644 Search Results for The Supreme Court and Judicial Review
Corporate Personality
Separate Corporate Personality
Explain the meaning of and the rationale for the principle of separate corporation personality.
Personality in this case does not have anything to do with an actual person, but that personhood i Continue Reading...
(Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)) "After spending 85 days in jail for not giving up the name of source Lewis 'Scooter' Libby as part of the controversial CIA leak case in 2005, former New York Times reporter Judith Miller could say she has a Continue Reading...
In situations where outcome or decision control is ceded to a legitimate decision-maker, the available legal procedure may be judged according to whether it provides adequate 'voice' for the aggrieved, adequate process control, and/or the satisfacti Continue Reading...
Rising Cost of Medical Malpractice: The Impact of Medical Insurance on Patients and Physicians
The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which rising medical malpractice premiums have affected the quality care provided by physicians. Res Continue Reading...
Media and Military Operations
Recently there has been much debate about the effect of media reports on military conduct. Most of this has to do with the security that the military needs to conduct their operations and the dangerous are some of the r Continue Reading...
Capital Punishment
Solitary confinement represents one among the best means of keeping modern-day prisoners from communication and conflict, but has the most injurious effects on their health. Individuals imprisoned in conditions of solitary confine Continue Reading...
Tennessee v. Garner. The case involved the excessive use of force with regards to felony cases. The decision of the court and the reasons given will also be looked into. The agreements and disagreements that followed will also be discussed.
Court D Continue Reading...
Administrative Search Exception
Administrative Search Exemption
Administrative search exception: Why it applies to airport searches
The 'administrative search exception' has often been called the TSA's attempt to circumvent the Fourth Amendment. H Continue Reading...
juvenile offenders' ability to understand their legal rights and one issue related to their ability to participate effectively in their own defense.
Ability to understand legal rights: Competency
Ability to participate effectively in their own def Continue Reading...
Research reveals that those who kill white victims are much more likely to receive the death penalty than those who kill black victims. One study found that for similar crimes committed by similar defendants, blacks received the death penalty at a 3 Continue Reading...
" In other words, being gay was an "illness" but the gay person wasn't necessarily to be "blamed" because the origins of homosexuality were unknown at the time, Nugent continues.
By claiming that gay people had illnesses, that gave some organized re Continue Reading...
Death Penalty
There are many situations and concerns in the world that require using ethical thought. There are many issues we read about an learn about when we have to ask ourselves what we believe in. Which side do we take on euthanasia or aborti Continue Reading...
The law recognizes the right of a competent adult to make an advance directive instructing his or her physician to provide, withhold, or withdraw life-prolonging procedures. In Terri's case there was a feud between Terri's husband and her parents in Continue Reading...
Constitutional, Legal and Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice
Police abuse remains one of the most serious and divisive human rights violations in the United States. The excessive use of force by police officers, including unjustified shootings, seve Continue Reading...
PaternalismPaternalism is about limiting the rights of people forcefully. It includes stopping them from voicing their concerns and fears as well as suppressing their subordinates with coercion in any form (Goldman and Goldman 65). In his book On Lib Continue Reading...
Danville School District ESOL program handbook contains policies and procedures that help English language learners (ELLs) attain English proficiency. The key components of the handbook include 1) the district’s legal obligations to ELLs and th Continue Reading...
Separation of Powers
Doctrine of Separation of powers in Australia
The concept of separation of powers has been in operation and application in many countries. This has always helped them in ensuring efficient governance and effective working of ea Continue Reading...
S. House of Representatives from that state. Why set up a presidential election in which voters do not directly elect the president? Welch (32) explains that the founders devised this system "…because of their view that the people could not be Continue Reading...
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Risk prevention policy in practice
The proposed study looks at lateral violence in U.S. healthcare institutions, through the scope of policy formation as it pertains to medical malpractice and organizational behavior in healthcare institutions. Continue Reading...
4). They contend that most people on death row know they will not face execution, but will draw the legal fight out with appeals for as long as possible, and so, the death penalty is not a deterrent for them or others, because of the unlikelihood it Continue Reading...
