Abstract This paper examines business law regarding abandonedproperty by the federal government.
From the Paper "According to Todd Stimmel, writing in "Business Credit," abandoned property is property of which the owner has intentionally given up possession under circumstances evincing intent to give up ownership. Abandonment means the owner intentionally placed the property out of his possession with the intent to relinquish ownership of it. A finder who takes possession with the intent to claim ownership acquires ownership rights to the property. The owner who abandoned the property has no further rights to it."
Tags:abandonedproperty, disguard, business law, business, navy, lost, law
Abstract This paper examines the New Jersey legislation, "Assistance Act of 1995" for abandoned and medically fragile infants, which was designed to curb the continuously increasing numbers of infants who were either abandoned by parents who are simply incapable of providing proper nurturing environment for their child. It explores the possible social reasons for the abandonment. The paper describes grants and provision of services available and foster families and foster care institutes to better utilize them for the benefit of all those medically fragile infants.
Table of Contents
Review of the Act
Purpose of the Act
Congress Research Findings
Grants for Projects/Services
Priority in Provision of Services
Case Plan With Respect to Foster Care
Administration of Grant
Requirements of Application:
Grants to provide nurturing home environments & family-centered services for medically fragile infants
Evaluations, Studies & Reports by Secretary
Definitions
Abandoned' & Abandonment Dangerous Drugs
Natural Family
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Secretary
Authorization of Appropriations
Recommendations
Works Cited
From the Paper "On March 16, 1995, "In the House of Representatives", Mr. Payne of New Jersey introduced a bill, which was referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. The main motive behind this act was to establish a program that would assist abandoned and medically fragile infants. Consequently; the bill was cited as ?Abandoned and Medically Fragile Infants Assistance Act of 1995?".
Abstract The paper notes that abandonment, trial, struggle and triumph are elements which come together to create the familiar monomyth that people have been growing up with for millenia. This paper proves that the archetype of the abandoned child is historically the most predominant genesis for the child hero, and traces the evolution of this theme through children's literature from earliest stories to modern fiction by exploring characters from mythology, fairy tales, and contemporary children's literature.
From the Paper "One last example of the abandoned child archetype in mythology appears in the story of Romulus and Remus, which illustrates that the archetype can apply not only to single orphans but to orphaned siblings, or even close friends as well. Closely following the story of Ion, the twins are a product of Ares rape of a woman, and are left to die of exposure. This time, the outside help came in the form of the god of the Tiber River, Tiberinus, who used its power to bear the twins to safety. However, the twins were first recovered not by man, but by animal, and suckled on a she-wolf until they were rescued, again, by another Shepard. Years passed, and together the twins fought many battles, which culminated in the foundation of Rome."
Abstract This paper argues that financial and other practical factors as opposed to supernatural factors shaped the practice of abandoning infants in the real world of ancient Greece and Rome .
From the Paper "To the modern reader the story of how the infant Oedipus was exposed to die on a hillside at his father's insistence is appalling. While it can be argued that the problem of child abuse and abandonment is still very much ..."
Tags: child exposure/abandonment, Greece, Rome, Oedipus, Ion
Abstract Several countries, while ratifying the agreement with regard to establishment of the World Trade Organization, also ratified the inherent Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The paper shows that intellectual property rights can conveniently be divided into two main fields - copyrights (or rights related to copyright) and industrial policy. The paper explains that the safeguard of intellectual property is considered as a crucial factor for economic growth and advancement in the high technology sector; they are beneficial to business and assist the public as a whole. The paper shows, however, that several problems arise from the enforcement of intellectual property rights particularly with regards to ownership of information. These include copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, design rights and plant breeders' rights for which an alternative has to be found.
Paper Outline:
Abstract
Intellectual Property Rights
What are Intellectual Property Rights?
What National and Global Directives Govern their Enforcement?
What are the Implications for Business?
What Can/Should be Done?
References
From the Paper "The intellectual property rights have been guaranteed by law and can conveniently be transferred, sold, authorized for rent and in some nations even mortgaged, in much the same way as physical property particularly real property. However, the rights have some confinements incorporating the limitations and other considerations of issues like their contradiction with the fundamental rights and the codified provisions in force. The legal issues involving intellectual property rights have two dimensions."
