Short summary

Sort By:
Page 5 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Good Essays

    society and their standards. Women are told to be skinny, pretty and a size two which puts a lot of pressure on women. The pressures of society allocate women to go through extreme measures to fit in with society standards. This is evident in the short story “The Falling girl” and “They’re Not Your Husband” as the main characters are impacted by social expectations, insecurity and peer pressure. Social expectations is a significant component in people’s lives, to the point where people become obsessive

    • 1312 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Sister Sister was the narrator from “Why I live at the P.O. Sister is the protagonist in the story, because the main action was about her. She is the central character because the story is told by her and from her prospective. She can also be described as a round character because we know quite a bit about this character. Her personality is described in depth and in detail in this narrative. Sister is still young and she is still living with her family in a town called China Grove, Mississippi

    • 1098 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    SUMMARY Using someone else’s name for a fake profile, misrepresents their identity and can damage a person’s reputation. Tamsen Drake (Plaintiff) values her identity when it comes to her work as an artist. As an artist, Drake creates short animated films for her viewers. Drake does not join the bandwagon of creating a social media profile of her artistic work, or for others to find out information about her. In response to Drake not acquiring a social media profile, Michael Schultz (Defendant)

    • 1006 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Cyber Crime In Australia

    • 1239 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Technology has today become a part of our daily lives – the introduction of things like mobile phones, computers, and the internet have revolutionised the way we go about even the simplest tasks. However, this does not mean that there are not downfalls to this incredible growth. As time develops and technology with it, so do opportunities for new and unforeseen crimes (Hunton, 2009, pp. 529). This submission will examine both the flaws in current legislation with regards to one of these newly developing

    • 1239 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    Lay magistrates do not have to have any legal qualifications; with a few exceptions, anyone is eligible to serve as a magistrate and that includes blind people . However, the Lord Chancellor, who by section 10 Courts Act 2003 is responsible (on behalf and in the name of Her Majesty) for the appointment of magistrates (apart from those in Lancashire who are appointed by the Duchy of Lancaster ), will not permit the following to become lay justices: anyone outside the ranges of 18 to 65 years of age

    • 1790 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Work of the Magistrates Court and Magistrates In the legal system there are many different types of courts. This essay talks about the Magistrates Courts and the Magistrates themselves. The office of magistrate dates back to the 12th century when Richard 1 appointed "keepers of the peace". They have performed judicial functions since the 13th century and the term, justice of the peace was being used as far back as 1361. Magistrates were in charge of the police up

    • 1370 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    This essay will critically reflect on the interventions used in the community to manage offender’s risk by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of communication, between Offender Managers and external agencies. An evaluation will be made of how Offender Managers are able to use feedback from community interventions, to effectively manage an individuals risk throughout supervision sessions and explore different strategies used in order build a relationship and manage compliance throughout an

    • 3903 Words
    • 16 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    a) If I were the Crown prosecutor, I would start off with the full code test from the CPS 2013 Code for Crown Prosecutors. The decision on whether or not to charge a case against a suspect is based on the Full code test. There are 2 stages for the test and the first stage is the evidential stage, being noted in the CPS 4.4, a case must pass the evidential stage in order to proceed no matter the seriousness or how sensitive it may turn to be. With reference to the case scenario, we should see

    • 1208 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Asic V. Palmer

    • 1260 Words
    • 6 Pages

    LAW OF BUSNESS ASSOSIATIONS This essay will discuss obligatory elements in implementing the breach of Section 184 of the Corporations Act 2001 by Mr Clive Palmer. Corporation law is a wide concept of law which comprise of all the legal issues related to Business organisations. With the help of reference to relevant case law this essay will argue that Mr Palmer breached section 184 of the Corporation Act 2001 by not acting in good faith, improper use of position and information and intentional bad

    • 1260 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    Bail Laws ( Nsw )

    • 2185 Words
    • 9 Pages

    Bail laws (NSW) Bail has always been part of the common law system. In NSW, they have based their concept from the Statue of Westminster I (1275), where there are different categories that separates who are to be bailed or refused bail, which had become part of the Bail Act 1978 (NSW) and was enforced from March 1980. Bail Act 2013 (NSW) is the only other law that replaced Bail Act 1978 (NSW), but was amended by Bail Amendment Act 2014 (NSW), which is the final replacement coming into full effect

    • 2185 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Better Essays