(Sen, 2007)
The following is a table of state laws regarding abortion:
State Laws Pertaining to Abortion
States
Parental Consent
Parental Notification
Alabama
Effected 1987
No law
Alaska
No law
Arizona
No law
Effected 1982; revoked / en Continue Reading...
Those that do not understand why Bush would relax these rules and harm the environment cite once again the tremendous amount of money that the utility industry has given to the Bush campaign as a potential reason for the rule changes. This does not Continue Reading...
Children Tried as Adults
Tennessee Code Annotated or TCA 37-1-134 provides for the transfer of the jurisdiction of a child offender from the juvenile court to a criminal court for trial as an adult, depending on the offender's age, gravity of offens Continue Reading...
The case of State v. Ninham represents an important juncture in the discourse on juvenile justice, highlighting the complexities and ethical considerations surrounding the sentencing of juveniles to life without parole for heinous crimes. At the hear Continue Reading...
Healthcare in U.S. / Constitutionality of PPACA
Meaning of Quote
Constitutionality of the individual mandate PPACA
Meaning of Quote
The meaning of the quote "deviance is in the eye of the beholder" is that whatever is deviant to one may not be to Continue Reading...
Enforce the Death Penalty for Murders Over a Life Sentence
Cover Letter
This paper addresses the question: Is it more cost effective to enforce the death penalty for murders over a life sentence? Several topics will be covered such as why it could Continue Reading...
Alien and Sedition Acts
In 1798 the newly established United States of America found itself in a situation where it believed that war with France was imminent. In fact, the "Quasi-War" as it became known, was a situation where the two nations were f Continue Reading...
Finally, torture is the best means to try to get this information from the suspect (McCoy, 2006). Taken as a whole, these circumstances are so unlikely to occur that, even if the ticking bomb scenario would justify the use of torture, it has not eve Continue Reading...
Legal Brief: Anthony Labriola v. Pollard Group
Anthony Alan Labriola v. Pollard Group, Inc., WA Supreme Court, 2004, No. 74002-0
Whether a 2002 noncompete agreement negotiated after the employee had been hired and without independent consideration Continue Reading...
The insistence is that the procedures that led to the end result were all followed fairly and there was no unfair means adopted in the hearings and negotiations. Thinkers are of the opinion that substantive fairness in contracts is simply pseudo-pro Continue Reading...
Therefore, even staunch proponents of capital punishment share the concern that it be (1) imposed only where extreme punishment is appropriate to the nature of the crime, and (2) applied in a manner that does not cause unnecessary pain or prolonged Continue Reading...
This in turn more often than not leads the stigmatized to acquire more and more deviant and possibly criminal identities (Lanier & Henry, 1998).
There can, of course, be other antecedents prior to labeling that can enhance the process of delinq Continue Reading...
In order to enforce the revenue laws, English authorities made use of writs of assistance, which were general warrants authorizing the bearer to enter any house or other place to search for and seize "prohibited and uncustomed" goods, and commanding Continue Reading...
org. "It is stacked again and again in the killers' favor and victims are an after-thought. It would be unlikely to ever lead to an execution in Massachusetts."
Chief among the group's gripes is that the bill does not specifically call for death in Continue Reading...
Israeli Government and LeadershipTopic 1The Israeli Governmental SystemIsrael operates under a political system known as a parliamentary democracy, similar to the United Kingdom and other countries within the Commonwealth. Unlike the presidential sys Continue Reading...
The question then becomes, not is there an Adolf Eichmann in each person, for undoubtedly there is. The question becomes, how well can people discern the difference between ideals with which they agree, and those things that are immoral; and perhaps Continue Reading...
In addition to changes in admission policies at universities, new workshops in education are beginning to address this issue head on, with teaching participants being taught that American history and education are both "written from the perspective Continue Reading...
The Army XXI program for major military transformations has been in progress since 2004 (U.S. Department of State 2009). Last year's goals were consolidation and improvement of quality. The parliament approved Development Stage 08/11 for military r Continue Reading...
Mirfield 356)
The purpose of the exclusionary rule is to afford the defendant all his or her rights of privacy and to maintain fair proceedings in the gathering of evidence. Unlawful search and seizure is a serious offence, committed by investigat Continue Reading...