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    The Family consisted mainly of Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel, Charles "Tex" Watson, Bobby Beausoleil, Mary Brunner, and Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme. Manson’s motive to begin killing all started when he had told the family “Helter Skelter” was coming, Helter Skelter was the

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    This essay is based on the subject of whether or not a duty of care, in terms of psychiatric harm can be established through an individual or individuals being negligent. The defendant’s negligence is either due to almost injuring the claimant, who then suffers from psychiatric harm, or killing or badly injuring a victim causing the claimant to suffer from psychiatric harm. Psychiatric harm can be defined as an assault on a person’s senses or mind rather than actual physical contact. It has to be

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    "Do you like it Paris?" Caitlin held the Gucci dress up for her to see. "Oh my God!" Paris squealed. She admired the beauty in front of her. The Gucci dress that is. It was one of a kind. It was a stretch jersey with an open back. Her little black dress. When she tried it on, it was form-fitting but it looks sexy on her. It also shows a lot of cleavage. She admired her 5'3 frame in the seven foot mirror. She smiles at herself, noting the light shining its way back through her eyes. "Girl, you are

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    Mrs. Donoghue sued the manufacturer of the ginger beer who have, through neglect, allowed the snail to get inside the bottle. When the case reached the House of Lords, court held that the manufacturer owed a duty of care to their consumers. Lord Atkin gave narrow ratio reasoning on why the duty of care existed in manufacturer- consumer

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    For my paper I thought I would look into someone who was daring and has always kept people guessing. He has become highly known for his outrageous outfits and on-stage frolics, both have earned him a legion of fans and just as many protesters. Marilyn Manson, born Brian Hugh Warner on January 5, 1969, in Canton, Ohio, has been one of the most controversial American goth-rock performer that has been protested and boycotted because of his perceived dark views. Yet genius in his own right. A well-known

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    twenty first century. The stance now taken upon an action for negligence is that it must be established that a duty of care is owed by the defender to the pursuer in order for liability to arise. This came about following the decision made by Lord Atkin in the case of Donoghue v Stevenson, and has been further developed in a number of other common law examples. Prior to this revolutionary judgement, there was a quantitative restriction as to where a duty of care would arise, primarily only in relationships

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    The Manson trial began in June of 1970. The jury in this case was locked up for the entire trial to protect the jury from the publicity and the harassment they would face from the public. Five women and seven men were selected to be on the jury with ages spanning from twenty-five to seventy-three. One of the jury members was a retired deputy sheriff. The prosecutor of this case was Vincent Bugliosi. Bugliosi’s opening statement described Manson a man “Who would refer to himself as Jesus Christ”

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    The overarching guidelines to the modern approach to liability for negligence in tort go back to Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] with Lord Atkin setting out the ‘neighbour’ principle, such that one has a duty to take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which one can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure a neighbour (one who I ought reasonably have in contemplation as sufficiently close and directly affected by one’s act and omissions). However, the development of the common law approach

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    Lauren Betancourt Professor Stapell/Evolution & Human Health July 7, 2015 Diet Fads Today: Is There Potential for Humans to Actually Stick with the Idea of Ancestral Eating and Re-Adapt to this Lifestyle? ABSTRACT Fad diets are all the craze; originally referred to as “idiosyncratic diets and eating patterns,” they are those popular diets of our culture that promote quick and easy weight loss, especially for those of us that have no time or interest in changing our entire lifestyles and eating habits

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    R v Stone; R v Dobinson [1977] QB 354 (CA) Court of Appeal; Criminal Division Issues: “Manslaughter - Recklessness or gross negligence - Assumption of duty of care for infirm person - Breach of duty amounting to recklessness - Negligence - Assumption of duty to care.” Introduction: ‘R v Stone; R v Dobinson’ is significant as it addresses the point of ‘duty of care’ and the outcome was described as “highly controversial because of the low capabilities of the two accused” . Appellant Gwendoline

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