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Paying For The Sins Of Their Clients The Eeocs Position That Staffing Firms Can Be Liable When Their Clients Terminate An Assigned Employee For A Discriminatory Reason, Daniel P. O'Gorman
Paying For The Sins Of Their Clients The Eeocs Position That Staffing Firms Can Be Liable When Their Clients Terminate An Assigned Employee For A Discriminatory Reason, Daniel P. O'Gorman
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Diplomatic Immunity Ratione Personae Did The International Court Of Justice Create A New Rule Of Customary International Law In Congo V Belgium, Mark A. Summers
Diplomatic Immunity Ratione Personae Did The International Court Of Justice Create A New Rule Of Customary International Law In Congo V Belgium, Mark A. Summers
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Equal Access To Post-Secondary Education: The Sisyphean Impact Of Flagging Test Scores Of Persons With Disabilities, Helia Garrido Hull
Equal Access To Post-Secondary Education: The Sisyphean Impact Of Flagging Test Scores Of Persons With Disabilities, Helia Garrido Hull
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In view of the social stigma associated with disabilities, and the inherent costs of providing accommodations to disabled students, the opportunity for bias within the admissions selection process is clear. As a result, the practice of flagging standardized tests has come under increasing scrutiny. The practice of distinguishing test takers having a disability from those who do not runs counter to the social policy of inclusion, and prevents disabled individuals from enjoying the benefits of equal citizenship. Part II of this paper provides a brief overview of the prejudice disabled individuals have endured throughout history, and discusses some early movements …
The Controversy Over The Legacy Highway In Utah: An Opportunity For Invitational Rhetoric, Carlo A. Pedrioli
The Controversy Over The Legacy Highway In Utah: An Opportunity For Invitational Rhetoric, Carlo A. Pedrioli
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Beginning in the mid 1990s, residents of Utah began to debate the merits of the “Legacy Highway,” a large highway that would run near the Great Salt Lake in an attempt to alleviate the clogged commute on Interstate-15, which runs north/south through Salt Lake City, the state’s capital. Perhaps not surprisingly, environmental groups were upset with this proposed governmental project. Groups like the Advocates for Safe and Efficient Transportation and the Utah Department of Transportation faced off against the Sierra Club, Stop the Legacy Highway, and Utahns for Better Transportation. Generous amounts of rhetoric, including public discussion and litigation, resulted …
The Danger Of Future Dangerousness In Death Penalty Use, Brian Sites
The Danger Of Future Dangerousness In Death Penalty Use, Brian Sites
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In spite of thousands of years of science, humankind is distinctly unable to predict the future. And yet, the judicial system is called upon to do just so daily. In bail considerations, judges predict flight risk. In parole hearings, officials contemplate the likelihood of reoffense. And in three states, a defendant convicted of a capital crime will live or die based on what a judge and jury thinks he will do in an unknown future. It has been observed that “what separates the executioner from the murderer is the legal process by which the state ascertains and condemns those guilty …