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Hart's Postscript: Legal Positivism and the Dworkin Debate

Examines H.L.A. Hart's postscript responses to Dworkin, covering the rule of recognition, internal aspect of rules, and descriptive legal theory.

Law

~14 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 3,593 words

Slaves Were Made, Not Born: Literature and Chattel Slavery

An analysis of how Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and other slave narratives prove that enslaved people were made into bondage, not born for it.

Literature

~18 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,618 words

No Child Left Behind: Impact on Teachers, Students, and Parents

Examines how the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 affects teachers, students, parents, and schools through accountability, testing, and equity standards.

Education

~14 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,831 words

History and Origins of Psychoanalysis: Freud's Legacy

Explore the history of psychoanalysis from Freud's biography to key theories, contributors like Jung and Breuer, and modern critiques of the movement.

Psychology

~15 min read

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2,653 words

William James and David Hume's contributions to empiricist philosophy

William James (1842-1910) was one of America's most notable philosophers, however, his work went beyond the boundaries of philosophy (Schick & Vaughn 2009).

~14 min read

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2,505 words

American identity and global interdependence in Bender's postcolonial geography

American identity has historically been forged on the idea of a singular identity which spontaneously congealed with the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

~13 min read

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2,974 words

The role of the humanities in contemporary educational curricula

The topic of the content of curricula in schools and universities is a complex and often problematic issue. Educationists are cognizant of the importance of the makeup and content of the curricula in shaping the educational development and direction of the student.

~15 min read

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3,275 words

Deductivism and inductivism in scientific explanation and methodology

Argumentation in general has lain the way, ever since the philosophers of Antiquity, to two opposing schools of inductivism and deductivism.

~17 min read

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3,810 words

Bioethics portfolio: analytical skills, knowledge, and practical application

This portfolio documents performance of key class and personal objectives for HU280-01: Bioethics 1103C, specifically analytical skill building, knowledge acquisition and practical application.

~20 min read

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4,164 words

Women's rights and the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848

During the early history of the United States there was little, if any respect for the principles of women's rights. In an intensely patriarchal society a man " ... virtually owned his wife and children as he did his material possessions.

~21 min read

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