Essays Tagged: "mandate"

Police

wenty-four hours a day, three hundred sixty-five days a year, this division of our government has a mandate to enforce the criminal law and preserve public peace. Understood in this mandate is an obli ...

(5 pages) 468 1 3.9 Dec/1995

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Fossil Fueled Cars Are History- paper about the decline of fossil fueled cars.

up the air. But most of all, carmakers have been whipped into action by California's Zero Emissions Mandate that requires ten percent of all cars sold in the state to be pollution-free by 2003.Mention ...

(4 pages) 158 2 4.2 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

THE RCMP this essay outlines the RCMP's current structure and gives a historical perspective. Outlines why the RCMP is a Canadian Icon.

ted and effective government department.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has a constantly changing mandate. The latest mandate as outlined by the Commissioner of the RCMP, Giuliano Zaccardelli, is as ... iti, Kosovo, Guatemala and Croatia. While the department was growing and expanding their structure, mandates and missions were also changing drastically.From the conception of the RCMP in 1873, the fo ...

(6 pages) 99 3 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

A Team Management System.

ography12IntroductionYou have recently been appointed as the Design Manager for a company, with the mandate to establish a new design office for a team of people comprising of both electronic design e ...

(10 pages) 573 1 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

How have federal mandates effected the ideas of federalism?

Federal Mandates Through out the 1930's, Federalism began to grow along with an increased power towar ... h out the 1930's, Federalism began to grow along with an increased power towards federal grants and mandates due to the effects of the Depression. During the New Deal the Supreme Court ruled that nati ... ted to just specific grants any more. The national government now had the power to grant, fund, and mandate money to any state under what conditions they choose. Currently Congress can imply considera ...

(4 pages) 95 0 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Explain the "irony" in the poem, "Ozymandias." by Percy Blythe Shelly

me. "Ozy comes from the Greek 'ozium,' which means to breath, or air. Mandias comes from the Greek 'mandate,' which means to rule," notes Biterman in his analysis of the poem. The fact that the deriva ...

(2 pages) 37278 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Should Canada adopt Proportional Representation?

ns. They provide citizens with periodic opportunities to review the government's record, assess its mandate, and possibly replace it with an alternative. There is a great variety of electoral systems, ...

(4 pages) 73 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

To what extent was China's failure to effectively deal with the West up to 1842 a consequence of its traditional attitude to foreign states?

rest of the world. According to the Chinese, the emperor was the "Son of heaven" who ruled with the mandate and authority of Heaven. Traditional Chinese cosmology assumed that mankind on earth should ...

(7 pages) 64 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Where does power lie in Congress?

vities Congress is still an extremely important and powerful body; arguably today it has a superior mandate as President Bush was elected on a popular minority and less recently. Congress is regularly ...

(7 pages) 152 0 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

To what extent has the French political system become less 'Presidential' in character since 1986?

institutions function properly. Since 1962, the President has been directly elected giving him the mandate of the people. Charles de Gaulle founder and first President of the fifth Republic believed ... he military. Therefore under a crisis the French President would be looked upon and he must use the mandate given to him to solve the crisis. It is his duty under the constitution to be the guarantor ...

(11 pages) 54 1 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Has 'Majority rule' in South Africa brought with it the 'tyranny of the majority?'

a "guarantee against tyranny" the state had the potential to impose its will, made legitimate by a mandate from the American people; thus there was a risk of the 'tyranny of the majority'. South Afri ...

(6 pages) 115 2 4.9 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Report on history of and commentary on South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission during Apartheid.

a result of apartheid. During this time, there were countless human rights abuses. The TRC uses its mandate through three committees: the Amnesty Committee, the Reparation and Rehabilitation (R&R) ...

(3 pages) 43 0 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Syndicated Lending-

court of law.I will briefly outline the areas a Lead Manager needs to be aware of when winning the 'mandate' for the syndication deal and then go on to identify potential areas of liability the LM may ... brought only upon the borrower's default, insolvency or other financial distress.Initial Stage: The Mandate letter and contractual liabilityThis offer document is used to make the borrower a purely co ...

(12 pages) 114 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

'How has motherhood been socially constructed and experienced across the twentieth century?'

y are seen as underprivileged. This social 'pressure' to have children is identified as 'motherhood mandate'. Motherhood can also be seen as an 'institution'. The need that women have for children is ...

(6 pages) 134 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

If this Head of State in Australia was to be one with a popular mandate would this be a display of good government or 'entirely out of the question'?

sfer from the Governor-General to the President. If this Head of State was to be one with a popular mandate it is to be determined whether this would be a display of good government or 'entirely out o ... ad of state was that a Head of State appointed by parliament, would not be able to claim a 'popular mandate' in conflict with the Prime Minister's mandate. There may also have been doubts as to whethe ...

(10 pages) 21 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Interest Groups - UNICEF

nd women."Its full name was the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.In 1950, its mandate was broadened to address the long-term needs of children and women in developing countries e ... s. It began as a program created by the UN and gets funds from governments. They have an indefinite mandate, and do not appear to have any specific rules that they have to abide by, besides caring for ...

(4 pages) 51 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Canada's Regulators and Genetically Modified Foods: The Public's Protection?

e for the release into our environment nor are they without hazard to human health. Health Canada's mandate is not being obeyed, and Environment Canada's authority to exercise its mandate has been usu ... that are, or contain genetically modified organisms.Health Canada's website clearly identifies its mandate as "to be responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health. He ...

(7 pages) 75 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Incorporating IT into a Cement Company's Strategy

ong-term strategy. Its CEO, Lorenzo Zambrano, hired an information system director and gave him the mandate of developing Cemex' then primitive IT capabilities. The company aims to incorporate IT into ...

(4 pages) 121 0 0.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Editorial on Over Population In the U.S.

ould never be engaged in illegal activity or pursue a life that was less than their potential would mandate.- Bad parenting comes in many forms: abusive behavior, laziness, failure to enforce the rule ...

(5 pages) 63 2 4.5 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Effect of imperialism on the Rwandan genocide

king. Belgium took control in 1916, during World War I. Belgium received it as a League of Nations mandate in 1919 and continued indirect rule but restructured the system to increase ethnic divisions ...

(4 pages) 94 0 4.3 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History