Is abortion immoral?
Thesis - 8 pages - Medical studies
Abortion is an issue that has probably become one of the most controversial issues that are debated in the United States and in other countries today. Different schools of thoughts have different ideas and opinions regarding abortion, some ideas are pro-abortion and some argue for the abolishment...
Religious Persecution
Essay - 5 pages - Social sciences
In recent history, religion has become more tolerated in the world. However, many religions continue to be persecuted for their beliefs despite their popularity throughout the world and despite the injustice of denying this basic civil right of life. People of all races have followed structured...
Women in the films of Jean-Luc Godard
Essay - 6 pages - Film studies
Since 1959 and the release of his first film, Jean-Luc Godard has engaged audiences with a varied body of work. He has entertained, quoted, lectured, and bored, inevitably. Throughout his entire career, both the depiction of the female and her role in his films has been of the utmost importance....
Multi-level governance in the European Union
Essay - 5 pages - European union
The former French President of the European Commission, Jacques Delors, once stated that the European Union was an “unidentified political object”. This phrase highlights the complexity of the EU polity, which various theories have tried to capture and which has sparked controversy...
Abortion and the Supreme Court
Essay - 5 pages - Civil law
Abortion is one of the most controversial topics of the American society. Even after Roe v Wade, a 1973 ruling of the Supreme Court permitting abortion, the debate has always been of topical interest. In this feature of The Economist published on the 4th of March 2006, a South Dakota's bill that...
The consecration of the patient's autonomy
Thesis - 11 pages - Medical studies
Pain, suffering and death are to some extent, inevitable in human life, though Health care must always seek to eliminate unnecessary suffering and untimely death. But it is easy to recognise that prolonging the process of dying us often undesirable. The difficulty encountered by medical teams is...
Can culture be the principal source of intercultural conflicts in organizations?
Dissertation - 28 pages - Human resources
It is true that intercultural conflicts happen frequently in all fields and industries and should not be seen as a dramatic phenomenon because it simply reflects divergences of opinion, experiences, beliefs and interpretations. However, can culture really be the principal source of intercultural...
Medieval Renewal: The Pre-Raphaelites' Quest for the Holy Grail and Arthurian Legends
Essay - 6 pages - Humanities/philosophy
The Holy Grail is usually considered to be the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper and the one used by Joseph of Arimathea to catch his blood as he hung on the cross. This significance was introduced into the Arthurian legends. In earlier sources and in some later ones, the Grail is...
The implementation of an information system and its consequences for the success of the companies
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Today, we are led to think that every company which wants to stay “on the run” has to implement an information system. Success stories of online businesses led companies, even those which exist from the 20th century, to develop an e-business approach. By information system we mean an...
Children and the importance of a healthy diet
Essay - 7 pages - Psychology
The aim of this essay is to create a body of knowledge for a follow-on research on the subject of the nutritional health needs of children from 3 to 5. For this purpose, information was gathered through observations as well as through study and analysis of materials presented in books, research...
New testament portrayals of Mary Magdalene
Thesis - 7 pages - Medieval history
We have no verifiable information about who wrote the gospels of the New Testament, where they were written, or even when. Later legends connected these gospels with Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, but there is no reliable historical evidence to support these claims. Modern scholars estimate that...
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) - The Right of Privacy and Abortion
Law case study - 5 pages - Civil law
First of all, it feels right to define what's the right of privacy. Several definitions can be found. The right of or to privacy is the right not to have one's personal matters disclosed or publicised - Louis Brandeis who will be appointed to the Supreme Court qualified it as the right to...
The American West: A clash of social, cultural, and environmental forces
Thesis - 9 pages - Modern history
The character of America was largely shaped by the American experience in the West from the early 1700s until the present day. Although the values of freedom and equality under the law had been established in the East during the colonial and revolutionary periods of American history, the clash of...
Academic knowledge and power and the social sciences
Essay - 4 pages - Social sciences
Social science knowledge informs the way in which people interpret their experiences, and can be empowering, as in the case of political and feminist discourses. However, knowledge, employed as discourse, can also be employed in ways that disempower, and this is the focus of much of...
Human rights and Islam: A critical review of research on Sudan
Thesis - 4 pages - Humanities/philosophy
Many non-Muslim onlookers in places like the West have heard of the apparent human rights violations that occur in the some parts of the Islamic world, and they have come to conclude that women are naturally supposed to take a subordinate position to men. While there might be some good reasons...
