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Habeas corpus from Magna Carta to Lincoln's Maryland crisis

The first steps that would eventually evolve into the writ of habeas corpus are said to have been sown in the Magna Carta in 1215. As first used, habeas corpus was much more narrow in scope than it is today.

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Jean Piaget's contributions to cognitive and developmental psychology

In the past few decades, theories of cognitive psychology have been applied to many different aspects of modern life. The study of cognitive psychology has been applied to many educational reform efforts that seek to implement new and better methods of teaching children.

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Origins and rise of Nazism in twentieth-century Germany

Since the Antiquity and until the 20th century human life or human nature has been thought to be restrained by certain imposed rules; from the Egyptians, who thought their human life was a preliminary stage of their universal existence and until the Fascists, who considered life as being a…

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Email spam: proliferation, consequences, and potential solutions

The background of this research project is the proliferation of unwanted, unsolicited junk email which is clogging the arteries of the Internet. Bill Gates predicted some years back that we would solve the SPAM problem by 2006. It has not happened, and the problem is worse than ever.

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Constitutional right to privacy and Fourth Amendment protections

Constitutional Right to Privacy? Recent events have again raised the question of whether Americans enjoy an inherent right to privacy.

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Rejection and social change in Pride and Prejudice and Mrs. Dalloway

Pride and Prejudice and Mrs. Dalloway are both British novels written by women during times of great change.

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Robert Root Bernstein's critique of HIV-AIDS research orthodoxy

What PURPOSE does CONTINUED theorizing and research about HIV and AIDS serve according to Robert Root Bernstein?

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New Jersey's Grandparenting Resource Center Pilot Program

Assembly 3014, and identical Senate 435, as my bill. This bill "Establishes (a) 'Grandparenting Resource Center Pilot Program'; appropriates $1,500,000." (New Jersey State Legislature, 2006, p.2) These grandparent resource centers will cater to grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.

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The evolution of black hole theory and Einstein's general relativity

Astronomy encompasses vast topics and includes many subjects. Among these subjects is the area of study involving black holes. Although there has been a great deal of research concerning this subject, there are still many factors concerning black holes that are still unknown.

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The Kelo decision: fairness, eminent domain, and economic development

Eminent Domain: Was the Kelo Decision Fair? In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled in Berman v. Parker that government's power of eminent domain could be used to seize property to tear down "blighted" areas.

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