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    In order to come to a clear decision on whether Marina should purchase the artwork from her client, she would go to others for assistance and their expertise. The few questions I may ask are, if they believe purchasing the artwork could hinder the client in any way if purchasing the artwork could be beneficial to the client, and if Marina purchases the artwork was it for selfish reasoning’s, and if so is this unethical? All of the questions I wish to ask other professionals are ethically based questions

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    Race vs. Law Prior to the establishment and creation of America officially, the neglect and disenfranchisement of “non-whites” began prevailing. The effort to create a praise in white, landowning men became the epitome of an “acceptable American.” It automatically erected a division between those men and everyone else who did not identify themselves as such. After the establishment of the “acceptable” and “right” type of American, the neglect of Blacks, Native Americans, and European immigrants

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    MEMORANDUM From: N/A To: Reader Date:04/21/2016 Re: Vivian v Bernie: Mutuality of Consideration [Facts] On February 1st, Bernie put his 2006 Ford Fusion up for sale. Vivian contacted Bernie on March 1st interested in purchasing his vehicle. Bernie extended an invitation to Vivian on March 5th for them to meet in order to further discuss negotiations. Vivian met up with Bernie at his place of residence on March 10th, they agreed on a purchase price of $12,500. Vivian informed Bernie that she

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    Business Law I. Explain with cases the essentials of a valid contract. Introduction Contract, in the simplest definition, a promise enforceable by law. The promise may be to do something or to refrain from doing something. The making of a contract requires the mutual assent of two or more persons, one of them ordinarily making an offer and another accepting. If one of the parties fails to keep the promise, the other is entitled to legal recourse. The law of contracts considers

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    clearly laid out in the 14th amendment of The United States Constitution, “No state shall make or enforce any law, which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” (14th Amendment Section 2) And yet the rights of millions Americans have be infringed upon from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s to even more recent history such as Gay rights. African Americans, Immigrants, women, and homosexuals toil till this day to achieve freedom from discrimination in a country

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    based on case history. It used to be that a balance was a balance and consideration must be paid for a person owed a debt to forsake their legal rights under the original agreement but that has changed over time. Now, if a person owed a debt agrees to a reduced payment in a binding way and the person owing the debt reacts based on that revised agreement, the revised agreement generally is enforced and the original terms under the original agreement are amended or disregarded. Loss of Legal Rights

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    point by the Equal Protection Clause in the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment. This amendment was ratified in 1868 and states, “No state shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of laws.” It was originally established at the end of the American Civil War when the newly freed slaves were

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    Preliminary Thesis: I will persuade future American generations that freedom is a privilege. We Americans need to stop taking our freedom for granted because there are people who wished to have the opportunity to be free the way we do. Douglass, Fredrick. Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, an American Slave. Boston: Anti-Slavery Office. 1845. Print. This book is written by Douglass himself, it gives us the image of how he lived as a slave. It begins by giving the overview that he didn’t

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    Per-Employment Memo

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    physically. The implementation of a per-employment and employment physical assessment test is under consideration and this memo is to make you aware of the legal matter which involve these types of assessments. Per-Employment Assessment Test “A pre-employment assessment test can be any procedure

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    HR Regulations The litany of HR-related laws and frameworks that have been enacted and enforced over the years have all been well-intentioned. Examples include the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the United States Department of Labor (DOL). There have been many examples of justice and good deeds that have been yielded from the existence and administration of such laws and frameworks. However, some bad things have happened as well and they need

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