How well did the legal system of early modern England work?
Étude de cas - 5 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
A legal system can be defined as the legislation enacted by the State institutions on the basis of tradition or law. In early modern England, the legal system was complex, relying on with overlapping institutions -local criminal courts, Church courts and royal courts-, on itinerant judges but...
Is Tibet a lost cause? Analyse wither from an Indian, Chinese, or UK-US perspective
Étude de cas - 2 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
There are three areas in which China and India share a border that we can call the western sector, the middle sector and the eastern sector. These borders are unstable and they were the sources of many disagreements because there were no clear natural geographical borders and China and India...
To what extent can it be held that the ECHR's interpretation of the concept of victim comes close to "actio popularis"?
Étude de cas - 5 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
The European Convention of Human Rights was adopted in 1950 by the members of the Council of Europe, in order to prevent atrocities of the Second World War to happen again and to protect human rights. States as well as individuals were entitled to lodge an application in front of the European...
What causes some adolescents' participation in bullying situations?
Étude de cas - 8 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
In this paper, I try to explain why some adolescents participate to bullying situations. According to some articles and books on bullying, the main factors highlighted by the different authors that contribute on having such behavior are the self-esteem, the gender and age, the mental health the...
Do good leaders need to be intelligent ?
Étude de cas - 5 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
Leader can lead in different ways. Some are more transactional leaders others are transformational leaders. Moreover, the human being can use his brain in different manners therefore intelligence can take several forms. In this paper, I will study the different forms of intelligence and...
Failure system
Étude de cas - 1 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
'From now on, no line of business, no fragment of our individual and collective life, elude the development and pressure of technologies. From then on, no aspect of life in society can shirk away from those intrusive looks.' Alex Turk, president de la Commission Nationale de...
The Chinese presence in Laos
Étude de cas - 2 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
Since we analyzed in class the FDI inflows in China, I wanted to study the investments of China in the rest of the world, and I chose to focus on Laos. In 2011, China's trade with Southeast Asia reached nearly $370 billion. China projects its trade with the region to be about $500 billion by...
The schooling of two-year-olds children in France
Étude de cas - 3 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
Kindergarten is a fundamental step for a child, a transition between family and school system. In most cases, it also is his or her first confrontation to life in society. The question of the schooling of two-year-olds is thus not one to be taken lightly. What is the actual state of the schooling...
The Japanese textbooks controversy: a comparison with France and Germany
Étude de cas - 5 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
“Few, if any, instruments shape national culture more powerfully than the materials used in schools. Textbooks are not only among the first books most people encounter; in many places they are, along with religious texts, almost the only books they encounter” . Textbooks are an...
The making of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Étude de cas - 8 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
This text was written in 1992. 20 years before, British soldiers came on to the streets of Northern Ireland. It was the start of the fresh round of the Irish trouble. Was it inevitable? Was it postponed by the partition of Ireland in 1920? Was it the result of an IRA plot which manipulated the...
Why did a single act of terrorism led to the Great War?
Étude de cas - 2 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
The growing influence of Germany and the misgovernment of Turkey (leading to the Young Turks revolution in 1908, which ended the decline of the Turk Empire, making the Europeans fear a claim of Turkey on the Balkans) led Macedonia and by extent the Balkans to be plunged in conspiracy and...
Drawing from you understanding on the assigned readings (Deresky), explain the clashes in cultural, customs, and experiences that occurred in this situation
Étude de cas - 3 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
This case study is based on three main variables which are -Cultural differences between America and Japan -Kelly's company methods and lack of comprehension of such a touchy process (expatriation) -Kelly, herself, in her personal preparation and implication in the process In order to draw a...
Managing and building teams
Étude de cas - 4 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
Working in a team is like a box of chocolates - you never know who you are going to get, but each one is filled with goodness inside. As an exchange student, I can say with full confidence that if Sauder left me with one skill, it is how to work in teams. With only two final exams but several...
What is distinctive about international human rights politics? - publié le 24/05/2013
Étude de cas - 3 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
The States, which are the main actors in international politics, should never lead moral actions, if we take account of their rationality and egoism. Indeed, it is difficult to understand the incentives for states to act morally if we focus on the main theories of international relations....
Knowledge, power and development
Étude de cas - 5 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
United Nations report 1951: rapid economic progress and painful adjustments Truman: ‘fair deal' - the US and the world have to solve the problems of the underdeveloped areas (misery, food inadequate, poverty, disease…). He develops the idea that humanity has the knowledge to relieve the...
