1000 Search Results for Law and Economics
laws that affect business, pertaining to the issues of employment, health and safety, unions, discrimination, privacy and job security. These laws guide how businesses should conduct themselves in the human resources function, setting constraints on Continue Reading...
Economics: Goods, Returns, & Applied Theory
Economics
There are a variety of good available on the market. Different goods serve different functions within a society's economy. In this brief paper, two types of goods will be discussed: normal Continue Reading...
economic compensation enough for wrongfully convicted inmates?
The pronouncement of a crime charge against a person marks the begging of a legal battle for freedom of that individual. When the accused stand in court, their sole hope, is to have a p Continue Reading...
China
The current state of the Chinese legal system is in flux. To instate a system similar to that in the United States or Western Europe means undoing thousands of years of cultural norms. Confucianism and Communism are currently entwined to influ Continue Reading...
Economics/Politics
Portfolio on Various Economic and Political Concepts
The Industrial Revolution
What was Changed by the Industrial Revolution
How the Revolution Changed the Economy
Examples from Past and Present (1900's & today)
The Indu Continue Reading...
economic costs are different from accounting costs and why a firm might still operate even when there is a loss.
The best way to describe the differnce between economic costs and accounting costs is to break down the economic costs into explicit an Continue Reading...
chief economic principle that must be confronted in the horrifying picture Steven Brill paints in "Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us" is the devastating effect caused by economic monopoly. Brill tiptoes around the issue, and basically de Continue Reading...
Exchange Rate Volatility and International Trade
The foreign exchange rate market offers investors a chance to make a considerably larger return on their investment than any other market in the world. However, along with these potential gains comes Continue Reading...
Executive Summary
Amidst scarce resources and unlimited needs, it is imperative for law enforcement and criminal justice organizations to allocate resources efficiently. The budgeting process must ensure resources are allocated to the most critical o Continue Reading...
Deficit Spending
What is deficit spending and how does it work
Deficit spending takes place when the government expenditures surpass the government revenues in a fiscal period, which in turn increases government debt balance. This surplus spending Continue Reading...
Supply and Demand
What do market prices do for you?
Inside the capitalist system, profit motive is what drives someone to provide various merchandise and services to the general public. The way it works is they will determine where there is an unde Continue Reading...
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Specifically, it will present the pros and cons of NAFTA, and how it will affect the apparel industry, especially in the California and/or Los Angeles market. It will consider such factors as how it affec Continue Reading...
fiscal crisis currently facing Argentina, and what they are doing to ease the crisis.
CAUSES OF THE CRISIS
The South American country of Argentina has been on the brink of fiscal crisis throughout 2001. The default on her debt of over $130 billion Continue Reading...
law help protect the environment and what steps can citizens take to ensure that the law accomplishes this goal?
Protection of the environment is important for our health, but humans affect the system through various means such as through polluting Continue Reading...
Transportation Economic, Safety, and Compliance RegulationsThe U.S. Department of Transportation is primarily responsible for implementing safety, economic, and compliance in collaboration with the respective departments. Regulation of the transport Continue Reading...
Law Sexual Harassment
Teddy's Supplies' CEO
Dear Sir,
In pursuing the facts of the case I think Teddy's is having a written sexual harassment policy and a method for employees to report sexual harassment -- either to the supervisor or in secret b Continue Reading...
The length of time allowed for debate on a bill depends on the importance of the proposed measure and the debate time is usually divided equally between the proponents and the opponents of a measure. After the general debate, a 'second reading' of t Continue Reading...
Add to this confusion the growing prevalence of telecommuters and the issues of the FLSA become even more complicated. Of course some telecommuting positions fall into the exempt category, and therefore are not subject to overtime pay, however some Continue Reading...
Economics of Forestry
Timber is the major product currently harvested from forests. Timber is used in a variety of products ranging from houses to paper and paperboard products. Long ago it seemed as if the supply of wood from forests was abundant Continue Reading...
The state of Virginia may be considered a pioneer in wine making in that the very first wine cultivation experiments for the purpose of wine making were held here in the early 1600 (Biancalana 2002). By the end of the 1800s, Virginia was already an Continue Reading...