Life as a 20-something in New Zealand
Thesis - 4 pages - Social sciences
The New Zealand economy has recently been and continues to be re-structured. The government's goals appear to be to move the country towards industrialization and a place in the global economy. Agriculture continues to be the basis of New Zealand's economy, though this is changing as the...
Internal communication: A strategic marketing communication framework
Thesis - 12 pages - Services marketing
Twenty first century leaders in all sectors, private, public and not-profit, are declaring and emphasizing the role of effective and strategic internal communication to the success of the organization. This paper briefly positions internal communication and within its scope, analyses the...
High Court of Justice Chancery Division on 29th October 2008, Carr v Beavan: the testamentary capacity
Law case - 4 pages - Civil law
The court has to focus on the testator mental capacity at the time of making his will, since a man diminished in physical and even mental strength may nevertheless make a valid will, provided that he was in possession of his full capacity at the precise time of the writing of the will. In order...
Mass media: The effects on youth
Thesis - 6 pages - Social sciences
Each time a child turns on the TV, they will see or hear something that will effect their lives them in some way. It would be wise for parents to limit childrens' exposure to influential media such as the news, violent video games, and the like. Over 60% of television shows during prime time...
What happened to the social state in Eastern Europe after 1990?
Essay - 7 pages - Modern history
After the breakdown of the Soviet Union, each Eastern European and former Soviet country faced many challenges and one of them was how to cope with the welfare state under a different political organization. Now that the Soviet rule was gone, what was the road to be taken? Should the State...
Curb Your Enthusiasm: A linguistic analysis of a social assassin
Case study - 9 pages - Film studies
Curb Your Enthusiasm is an HBO series which centers on Larry David as the main character. Larry is best known for being the writer of the hit series, Seinfeld, and in Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry plays a partially fictionalized version of himself. The show is filmed in a cinéma vérité style and...
Lexicology: Base-enriching word building processes
Case study - 25 pages - Literature
This chapter describes the processes through which words ‘enrich' or expand their stem or base so as to produce new words to unfold new meanings and uses (seen from the grammatical perspective). These new patterns resulting from the various types of associations are the most numerous at the...
Oscar Wilde and Aestheticism
Thesis - 9 pages - Humanities/philosophy
The 19th Century in Europe, and especially in England, is marked by the appearances of new artistic movements. Aestheticism is one the most important because it embodies a real change in the mentality and in art, considered as self sufficient. Immanuel Kant is one of the pioneers of it, and...
Edward Munch (Norwegian, 1863-1944) : Madonna (1895-1902)
Essay - 6 pages - Arts and art history
Madonna is one of Munch's most popular images. It is a mix between a controversial image linked to a controversial artist, and a transcendent representation of women through different aspects. These are reflected in the different titles that had the painting: Madonna, Conception, Loving Woman,...
African Traditional Healing in Today's World
Thesis - 4 pages - International relations
With the advent of postmodern theory in the mid-to-late twentieth century, Western thought has come to realize the need for a more complete view of human knowledge and being, one that does not fall prey to the modernist Enlightenment fascination with ‘rationality' and ‘objectivity'...
Mother Jones Magazine
Book review - 6 pages - Literature
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting founder Jeff Cohen once said, “If it's in the New York Times today, it was probably in Mother Jones six months ago” (4). Contrary to what one might believe, the staff at Mother Jones thoroughly enjoy their status as the magazine the media giants get...
The Knowledge Economy and Changes in the Research Systems
Presentation - 13 pages - Educational studies
Research is the activity that many believe serves to identify, create and attract excellence to the world of grant, despite the fact that certain governments are seeking to draw a line between « Research» and grant.
Sample College Entrance Essay That Was Successful
Essay - 2 pages - Literature
I've always had an odd love for language and literature. I am intrigued by words: the way they look on paper, the sounds they make when spoken, their countless meanings and connotations, the feelings they evoke. I'm fascinated by unusual syntax, which I like to experiment with in my poetry. It...
The Future Lies Within the Palms of Our Children
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
“Welcome, all of you, to the United States of America,” says the head of immigration at the U.S. Department of Justice. There are about fifty immigrants from all over the world who have chosen to come to the United States to live. She proceeds to say, “There are a couple of things...
Letter for graduate student association grant proposal
Sample letter - 1 pages - Journalism
I am hoping to receive funding to attend the 2007 AWP Conference, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, March 1 - 3 from the GSA. As a creative writing student and the new editor of MAGAZINE, this conference will be an amazing opportunity to attend one of the biggest and liveliest literary gatherings...
