Essays on Law

There is gender bias and discrimination in sports and the athletic community. More specifically, genders are treated differently when placed in the same situation in sports and the athletic profession. For example, the U.S. Volleyball Association was formed in 1928 for males only. Fifty-eight years...

Title IX has brought a huge impact on women ever since it was passed as a law. Women across the country have had more opportunities for women’s sports scholarships. During these past forty years, the law has been bent and broken, most universities have followed...

A couple years after the implication of Title IX, the Commission for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was initiated. Commission for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW for short) was created for the sole purpose to further engage women’s involvement into college sports. Title IX’s enactment can...

Title IX is a federal law that prohibits sex and gender-based discrimination in curricular and extra-curricular activities in institutions. It applies to both males and females and although it is commonly thought to apply only to athletics, it affects all students, faculty, and staff. Sexual...

Introduction Tracing the trajectory of Title IX over 40 years, this paper argues that it does not perfectly fit into Kingdon’s thesis for agenda-setting. Although Kingdon’s multiple streams theory frames a comprehensive perspective to analyze how problems are defined and move to the government’s policy...

Imagine the world if women and men lived equally. For years, women have been treated differently than men in all aspects, especially in sports. Women didn’t get equal pay or opportunity as men in athletics. Women were viewed as lesser than and had to remain...

Leisure is an imperative aspect of human life. It is significant because it equips people with the freedom to express and be their true selves. Nonetheless, there is no present consensus on the definition of leisure. It can easily be defined as activities done during...

According to the website History.com – The First Amendment states the following: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably...

Violence at schools is on the rise, the number of attacks against students more than doubled since 1999. And with 84% of school shootings taking place at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level, students are seeking a nationwide platform to speak out concerning gun violence...

In Thurgood Marshall – American Revolutionary, William Juan takes a critical exploration of the life of Marshall; who is regarded as a seminal personality in America’s history during the 20th century. This groundbreaking work of fiction undertakes a journey into the definitive biography of the...

The movie “Marshall” focusses on how a young black lawyer for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Thurgood Marshall, goes through one of his toughest trials in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he defends Joseph Spell, a coloured man charged of rape against...

The sixth amendment is one of the many protections we have to combat those who want to violate our inalienable rights, as given by the constitution. It states “the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of...

Criminologists seek to understand not only why people commit crimes, but also criminals’ activities that occur more in certain areas. Chicago is an area most commonly used to study, primarily to “highlight the demographic and neighborhoods sources of variation in tolerance of deviance (including violence)...

Since criminal behavior directly impacts the victims, offender and community, restorative justice is an alternative “peacemaking” approach to law-enforced punitive punishment. Punitive punishment, often, perpetuates more criminal behavior by the offender because of the stigma once arrested and convicted. Depending on the crime, the victims...

Accountability is owning up to our own mistakes. Acknowledging our wrongs, rather they are self-harm or harm to others, has a huge effect on the healing process. A simple apology goes a long way. This is something that we have learned since childhood, yet adults...

Introduction A 2016 IDB report entitled the IDB Series on Crime and Violence in the Caribbean, has confirmed what the Bahamian public has long known, that the consistent rise of the crime rate in The Bahamas is alarming and a cause for concern. The abstract...

Sam Frankel in, Giving Children a Voice, defines advocacy as, “reflected in a setting which children’s voices are acknowledged and valued” (Frankel, p. 11, 2018). Advocacy is vital as it allows children to be involved in the community in things that affect them as active...

Thousands of teenagers are afraid to go to school. The reality is that is affecting millions of students, not only children who receive it but also everyone. However, parents, teachers, and other adults may not always see it because adults do not always see it....

This essay aims to cover matters concerning the needs for advocacy with older people and further examine certain significant difficulties on a thematic basis whereas these needs are being met. Generally, older people are regarded as people who are over 65. Statistics show that there...