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Critical analysis of Akron & Roe cases. Discusses summaries, moral & political implications, primary issues, medical issues and assesses arguments.

Examines theory and practice of freedom and justice in founding & early years of nation. Discusses immigrants, slavery, workers, & women's conditions.

Discusses issues involved; opponents & proponents of control and attitude toward guns in American society.

Discusses history in U.S., legal, moral, social and religious aspects.

Discusses gun control as a means to control crime. Focuses on constitutional aspects, court decisions, statistics and attitudes of criminals.

Various arguments favoring euthanasia.

Discusses active & passive, voluntary & involuntary types; extreme sacralism, utilitarianism, objectivism and deontological arguments.

Examines both sides of the debate.

Compares opinions of pro-choice & right-to-life factions, argues for abortions.

Examines theories on the personhood of a fetus, when life begins, ethics, right to life and women's power over own body.

Argues against the legalization of prostitution on medical, moral, & criminal grounds.

Discusses the patterns & nature of Chinese immigration in 19th century America. Compares & contrasts this history with contemporary immigration issues.

Discusses negative & destructive effects on women, men & society.

Sociological study of extramarital, premarital & marital sex, sex research & abortion.

Legal & constitutional discussion of several major abortion rights cases.

This paper compares and contrasts the experience of Asian Indian immigrants with that of other ethnic groups.

This paper presents a historical analysis of gun-control legislation and its effectiveness or ineffectiveness on crime prevention.

This paper discusses the urbanization of the late 19th century America with emphasis on population migration, European immigration, technology and city-based industries.

This paper discusses the history, acculturation and experiences of Eastern Eruopean Jews who immigrated to the U.S..

A discussion of whether capital punishment deters murder.

An argument that the death penalty is cruel and only serves revenge.

This paper argues that the pros clearly outweigh the cons on the subject of stem cell research controversy.

This paper is a criticism of Larry Elder's book "The Ten Things You Can't Say in America".

Why the Florida ban on gay adoption should be overturned.

A reflection of the harms of affirmative action and a proposed plan to fix the ills of reverse discrimination and go to the root of the problem.

A paper which argues in favor of the individual's right to die by means of medically assisted suicide.

Examining the pros and cons of censorship - looking at its effect on socity and where its going in the future.

An analysis of the relationship between the media and terrorism through literary review.

A study of the theory to fight global warming with plankton.

An insight into the history of society's acceptance of inter-racial marriages in the U.S..

A study of the ethical use of the Internet by the legal profession.

An anti-abortion debate.

A discussion about the increased pressure on the aviation industry to develop and implement higher ethical standards since the September 11 tragedies.

A look at major historical events of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

A critical analysis of the 1994 Smirnoff advertisement.

A comprehensive analysis of the theory of evolution, belief in evolution, and its effect on student behavior.

A discussion about violence on television and its affect on children.

This paper discusses terrorism and its results.

An overview of America's imminent war on Iraq, illustrating the varying opinions on the necessity of this war.

An analysis of the discrimination of the Arab and Muslim communities in America, following September 11th.

A study of the social and ethical issues of law enforcement's use of technology for surveillance.

A discussion of the pros and cons of affirmative action.

This paper discusses the foreign policies of the United States towards Israel and Iraq within the historical and the current context.

This paper is a critical analysis of a U.S. invasion of Iraq.

This paper is a research proposal to prove or disprove the relationship between celibacy and sexual deviancy by priests.

Moral, ethnical, biological and religious perspectives to genetic engineering.

A review of the movie "John Q".

This paper presents an examination of the meaning of insider trading and the elements of which this practice is composed.

This paper explores the banning of pornography based on the United States Supreme Court upheldimg a law banning the sale of pornographic magazines to children under the age of seventeen.

This paper examines the effects of the September 11th terrorist attack on employees' employee stock ownership plans in the airlines industry.

A presentation of the death penalty as an outmoded form of justice that has no effective role in modern society.

An analysis of Dirk Johnson's article "Foes of Death Penalty See New Hope".

A pro legalized abortion debate.

