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2000

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Assessing Expectations Of The First Year Student - Asap, Oscar T. Mcknight Feb 2000

Assessing Expectations Of The First Year Student - Asap, Oscar T. Mcknight

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

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A Different Kind Of Sameness: Beyond Formal Equality And Antisubordination Principles In Gay Legal Theory And Constitutional Doctrine, Nancy Levit Jan 2000

A Different Kind Of Sameness: Beyond Formal Equality And Antisubordination Principles In Gay Legal Theory And Constitutional Doctrine, Nancy Levit

Nancy Levit

Gay legal theory is at a crossroads reminiscent of the sameness/difference debate in feminist circles and the integrationist debate in critical race theory. Formal equality theorists take the heterosexual model as the norm and then seek to show that gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals - except for their choice of partners - are just like heterosexuals. Antisubordination theorists attack the heterosexual model itself and seek to show that a society that insists on such a model is unjust. Neither of these strategies is wholly satisfactory. The formal equality model will fail to bring about fundamental reforms as long as sexual …

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5. Child Witnesses And The Oath: Empirical Evidence., Thomas D. Lyon Dec 1999

5. Child Witnesses And The Oath: Empirical Evidence., Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

In Commonwealth v. Corbett, the defendant was charged with sexually assaulting a five-year-old child. As in most cases of sexual abuse, the child was the only witness to the abuse, and the prosecution viewed her testimony as essential. However, before the prosecutor could present the child's testimony to the jury, it was necessary to qualify her for the oath. Most courts require that child witnesses have some understanding of the difference between the truth and lies and the importance of telling the truth, and Massachusetts is no exception. A child who fails the qualifying questions is considered testimonially incompetent, and …

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Mass Customization And Permission Marketing: An Exploratory Study Of Higher Education, R Bitar, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh Dec 1999

Mass Customization And Permission Marketing: An Exploratory Study Of Higher Education, R Bitar, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

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Pest Testing Consumer Behavior In Higher Education: A Perceptual Identity Audit With Bite, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh Dec 1999

Pest Testing Consumer Behavior In Higher Education: A Perceptual Identity Audit With Bite, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

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