Precedent

The article “Barcode of Life” by Mark Y. Stoeckle and Paul D. N. Hebert shows the fairly new emerging field of classifying species based on a small bit of genetic code found on an enzyme in the mitochondria called cytochrome C oxidase subunit 1 (Pg. 84). The enzyme was chosen because it had enough base pairs (648) to be able to differentiate species, but not long enough to take too much time to read. This new way of categorizing different species arose from the age-old way of categorizing…

Mischief rule is the oldest approach among others. Mischief rule is one of the principles used to interpret the statute. This rule is applied by the courts to read through the whole statute in order to seek the truly intention that the law makers have. In other words, the courts will look at the “mischief” that was intended by the legislatures when the words in the statute are not unambiguous and plain. Hence, the purpose of using this rule is to identify the mischief and defect in statute and…

Connect and Engage: Text-to-Self 1. Student Outcomes: Students will distinguish important information from interesting details when reading narrative nonfiction. 2. Standards: a. English Language Arts: Fluency: 2.1) Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. [RL.2.1] b. Social Studies: Living and Working Together: 2.2) Identify national historical figures and celebrations that exemplify fundamental democratic…

In Giorgio Agamben’s The Time That Remains: A Commentary on the Letter to the Romans, he evaluates Paul’s letter by taking a close reading of the opening of Romans and then claims that within these treasured words ultimately lies Paul’s messianic philosophy. Each chapter, interestingly, lays out the context and content that each word of the opening means and what Paul was hoping to convey to the Romans. Agamben also presents Benjamin’s Theory on the Philosophy of History side-by-side Paul’s…

Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur’s “Letters from an American Farmer,” and William Bartram’s “From Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida” are two works that seek to examine the environment through the interaction and experience with different animals. Each author adopts a romantic view throughout his experience, vividly describing the beauty behind the species they come in contact with. However, these two writers deviate from one another once the contact with the…

In the article titled “Forcing Apple to Hack That IPhone Sets a Dangerous Precedent”, Congressman Darrell Issa argues that protecting the privacy of millions of people should be more important that forcing Apple to unlock an iPhone that a terrorist used. Congressman Issa suggests that forcing Apple to create new software to unlock the device will put privacy of millions of people at risk. Congressman Issa writes this article in response to the controversial decision of the court to force Apple…

1. Passage 1 At this point in the text, V has nearly convinced Eve to see the world as he sees it. After kidnapping her and keeping her in a faux prison, Eve has learned that the real prison is the social inequality that The Hand has forced upon her and her fellow citizens. V’s plan is now in full force after he sets off bombs in The Eye and Ear headquarters, effectively crippling The Hand’s surveillance and causing riots throughout London. In this passage Eve is questioning V’s master plan.…

Introduction In spite of the nebulousness inherent in determining and measuring expertise, crowdsourcing systems in research and practice that seek to acquire distributed knowledge (e.g. citizen science) indicate a preference for expert contributors. To ensure information quality (IQ), consumers – users of data acquired from such crowdsourcing projects – implement gatekeeping strategies that vary in degree of subtleness and intentionality. These gatekeeping strategies stem from the underlying…

Culture is a learned system of thought and behavior that classifies a certain group who shares particular beliefs, values, and practices. Arguably, it is one of the largest forms of identification when representing specific individuals; one can understand the nature of another via having a well-rounded understanding of culture. Birthroots play an immense role in shaping character; nevertheless, it is not the entire basis that embodies the wholeness of an individual. Mindy Cherri—a high school…

Introduction The word ‘equity’ means fair or just in its wider sense, but its legal meaning refers to legal rules that were developed by the courts to overcome some of the inflexibility of the rules and procedures of common law courts. Therefore, equity created new remedies. If the Chancellor was convinced that a person had suffered a wrong, the court would grant a remedy. To be precise, they would devise some way to ensure that something was done to put right the wrong that had been done to…