Chemistry in everyday life: Artificial sweeteners
Étude de cas - 4 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
Who would ever think that some basic products of our daily consumption such as diet beverages, fruit juices and chocolate drinks contains dangerous substances for our health. Many consumers are not aware of the danger of these additives. In our individual essay, we will engage a discussion about...
What do executives have to do in order to create a moral corporation?
Étude de cas - 7 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
What is morality in corporation? By definition, morality is the “principle concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior”. In corporations we can apply this definition to the interactions between employees but also toward the company's objectives. In...
Case of studies abroad - Finland
Étude de cas - 15 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
For this part of my report, I'm going to present you Finland in different aspect. And, to compare, I'm going to present you Estonia and Leetonia too because these countries are near Finland but there are different in lots of aspects. Finland, officially Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country...
Projet associatif: cohésion et esprit d'équipe
Étude de cas - 5 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
Nous avons vu dans ce module de projet associatif libre une réelle opportunité de créer un esprit « Promotion 2010/2011 ». Notre objectif pour ce module était par conséquent de souder les étudiants d'ESARC EVOLUTION et d'ESGC&F et plus particulièrement notre classe afin de créer une véritable...
Can justice exist on the Internet?
Étude de cas - 6 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
The Internet has changed fundamentally our ways of living. Research director at Inria Gérard Berry tells the story of how he used to organize a party: he had to call all of his friends one by one and tell them to call their own friends, and so on. Nowadays, one Facebook message is enough ! The...
Civilizing Europe: Historical trends in violent crime
Étude de cas - 2 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
We have two articles which were written by Eisner in 2003 and 2008. In the first one, we focused on theoretical approaches which explain the decline of violence in the long-term. It is clear that if you look back over the last centuries, we can observe a huge decrease of violent behaviors. The...
Globalization and social class - John H. Goldthorpe
Étude de cas - 2 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
This text is an article written by J. Goldthrope, about social class in the context of globalization. According to the author, we can differentiate concepts from theories of globalization. There is a mere economic definition of globalization: a process by which economic activity is increasingly...
Manuel Eisner (2003 and 2008)
Étude de cas - 1 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
In these two articles, Manuel Eisner is interested in the analysis of the evolution of the violence within the societies and especially within the Western European one. He decides to take the stand of describing the “real changes in behavior rather that methodological artefacts”. For...
Is there a fragmentation of Economic and Social Rights between the Council of Europe and the European Union? Why does it matter?
Étude de cas - 7 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
After World War Two, there was all over the world and especially in Europe, new hopes for international and regional law. The Declaration of Philadelphia in 1944 which is still the foundation of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), as well as the Council of Europe (CoE) in 1948, the...
How computerized work and globalization shape human skills demands - Frank Levy and Richard J. Murnane
Étude de cas - 1 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
This text is a paper which was written by F. Levy and R. J. Murnane in order to understand a phenomenon which characterizes globalization, especially in western societies: the disappearance of works which can be made by computers or workers in developing countries (smaller wages). This process...
Can a war be just?
Étude de cas - 6 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
What is a just war? By definition, a war is “using an arming force to resolve a situation of conflict between two or more organized communities: clans, factions, states. It is, for each of the opponents to force the other(s) to submit to his will “(Little Larousse's definition). Thus,...
Meeting report
Étude de cas - 1 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
Monday 11 February, we organized a meeting on issues related to the development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). For this, a mayor organized the debate between people : scientists (biologist, climatologist, environmentalist), teacher, tourist, businessman, fisherwoman, small and big...
Foyle's women aid sexual violence campaign
Étude de cas - 15 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
Nowadays, domestic violence and more particularly sexual violence is a subject of numerous reflections in our society. People are more and more concerned by this taboo subject. Society is constantly evolving and now, sexual violence is a part of many people's daily lives. This phenomenon...
Indian economic crisis
Étude de cas - 5 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
The roots of the 1991 currency crisis in India can be seen during the entire decades that precede it. As a matter of fact it lies in the large and persistent macroeconomic imbalances that developed over the 1980s. A close examination of the government expenditures, over the 1980s, suggests that...
The acceptance of homosexuality in France
Étude de cas - 3 pages - Sciences de l'éducation
These days, France has attended mass protests concerning the issue of the acceptance of homosexual families. Indeed, on the one hand, there are proponents of gay marriage, and another anti gay marriage. The state is in the middle of this conflict, and seeks to pass legislation that could...