Tags: TRIPS, WTO, copyright, real, property, European, Community
Abstract This essay is an in-depth analysis of intellectual property law in an historical context. The specific history can be divided into two periods of cultural development, orality and literacy. The concept of intellectual property (individual ownership of creative work) was not present in oral cultures, but it is enshrined in law in literate cultures. This essay draws on the works of communications scholars like Walter Ong and Dan Lacy in order to establish these facts, and then proceeds to analyze them using one of Marshall McCluhan's most famous insights, that ?the medium is the message.? What this essay shows is that the medium of information preservation in oral cultures is fundamentally different than that of literate cultures. One medium supports the concept of intellectual property, and one does not. In other words, the medium determines the morals of the time. What is considered theft in literate culture is just sharing in oral culture. This examination of intellectual property in historical context is especially relevant today, with the current legal disputes over intellectual property in the music industry.
From the Paper "At this moment in 2001, intellectual property is a hot topic. The right to own an idea is being debated in fields as disparate as medicine and the music industry. In historical context, however, intellectual property is a relatively new concept. The first modern copyright law only emerged in 1710 and the People's Republic of China did not have a copyright system until 1991. In contrast, the first known cave painting dates to 31,000 BC. Humans have been creating for thousands of years, but those expressions were only defined as personal property quite recently. The exact moment of this definition is still debated by experts: some say it came with the first copyright law, some say it began with the printing press in 1436, and others say that it emerged with "the artist with a markedly individual personality" in 6th century BC Greece (Ploman and Hamilton 5). Regardless of the specific point of division, copyright as we know it today was not present in ancient oral cultures (Bettig 11) and is not present in modern oral cultures like that of the Balinese (Ploman and Hamilton 4). Why the concept of intellectual property is evident in highly literate cultures and not in oral cultures can perhaps be best understood in terms of the social and political context of their respective historical periods. One explanation that emerges is that the chosen mediums of oral and literate cultures are qualitatively different and that each engenders a different set of social norms to guide intellectual production. What this paper seeks to do is to pursue this line of questioning by discerning what the medium was for each culture, analyzing the nature of each medium, and, finally, explaining how the medium determined whether or not the concept of intellectual property emerged."
Abstract This essay contains two case briefs, one for a real property case and one for an intellectual property case. Furthermore it answers six questions which the customer wanted included. The questions deal with real and intellectual property law.
From the Paper "Facts: The city of New London, Connecticut was in need of economic revitalization so when the Pfizer corporation began to construct a new facility on the outskirts of a residential neighborhood, the city reactivated "the New London Development Corporation, a private entity under the control of the city government, to consider plans to redevelop the Fort Trumbull neighborhood and encourage new economic activities that might be brought by the Pfizer plant" (Kelo, 2006, p. 3). The corporation came up with a development plan which the city approved. The corporation offered to purchase the lots of Fort Trumbull which it would need, however some owners of the properties did not wish to sell."
Abstract John Locke, in his exploration of the basis of human social and political order through the retrogression of society to first principles, attempts to explain why the disproportionate possession of property evident in human society throughout history is a just outcome of human social and political evolution. As this essay argues, however, Locke's argument is flawed in a number of key respects, most notably in regard to the question of inherited property which Locke significantly omits to consider altogether.
Abstract This paper covers the role of software piracy as an infringement of rights on the intellectual property and underlines the economics and laws involved.
Abstract The paper examines how residents of Dallas County are currently experiencing grave concerns over an issue that will affect the lifestyle and home ownership capabilities of thousands within the area. The paper discusses the proposition of a 7.99% increase in property taxes. The paper further discusses how this consideration is scheduled to take place in September of 2005 and residents are being asked to attend public meetings to support this tax increase.
Abstract The paper explains that when deciding to use a found item, it is important to differentiate from a legal standpoint if this object has been abandoned, lost or misplaced. After reviewing these specific situations, the author analyzes the legal case of Mr. Champlin, who discovered the Navy's TBD-1 Devastator, which had been lost by the Navy. Next, the paper reviews all the problems of finding federal properties, which always have special rules compared to private property, as experienced in this case.
From the Paper "Mr. Champlin recovered and restored the airplane thus claiming the expenditures on his taxes should be justifiable. This action may require him to pursue a ruling in federal court because technically he cannot donate property that he does not own. Additionally, mitigation may be a possibility; although the Navy is not required to reimburse Mr. Champlin the proclivity to remain civil and politically correct may incline the military to at least partially reimburse Mr. Champlin."
Tags: sea, special rules, reimbursement ambiguity, governmental contracts
This paper examines three examples of governments that have developed successful market-oriented programs in which the services are paid for not by tax dollars but by the market.