A paper which looks at how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is combating problems which arose from the September 11 terror attacks.

This paper discusses the book "My Own Country: A Doctor's Story," by Abraham Verghese, specifically, the effect AIDS and its victims have on the doctor.

This essay discusses the ethical dilemna that the abortion issue presents using the arguments of three philosophers, Judith Jarvis-Thompson, Mary Anne Warren and Don Marquis to analytically discuss and debate each of their individual positions.

A discussion of whether the World Trade Center was defectively designed and whether it should still remain standing today.

This paper considers both sides of the abortion debate and the ethics surrounding each viewpoint.

The paper examines the causes and effects of the Persian Gulf War of 1991.

A paper which argues that it is ethically correct to abide by a dying patient's wish for medically-assisted suicide.

An analysis of the American media's effect on foreign policy making and the influences and propaganda behind it.

A rebuttle on two articles related to capital punishment - arguing the strength and weaknesses of each viewpoint.

A biography of the life of Osama Bin Laden and an analysis of his hatred for Americans.

A paper which argues in support of firearm regulations since the infiltration of guns into the seedier criminal underworld has created a situation that police cannot begin to contain.

A look at the many forms of terrorism and possible solutions.

An analysis of how the gender roles of Korean and Puerto Rican immigrants have changed and adapted to the American environment in very different ways.

This paper discusses one of the most contentious political and social issues debated within the context of modern Catholicism, homosexuality.

An interpretation of a political article using George Orwell's essay ?Politics and the English Language".

A policy cycle analysis and historical review of same sex marriage in Canada.

A discussion of the issues pertinent to gun control, focusing on how the youth offender should be punished.

Examining religious, social and political factors which helped form the new society of Early America, as brought by the immigrants to the New World.

This paper presents an exploration of the major immigrant groups to the USA, looking at which are the most economically successful.

A paper which argues the need for airline staff to undergo security screening.

A paper which examines America's foreign policy after the September 11th terrorist attacks.

A discussion of the laws surrounding euthanasia with an emphasis on living wills.

Looking at the problems facing the educational authorities in educating immigrant children.

A discussion of the differences in immigration policy of those entering America from a Western country and those from an Arab country and the different ethics of these cultures.

Film analysis of the movie "The Green Mile" starring Tom Hanks.

This paper discusses the risks of a U.S. war with Iraq

A review of several websites which offer opinions on the death sentence.

A discussion of the pros and cons of assisted suicide for the terminally ill.

A paper which argues that the death sentence effectively deters crime.

An argumentative paper about the negative side of the controversial topic - assisted suicide.

A paper which argues that the incidence of capital punishment is spread out disproportionately among minority groups.

Examining male and female opinions on abortion by looking at this short story by Ernest Hemingway.

This paper reviews Shmuel Agnon's "Only Yesterday", a simple tale about a man who immigrates to Palestine in the Second Aliyah (1904 ? 1914).

A look at this novel by Anazia Yezierska about the life of early 20th century immigrants from Europe.

The impact of laws on the selection of immigrants. Includes treaties, history, migration patterns, employment, nationality, gender and the social impact. Tables.

The definition, pros and cons, theory, the right to die and the role of health workers.

An examination of the concept and functions of the community in the case study of 18-year-old immigrant and her family in Brooklyn.

An examination of the special problems of HIV positive immigrants, including history, discrimination, Americans With Disabilities Act, and the role of the social worker.

An Assessment of the effectiveness of policies on employment in the private and public sectors, focusing on President Clinton. Includes labor, roots in New Deal, taxation, state issues, immigrant workers and the future.

A look at offensive and defensive strategies, international treaties, history, disarmament and terrorism.

A comparative overview of their histories, economies, immigrants, dominant groups, religion and family.

A comparison of the depictions of Jewish immigrants and Slovaks, with a brief consideration of Lithuanians in Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."

An examination of the causes and consequences of the war between Iraq and the Western nations led by U.S. Oil, economics, politics, U.S. policy, leadership, goals, costs and outcome.

An examination of the pros and cons and statistical debate and argument that the laws are moderately effective and therefore a positive step against gun-related crime.