Essays on Blackstone

Incarceration appears to be one of the most popular forms of punishment for committing crime or other offences. The largest number of prison population is in the United States. According to a study, performed in 2013 by Lauren E. Glaze and Danielle Kaeble, statisticians by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), about two million adults were incarcerated and others less than five million were under parole or probation. Totally 6 899 000 adult individuals were under the supervision of Criminal Justice System (prisons, jails, parole, probation) in 2013. (Glaze, L., Kaeble, D., 2013) With the establishment of prisons, ...

Introduction

Natural law theory and positivism are two approaches to thinking that differ in the basic legal principles and rules on the treatment of law. Principles and rules influence English jurisprudence and the administration of justice through the attitudes, perspectives, approaches, decisions and pronouncements of judges and jurists. Natural law theory and positivism dominate respective areas of English jurisprudence and adjudication process, but these approaches may also simultaneously exert influence to raise issues and cause developments in other areas.

Influence of Natural Law Theory

Natural law is “the order of the dynamic tendencies that are proper to man as a rational being”. The rule of ...

Factors that Influence Purchasing Relationship in Automobile Industry of China

Introduction The USA, Western Europe, and Japan markets for the automobiles are almost stagnating causing an increased attention and concern to the world automotive industry. They have turned their interest in China market for cars. This is associated with the fast growing economy in China unlike that of European nations and the USA. The Chinese market for cars is indeed the turning point for all auto companies. The environment is conducive to start production in China to supply the potential markets and then export from there to other world markets. This literature will focus on the purchasing relationship in ...

There are a lot of themes which were popular in the past and still are actual. Gender roles are one of them. This topic has been always very important and very popular. Gender norms have changed with society and have a big influence. It also depends on the region of location, its culture, religion, traditions, historical beliefs, and habits. “Gender roles are the product of the interactions between individuals and their environments, and they give individuals cues about what sort of behavior is believed to be appropriate for what sex” (Blackstone). Very often says that the role of women ...

As an HR manager, it is my duty to listen to the complain of a female worker and take appropriate action as she felt that a male co-worker had sexually harassed her by repeatedly asking her out on dates even after she said “no”. There are legislations that prohibit sexual harassment in the workplace (McLaughlin, Uggen & Blackstone, 2012). I would also make sure that I have all the knowledge pertaining to company laws related to sexual violence, as well as, comes under sexual violence.

Conversation with the Affected Employee

First of all, I would set a time to meet with the affected employee and ...

In contemporary society, having children is no longer associated with families like it used to be. It is important to note that Blackstone (2014, p. 68) distinguished the terms childless and childfree because each term refers to the differences in motives for not having children. Childless families are those in which the parents want to have children but do not have them, whereas childfree families are those in which the husband and wife agree to skip parenthood. The term non-parents can be used to refer to both childless and childfree parents. The first trends of increasing childfree families can ...

Business Training Materials

Business Introduction Effective communication between the clinicians and the patient encompasses a positive impact towards the relationship between the healthcare organization and the service users. The same can be said about effective communication between workers in the healthcare sector in terms of delivering quality service to the patients. The goal of the training is to provide tips information regarding effective communication practices between the healthcare workers, the co-workers, and the patients. This also includes the use of communication in conflict resolution. The second part of the training is the discussion on the ethical and legal concerns for a healthcare ...