1,480 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 11 sources, 2002, $ 48.95
Abstract This paper discusses three cases: The funding of infrastructure improvements without creating unfair taxation in a city government, the returning of delinquent and abandonedproperties to the tax rolls in a county government and the application of user fees to resolve a regional pollution problem. The author believes that even the schools can be more market oriented.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Tallahassee Florida: Market Orientation on a City Level
Cuyahoga County, Ohio: Market Orientation at a County Level
SCAQMD: Market Orientation on a Regional Level
User Fees
From the Paper "In doing this, Tallahassee was following the example of the Federal Government's user fees, which, according to a report to Congress generated more than $196.4 billion in revenues during FY 96. The fees were agricultural commodity grading fees, trademark registration fees, and park entrance fees- [and amounted to] 12 percent of all federal revenues collected...and was more than twice the amount collected from excise taxes, estate and gift taxes and customs duties combined. User fee collections have grown steadily since the early 1980s and have played several roles in the federal budget."
Abstract This paper examines how child abandonment continues to represent an enormous challenge for social workers and the healthcare community in the United States. It analyzes the incidence and causes of child abandonment, recent legislation and trends in the law, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion. It looks at how abandoned infants tend to generate enormous interest and how very little academic or systematic study is available of the psychological state of their mothers and consideration of their fathers.
From the Paper "There is a paucity of academic literature on the phenomenon; the few studies that do exist relate to abandonment in the face of poverty, war or extreme disease. Sherr and Hackman point to Otieno et al. (1999), who compared 82 abandoned babies in Nairobi with mothered babies and reported significant measures of developmental delay or growth stunting (however, no psychosocial measures were taken). Similarly, Maza et al. (1999) described the U.S. "boarder baby syndrome" in which babies who are most often associated with drug use and HIV backgrounds were abandoned within hospital settings. Sherr and Hackman say that infants are at particular risk within the first few hours of birth. ?Abandonment at the time of birth seems more common than abandonment later on and carries with it different psychological explanations and ramifications."
Tags: abortion, legislation, social, workers, healthcare, community
Abstract The paper explains that in "The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust", David Wyman argues that the United States abandoned the Jews because of a combination of anti-Semitism and indifference. In this paper, the writer contends that Wyman ignores the economic distress caused by the Great Depression and the fact that the US rarely makes military interventions for humanitarian purposes. The writer therefore believes that it is an overly simplistic and historically uninformed argument to propose that the US is responsible for the Jews and abandoned them to the Nazis.
From the Paper "In his book, The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, David Wyman argues that the political and military leadership of the United States could have saved thousands - even millions - of European Jews by taking early steps of intervention against the Nazis. For Wyman, America's inaction is tantamount to complicity in these horrific crimes against humanity. He argues that the United States abandoned the Jews because of a combination of anti-Semitism and indifference to anything that was not considered to be of strategic importance to the United States. The fact is that the United States of the 1930s and early 1940s was a much different country than the world power it is today. It was an isolationist country that had just struggled through the Great Depression."
Abstract The paper explores the obesity epidemic through a comprehensive analysis of its development, as well as through a literature review pertaining to obesity and its controversial causes. The paper explores issues of self-esteem, abandonment issues, economics and prolonged psychological stress during formative years that can have contributed to the occurrence of obesity in adult women as well as in young girls. The paper then describes the findings of independent research regarding paternal abandonment between the ages of 6-19 and its effects on adult obesity in women. The paper includes the consent form, questionnaire, and raw data used by the study.
Outline:
Abstract Introduction Statement of Problem
Hypothesis
Review of Literature
Methodology
Findings
Conclusion
Limitations
Definitions of Terms
From the Paper "Obesity is a significant and current social and physical issue in the world today. (Anderson & Butcher, 2006, p. 19) It is particularly troubling in developed nations and is currently labeled and epidemic in the United States. Many people seek to find answers to the obesity question within the biological and physical spheres of study, blaming the entire situation of obesity on the poor eating habits and low level of physical activity of those who suffer from it. One area of obesity research that has been neglected is its connection to psychological factors. The psychology of obesity is a significant and demonstrative factor in the behaviors that cause obesity as well as in its manifestation, which has recently become increasingly youthful, with children as young as two-five showing early symptoms of obesity as well as a potential future of obesity into adulthood. (Anderson & Butcher, 2006, p. 19)"
