Previous research has found significant effects of gender, race, and age on sentencing decisions made by state and local court judges (e.g. Johnson, 2003; Mustard, 2001; Steffensmeier, Ulmer, & Kramer, 1998). The current study used criminal district court data from two counties in western North Carolina to further research of the effects of the aforementioned variables on sentencing. Using knowledge acquired from past studies, the hypotheses for the current study asserted that younger offenders, male offenders, and nonwhite offenders would be more likely to be found guilty of their offense and receive fines than their respective offender counterparts. The results of the binary regression analysis models did not support many of the proposed hypotheses; however, significant relationships unsupervised probation, supervised probation, and active time were found with defendants who used privately retained counsel. Implications are discussed, as well as limitations and research recommendations for the future.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:20:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 927023 bytes, checksum: 84aa177854fcc88e28ee81e07396f763 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The research aims to analyze the performance of preventive legal counsel alongside Human resourse management and their effect on the quantity of labor lawsuits. The evolution of Human Resource Management and Employment Law concepts are studied in order to understand the relationship between the newer stiles of human resource managment and labor laws , proposing a series of preventive joint actions to promote rhe reduction of incidents that may result in future lawsuits increasing the company´s labor liabilities through preventive legal counsel. The empirical field is the Commercial Ramos Company . Data collection spanned from 2009 to 2013 , during counsel contract . The research is of an applied, literary, documentary and exploratory natures making use of qualitative and quantitative methods . For quantitative data analysis the Pearson correlation coefficient was used. Analyzing the period in which preventive labor counsel acted and actions taken with or without HR, it is concluded that this is an important meas in whitch to prevent and reduce costs and risk in the company´s labor issues. / A pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a atuação da assessoria jurídica preventiva em conjunto com a gestão de pessoas e seus efeitos sobre o número de ações judiciais trabalhistas. Estuda-se a evolução dos conceitos da Administração de Recursos Humanos e do Direito do Trabalho, para compreender as relações entre a nova gestão de recursos humanos e os direitos trabalhistas, propondo uma série de ações conjuntas preventivas que possibilitem diminuir a incidência de situações ensejadoras de ações judiciais futuras que aumentem o passivo trabalhista da empresa através da atuação da assessoria jurídica preventiva. O campo empírico é a Empresa Comercial Ramos. A coleta de dados se estendeu de 2009 a 2013, período em que a assessoria jurídica atuou. A pesquisa é de natureza aplicada, bibliográfica, documental e exploratória e utiliza-se de métodos qualitativos e quantitativos. Para análise dos dados quantitativos, utilizou-se o coeficiente de correlação de Pearson. Analisando-se o período em que assessoria jurídica trabalhista preventiva atuou e as ações empreendidas junto ao setor de Recursos Humanos e fora dele, conclui-se que esta é uma importante forma de prevenção e redução de custos e riscos na área trabalhista da empresa.

Les développements technologiques et la mondialisation ont permis aux gens d’avoir accès à l’information plus facilement et rapidement que jamais, provoquant ainsi des changements importants dans le milieu juridique qui doit s’adapter à la nouvelle clientèle sophistiquée et exigeante. Dans ce travail, nous nous penchons sur certains aspects devant être considérés par les avocats modernes assistant leur clientèle dans le cadre des transactions d’acquisition et de fusion. / Technological advancements and globalisation have allowed people to access information more rapidly and easily than ever, thus provoking significant changes in the legal profession to adapt to the new sophisticated and demanding clientele. In this research, we focus on certain aspects needed to be considered by modern lawyers in assisting their clients in the context of merger and acquisition transactions.

Ce mémoire traite du blanchiment d’argent. Précisément, il propose une réflexion sur la question suivante : les avocats, cabinets d’avocats et notaires du Québec devraient-ils être assujettis à la Loi sur le recyclage des produits de la criminalité et le financement des activités terroristes? Pour en arriver à une réponse, nous dressons d’abord une définition du recyclage des produits de la criminalité et en analysons l’historique. Puis, nous étudions la pièce maitresse de la stratégie canadienne de prévention du blanchiment d’argent, soit la Loi sur le recyclage des produits de la criminalité et le financement des activités terroristes. Par la suite, nous examinons la question de l’assujettissement des avocats, des cabinets d’avocats et des notaires du Québec en exposant le risque de blanchiment d’argent chez ces professionnels, les multiples tentatives du législateur canadien de légiférer en la matière et une analyse de la décision récente de la Cour suprême du Canada sur ce sujet. Enfin, nous offrons des solutions à l’assujettissement de ces professionnels afin d’éliminer le risque de voir leurs services utilisés à des fins illégitimes. / This thesis focuses on money laundering. Specifically, it reflects on the following question: should lawyers, law firms and Quebec notaries be subject to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act? In order to obtain an answer, it first sets out to seek a definition of money laundering and examines its history. Furthermore, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act is analyzed in great detail. Finally, the question whether lawyers, law firms and Quebec notaries should be included in the scope of the Act is studied by exposing the risk of money laundering with these professionals and by undertaking an examination of the Canadian legislator’s multiple attempts to include them as well as an analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision on that matter. In conclusion, it proposes solutions to include these legal professionals in order to eliminate the risk that their services will be used for illicit purposes.

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