Twenty-first century is often called the time of intellectual and informational evolution, century where knowledge and intellectual potential are highly valued and appreciated by people. It is well known that knowledge is power, but it is also wealth. Not only physical type of work has to be valued and paid, intellectual work too.
Nowadays, people are constantly faced with products … Read more
It is said that “Ignorance of the law is no excuse“, but actually nowadays people can find any excuse for the committed crime and have even invented the term “victimless crime”. The following notion is used to refer to the actions that are forbidden by law, but cause no direct harm to health and rights of other people. It includes … Read more
Despite various catastrophes, disasters, natural calamities and wars that take place these days, humanity continues to believe in a better tomorrow and eternity of the Universe. But what if one day the world ceases to exist and we all die? Will money and backup plans save us and help us to preserve our lives? But even being rich and influential … Read more
They say it doesn’t matter what the color of your skin is, what religion you have or what country you originally come from. Sexual orientation however remains a difficult issue despite everything. Despite the fact that gays and lesbians are no longer a surprise for the people all over the world, homosexual marriages are legalized in a lot of countries … Read more
It’s said that eggs and promises are easily broken and it’s always easy to give a promise, rather than keep it. There is nothing worse than a broken promise, especially when this promise costs $732 million and a lot of troubles. The European Union fined Microsoft Corp for the disrespect of the promise given earlier. Binding commitment and a promise, … Read more
Nowadays, the majority of racial prejudice cases in the USA is quite subtle. Together with that, they tend to reappear in stealthier ways that they did one or two decades ago. The researches have shown that the issue of racial prejudice can be traced in how teachers tend to punish misbehaving students, how employers see their potential hires or how … Read more
When it comes to extradition, the term means legal process by which an individual gets transferred from one place to the another without his or her consent. To cut it, that’s how authorities do their best to make sure people won’t evade justice. When someone does something illegal in a state and then sets off to the other one, he … Read more
It’s on the 3rd of April, 2016 when astounding and shocking news had suddenly shaken the world. A firm, based in Panama, known as “Mossack Fonsec” had the biggest information leak ever dated in history. The Panamanian law firm, famous for selling offshore shell companies, practicing corruption and shady business got exposed to the entire world. Having the offices … Read more
Good trade relationships with all nations, ability to buy and sell products not just within domestic territory, but to other countries as well is pivotal to the successful and prosperous economy in the country. But what if such abilities become limited, or, what is worse, banned one day? Moreover, such sanctions can be placed legally and doing so is a … Read more
Terrorist attacks on the 11th of September, 2011 affected not just the USA, but the whole world. It forced the President George W. Bush to announce the US War on Terror a couple of hours after it had happened. That’s why a counter-terrorism campaign Guantanamo Bay, known as a “legal black hole”, was created.
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