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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Contempt"”.
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Contempt of court in New Zealand
This thesis examines four aspects of the contempt power in New Zealand. It does not, therefore, purport to be an exhaustive study of the law of contempt in all its protean forms. Rather, its aims are to assess what the law is, and why, and to consider whether it aptly describes the values of the …
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THE CONTEMPT POWER: A SWORD OR A SHIELD? – A STUDY OF THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF CONTEMPT OF COURT IN MALAYSIA.
The issue relating to contempt of court has caught the attention of people from all walks of life in Malaysia, particularly, after the controversial incidents of the removal of Tun Salleh Abbas, the then Lord President, in 1988 and the dismissal of the former Deputy Prime Minister, Dato’ Seri Anwar …
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Bodies in Contempt: A Mixed Methods Study of Federal ADA Employment Cases
This paper draws on theories of gendered organizations to examine discrimination against people with disabilities in the workplace. A sample of 200 cases which document disability discrimination lawsuits was drawn from the Westlaw legal database. Each case was coded for gender, job, disability and …
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Towards a Greater Understanding of the Antecedents of Dehumanization: A Contempt-Dehumanization Framework
… process. In this paper we propose and test a contempt-dehumanization model, which stipulates that, the effect of severe norm violations on dehumanization is indirect, as mediated by contempt: norm violation ! contempt ! dehumanization). Across three studies we provide consistent support for …
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Contempt, sympathy and romance': lowland perceptions of the Highlands and the clearances during the famine years, 1845-1855
… opinion was divided by three basic perceptions: 'contempt', 'sympathy' and 'romance'. An analysis of the main newspaper files demonstrates that during the Famine years up to the Crimean War, the most prevalent perception was that of contempt, regarding the Gaels as an 'inferior' and often …
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Banning the deviant out-group member: the use of anger and contempt toward in-group and out-group members
<p>Prior research has argued that contempt behaves as an exclusionary emotion generally felt against strangers, whereas anger tends to be an attack emotion felt toward close others (Fischer & Roseman, 2007). Participants were assigned to conditions where they interacted with a target player who was …
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Applying the SCM and BIAS Map Models to Theories of Sexual Harassment
… feel about the target - pity, admiration, envy, contempt) and behavioral reactions (how observers act toward the target - active facilitation, passive facilitation, active harm, passive harm). Higher status targets were perceived as more competent than lower status targets. Competition did not …
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"That Hateful Prairie Wind": Violence and Ecophobia in Twentieth Century American Gothic
… term, “ecophobia,” which refers to fear and contempt of the natural world, as a way of understanding human relationships with the nonhuman world. This thesis also examines ecophobic tendencies of characters in two twentieth century Gothic novels, Toni Morrison’s <em>The Bluest Eye</em> and …
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Give Hate a Chance: An Exploration of the Affective State of Interpersonal Hate
… be differentiated from the hostile emotions (contempt, anger, and disgust) by appraisal of violation type and by behavioral response, and that the hostile emotions could be recognized by these characteristics, as well. Specifically, it was hypothesized that interpersonal hate would be incited …
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"It was by reason of being Mormons that we were kept at arms length" : Mormonism, Freemasonry, and conflicting interests on the Illinois frontier.
… Illinois viewed the Mormons with suspicion and contempt and justified the distrust they had for the Mormon Masons because the Mormons violated some Masonic principles within their lodge. While the Mormon Masons were guilty of some of the charges brought up against them, these trivial complaints …
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The Grass-Roots Challenges with Administration: Conscription Evasion, Contraband, and Resistance in Napoleonic Europe
… reaction in the French jurisdiction was based on contempt for both economic and military policies. The research exhibits that the grass-roots nature of the resistance against the economic and military policies experienced under the Napoleonic umbrella were comparatively similar in local …
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Andante, Allegro o Silenzio: An Examination of Background Music Tempo on Facial Emotions, Electrodermal Responses, and Reading Task Performance
… of greater expressions of fear, joy and contempt, along with greater skin conductance responses when listening to fast tempo music (150bpm). These results can suggest that a combined regulatory mechanism may be at play that helps indicate the combined effect that music may have on …
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Application of Automated Facial Expression Analysis and Facial Action Coding System to Assess Affective Response to Consumer Products
… limited sensory engaging (blank screen) control, contempt, happy, and angry were expressed more intensely (p<0.025) and with greater incidence for the light-exposed milk stimuli; neutral was expressed exclusively in the same manner for the blank screen. Comparatively, intense neutral expression …
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IL CINEMA DI PIER PAOLO PASOLINI SECONDO LO STATO. CENSURA, MAGISTRATURA E PARLAMENTO
… three orders of judgment for the accusation of contempt of the State religion. A second phase of readjustment of relations between Pasolini and the State opens with Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (1964) and concludes with Teorema, the second case study: both the sentences of the court and the court …
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Foster Parent Knowledge and the Need for Information - Sharing Technology
… ambiguity, and deficient transparency. With 12 contempt of court strikes for the system’s Director in 2022, it is clear why child welfare actors are unable to successfully perform. Foster parents, a key stakeholder in the proper care of children, report being unable to successfully perform …
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"My will is absolute law": General Robert H. Milroy and Winchester, Virginia
… with West Point graduates. Ultimately it was his contempt for West Pointers that brought a rapid conclusion to his military career. He despised professional soldiers and spent his Civil War career trying to prove that non-professional volunteer officers were equal or better in ability to graduates …
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CRIMINAL CASES AT THE ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS, 1700 - 1785
… violations, thefts and assaults, liquor crimes, contempt and other miscellaneous crimes such as counterfeiting.</p><p>Tabulation of criminal cases provides for more detail about crime in eighteenth century Massachusetts than have other studies. Moreover, there appears to be a relationship between …
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Thomas Sumter's Law: Slavery In the Southern Backcountry During the American Revolution
… war their tacit approval devolved into open contempt, and various efforts to contain the perceived radicalism of the plan. Sumter then worked assiduously in the post war period to reshape the memory of the war in his favor, in large part to further his political aspirations.</p>
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Ezra Pound's City: The Total Light Process
… architecture conflicted, however, with a contempt he felt for the decadence visible in Venice, To Pound the decadence symbolized a decline in Western culture.. As he gazed at the physical beauty of the Venetian art forms, he yearned to find a modern city which preserved tradition in the …
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