Leadership
A comparison of Law Enforcement with Other Professions
Who first comes to mind when you think of a 'Leader'? Is it Alexander the Great? Napoleon? Winston Churchill? Gandhi? Leadership is an interesting phenomenon to consider, from the pe Continue Reading...
Healthcare Economics Evaluation
This report is about a proposed healthcare economics investigation. Some early research has been done and will be described based on what was found and how it was found. The report will conclude with a proposed plan f Continue Reading...
As this was going on, another event was unfolding between 1734 and 1737 and it saw the demolition of the set up fortification built between 1658 and 1683 and on their part, a 14.5 km wall was build covering 1,330 hectares that had 80,000 inhabitants Continue Reading...
Tourism in Thailand
Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Impacts of Tourism in Thailand
Urban and rural tourism in Thailand accounts for around 7% of the total GDP. There are various factors, social, economic, environmental and cultural fac Continue Reading...
In order to fully safeguard the country's borders, it is necessary to take into account that criminals tend to develop as fast as new technology can be implemented. Hence it is important to improve methods for intelligence, surveillance and reconna Continue Reading...
Antitrust Case
Economic general
Antitrust practices and market power: Microsoft
One of the most famous and prolonged cases involving antitrust allegations was that of the suit brought about by the Department of Justice against the Microsoft Corpor Continue Reading...
Counseling
When someone is asked to give examples of heroines in society today, the picture that immediately comes to a mind is that of renowned athletes, authors, or politicians; rarely would anyone include single mothers in their list of heroines. Continue Reading...
Australia's Corporation Act 2004
Australia Corporations Corporation Act 2004
The purpose of this research is to investigate the Corporations Act 2004 (Cth) in relation to the protection it provides for investors of non-profit corporations. Through Continue Reading...
Environmental Protection Agency
History
The history of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) dates back to 1970 under the Nixon Administration and it was created in order to protect people and the planet by enforcing the laws and regulations pass Continue Reading...
Migration and Crime
Immigration is one of the major issues that attracted significant attention in the United States, especially because of the increase in security concerns in the country and throughout the world. The significance of this issue is Continue Reading...
Law and justice across the ages of artistic representation -- a fair system of justice means nothing when ice water, corruption, and evil run through the hearts of those appointed to enforce the system
The 1980's crime novel Gorky Park, Shakespeare Continue Reading...
Economics
The issue of "liberal immigration of non-professionals" can be compared to a similar process going on in the European Union. As we know, 10 new countries, many of them from Central and Eastern Europe, have joined the European Union in May Continue Reading...
history of unions in Western Pennsylvania is strong and rich. Factors including locality and population growth made western Pennsylvania, more specifically Pittsburgh, an ideal place for various industries. Sullivan (1955) asserts that Pennsylvania Continue Reading...
Wiki Leaks
The whistle-blowing WikiLeaks is an online organization situated in Sweden; this organization distributed records termed "the diplomatic cables" from U.S. foreign negotiators on November 28, 2010. Upon their distribution, lawmakers from a Continue Reading...
Cyber Security
Currently, the internet has become a significant infrastructure, which has brought new degrees of productivity, convenience, and effectiveness for the private and public firms. The many incidents of internet attacks reflect the vulner Continue Reading...
International Trade Between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
This is a paper on Trade between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, focusing on how it affects their international trade relations with special attention to OPEC, GCC and the Qatar dispute. It uses 22 sour Continue Reading...
Criminology Theory: Economic Theory of CriminologyCriminology and the thought processes of criminals have long been a point of contention for society. Here, the need to identify why and how criminal behave the way they do ultimately provides a means Continue Reading...
U.S. Domestic Policy Making
Coordinated by the Domestic Policy Council (DPC), the domestic policy-making process in the White House offers policy advice to the President. This Council in addition works to make certain that the proposal of domestic p Continue Reading...
Kenya: A Case Study in Reform
From its rough beginnings, Kenya has instituted a series of economic reforms in an attempt to raise the condition of the Kenyan people. They are an attempt to bring the Kenyan people out of a state of poverty and repres Continue Reading...
lose the will to win. Keep the focus on the goal, not on your nerves.
The buzzer. I can practically hear the sound. I can taste the sound in the split second before time is called. I throw the shot. We win. I win. My team wins. I have thrown the sh Continue Reading...