title and task number) in the comment box. A. Conduct Unit
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Apple vs Proview The main direct legal issue concerns the transferring and ownership of the ‘iPad’ trademark. I believe that it is a direct issue because it is what ignited the whole problem when Proview Technology claimed Apple to be in violation of the ‘iPad’ trademark. This is because Apple bought the ‘iPad’ trademark from Proview Electronics (Taiwan), when at the time Proview Technology (Shenzhen) actually owned it. Thus it seems Proview Electronics sold the trademark to Apple, but did not actually
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INTER-NATIONAL COOPERATION IN COMBATING TRANSNATIONAL CRIME Note: Any views expressed are those of the author and are not attributable to any government or organization. I INTRODUCTION With advances in technology, and the ease of global travel, the world we live in has become, in many ways, as Canadian author Marshall McLuhan predicted "a global village". This has had a dramatic impact on many aspects of life and society and law enforcement is no exception. The technological explosion
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Nontraditional and Traditional Litigation There are several differences between the traditional and non-traditional litigation systems. First, the traditional litigation system is time-consuming. To have a fair judgment to the plaintiff and the defendant, the court gives equal opportunities to both sides to complain and defend. More documents and more evidences, including witnesses will be brought into the jury when the case is processing. It can take years to process a case through traditional
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Should gay marriages be legal? Clearly we as a nation are undecided on this issue. 36 states have passed legislation banning gay marriages, yet the state of Vermont recently passed a law that allows homosexual couples the right to participate in civil unions. Some other states are also debating whether or not to allow these couples to marry. Unfortunately, the dispute has left the United States homosexual community in an awkward position. There are some people who think that gay people have
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society is bound to obey.”[1] These so-called “rules” or laws include government-made rules called “legislation” and judge-made rules called “Common Law” that are respected and enforced by our governments and our courts. Whether we speak in terms of Civil or Common Law traditions, certain characteristics can generally be said to apply to each in a common manner. These characteristics describe laws as being general and impersonal, obligatory, coercive and non retroactive.[2] We may attempt to summarize
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biometrics in the work place airport ect. Biometrics is being use all over the world and if we didn’t convert to using it has great potential to leave this county vulnerable. Along with these changes brings controversial issues about the violation of our civil liberties The Patriot Act was signed into law on October 26, 2001, As evident by the date the patriot Act was signed in to law I think it is safe to say that this country was in a state of trauma and depression which is why the act was passed with
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ARGUMENTATION The applicant claims that there has been a violation of article 6 of the ECHR, namely, violation of his right to a fair trial. This right has been denied by the refusal of the Court of allowing the cross examination of the anonymous witness regarding the day, when he/she witnessed Mr. Karam transporting weapons to the house on Portobellostraat nr. 40. The applicant would like to highlight the fact he could not establish and confirm his alibi since he was not able to question
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This ethical issue concerns conduct of defense counsel as it relates to the party he represents, opposing counsel, and the court. The case before the court is an admittedly juicy matter, as described by Judge Keys himself. Plaintiff is suing Defendant, alleging, among other things, discrimination. The parties had stipulated several provisions for the lengthy discovery process, including confidentiality if certain particularly sordid details were to be revealed. Defense counsel was aware that
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