THEORY OF JUSTICE

A Theory of Justice is a 1971 work of political philosophy and ethics by John Rawls, in which the author addresses the problem of distributive justice (the socially just distribution of goods in a society). The theory utilises an updated form of Kantian philosophy and a variant form of conventional social ...

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PRIMARY METHODS OF MERGER AND ACQUISITION

In corporate capital scheme, there are two ways for a company to raise its capital, through loan and equity. A company can raise its capital by issuing shares on the stock market as the quickest and easiest ways to finance ...

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The term ‘Governance’ derived from Gubernare meaning to ‘rule or steer’ was traditionally associated with statecraft and administration. Academic discourse has tended to characterize measures in its pursuance as good vis a vis bad mainly according to parameters and standards ...

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TYPES OF SENTENCES

The term sentence in law refers to punishment that was actually ordered (or could be ordered) by a trial court in a criminal procedure. ... The sentence can generally involve a decree of imprisonment, a fine, and/or other punishments against a defendant convicted of ...

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MINORITIES IN JUVENILE JUSTICE

Minority youth are disproportionately represented throughout juvenile justicesystems in nearly every state in the nation. Disproportionate minority contact injuvenile justice occurs when minority youth come into contact with the system at a higher rate than their white counterparts. The experiences of minority youths in the juvenile justice ...

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PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT

In jurisprudence, prosecutorial misconduct is "an illegal act or failing to act, on the part of a prosecutor, especially an attempt to sway the jury to wrongly convict a defendant or to impose a harsher than appropriate punishment."It is similar to selective prosecution. Prosecutors ...

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PRISON SYSYEM

Prisons are most commonly used within a criminal justice system: people charged with crimes may be imprisoned until their trial; those pleading or being found guilty of crimes at trial may be sentenced to a specified period of imprisonment. Definition of Prison: ...

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MANSLAUGHTER

Causation is the "causal relationship between the defendant's conduct and end result". In other words, causation provides a means of connecting conduct with a resulting effect, typically an injury. In criminal law, it is defined as the actus reus (an action) from which ...

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